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Data Report on 1981 Traverses From Casey For IAGP
Entry ID: iagp_casey_traverse_results

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Summary

Abstract: The Casey Traverse Program was Australia's major contribution to the International Antarctic Glaciological Project, aimed at determining the galciological regime and processes, and deducting some of the history and future of a sizeable part of the east Antarctic ice sheet approximately bounded by longitude 60 and 160E, and latitude 80S.

Four traverses operated from Casey during 1981: Autumn (2 months), Winter I (2 weeks), Winter II (3 weeks), and Spring (3.5 months).

Data collected from the traverses included:

* Ice velocity at several stations via the use of JMR Doppler Satellite surveying equipment.
* Measurements of snow accumulation.
* Surface profiles by barometric levelling
* Ice thickness and bedrock profile using ice radar
* Horizontal distances along the Undulation Line
* 10m depth snow temperatures
* Density of surface snow
* Snow samples for stable oxygen isotope ration analysis
* Regular determinations of gravity

The collected data was collated into a report that is archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

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Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

N: -66.0 S: -67.0 E: 111.0 W: 110.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-01-01

Stop Date: 1981-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION [Information]

FIELD SURVEYS [Information]

Access Constraints

Report is archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

Use Constraints

This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=iagp_cas... when using these data.

Keywords

Traverse

Casey

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia [Information]
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel

Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia

Personnel

DATA OFFICER AADC
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia

JASON ANDERSON
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: jason.anderson at utas.edu.au
Contact Address:
Antarctic CRC
University of Tasmania
Grosvenor St
City: Sandy Bay
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7005
Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-08-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-11-29

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