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Collaborative Research: Norwegian-United States IPY Scientific Traverse: Climate Variability and Glaciology in East Antarctica
Entry ID: albert_0538495

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Summary
Abstract: This award supports a project of scientific investigations along two overland traverses in East Antarctica: one going from the Norwegian Troll Station (72deg. S, 2deg. E) to the United States South Pole Station (90deg. S, 0deg. E) in 2007-2008; and a return traverse starting at South Pole Station and ending at Troll Station by a different route in 2008-2009. The project will investigate climate change in East Antarctica, with the goals of understanding climate variability in Dronning Maud Land of East Antarctica on time scales of years to centuries and determining the surface and net mass balance of the ice sheet in this sector to understand its impact on sea level.

Purpose: The project will investigate climate change in East Antarctica, with the goals of understanding climate variability in Dronning Maud Land of East Antarctica on time scales of years to centuries and determining the surface and net mass balance of the ice sheet in this sector to understand its impact on sea level.
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Description: Norwegian-U.S. Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -72.02   S: -90.0   E: 2.53   W: 2.53

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2008-12-23
Stop Date: 2009-02-21
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Originating Center
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Data Center
NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Personnel
MARY R. ALBERT
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 603-646-0277
Email: mary.r.albert at dartmouth.edu
Contact Address:
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
14 Engineering Drive
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Albert, M., Z. Courville, E. Bell, J. McConnell, S. Tronstad, T. Scambos, T. Neumann, K. Mueller, H. Anschuetz et al. Polar firn properties reflect accumulation rate across Antarctica. In preparation.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-09-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-14

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