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Physical Properties of the US ITASE Firn and Ice Cores from South Pole to Taylor Dome

Entry ID: meese_0538494

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Summary

Abstract: This award supports a project for physical properties research on snow pits and firn/ice cores with specific objectives that include stratigraphic analysis including determination of accumulation rates, annual layers, depth hoar, ice and wind crusts and rates of grain growth with depth. Studies of firn densification rates and how these parameters relate to the meteorology and climatology over the ...

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Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

MICROSCOPES

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

ITASE > INTERNATIONAL TRANS ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION

Ancillary Keywords

U.S. ITASE

snow pits

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

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

Personnel

DEBRA MEESE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: debra.meese at maine.edu

Contact Address:

Climate Change Institute

University of Maine

City: Orono

Province or State: ME

Postal Code: 04469

Country: USA

Publications/References

Spaulding, N, D.A. Meese, I. Baker, P.A. Mayewski, G.S. Hamilton, A new technique for firn grain-size measurement using SEM image analysis, Journal of Glaciology, 55(195):12-19.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-06-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-20

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