Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf
Entry ID: ASAC_1164

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Summary
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Most of the snow falling on inland Antarctica drains via large ice streams and floating ice shelves to the sea where it lost by iceberg calving or as melt beneath the shelves. Ocean interaction beneath the shelves is complicated, and regions of basal refreezing as well as melt occur. These processes are important not only because they are a major component ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -69.19   S: -70.56   E: 72.64   W: 70.37
Min Depth: 100 M Max Depth: 1350 M

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-01-01
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
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Originating Center
Data Center
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: DB1021

Data Center Personnel
Name: CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER
Fax: (865) 574-2232
Contact Address:
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O.. Box 2008
City: OAK RIDGE
Province or State: TENNESSEE
Postal Code: 37831-6335
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online ftp, WWW
Distribution Format: ascii
Fees: None
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 9239 4578
Fax: +61 3 9239 4444
Email: paul.steele at csiro.au
Contact Address:
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Private Bag #1
City: Aspendale
Province or State: Victoria
Postal Code: 3195
Country: Australia
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Publications/References
Cooper, L.N., L.P. Steele, R.L. Langenfelds, D.A. Spencer and
M.P. Lucarelli. Atmospheric methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, carbon
monoxide and nitrous oxide from Cape Grim flask air samples analysed
by gas chromatography. Baseline Atmospheric Program (Australia) 1996,
edited by J.L. Gras, N. Derek, N.W. Tindale and A.L. Dick, pp 98 -
102, Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne,
Australia, 1999.
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-13
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-07-02

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