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Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica

Entry ID: NSIDC-0099

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Summary

Abstract: Ice surface elevation and ice thickness data are available for a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The investigators utilized a laser altimeter and ice-penetrating radar mounted to a Twin Otter aircraft to survey the ice sheet. Ice surface elevations and ice thickness data, derived from laser altimetry and radar sounding results, are available in ASCII format via ftp. These data are a ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: FTP site for obtaining these data.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -80.0

S: -84.0

E: -104.0

W: -134.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Donald D. Blankenship

Dataset Title: Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: Table

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0099.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-12-27

Stop Date: 1996-01-02

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WEST ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

AIRCRAFT

Instrument

ALTIMETERS

RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging

RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS

Project

CASERTZ > Corridor Aerogeophysics of the SouthEastern Ross Transect Zone

Ancillary Keywords

Aerogeophysics

AGDC

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SOAR

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0099

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/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0099

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

NSIDC U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/usadcc/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0099

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USADCC 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

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: 4000 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII text files

Fees: None

Personnel

DON BLANKENSHIP

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (512) 471-0489

Fax: (512) 471-8844

Email: blank at ig.utexas.edu

Contact Address:

J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 | 10100 Burnet Rd.

City: Austin

Province or State: TX

Postal Code: 78758

Country: USA

Publications/References

Blankenship, D.D., S.D. Kempf, D.L. Morse, M.E. Peters, R.E. Bell, and R.B. Arko, in press. Airborne laser altimetry over the central West Antarctic Ice Sheet. International Archives of ISPRS, Comm 3 (extended abstract). Blankenship, D.D., D.L. Morse, C.A. Finn, R.E. Bell, M.E. Peters, S.D. Kempf, S.M. Hodge, M. Studinger, J.C. Behrendt, and J.M. Brozena, 2001. Geologic controls on the initiation of rapid basal motion for west Antarctic ice streams: A geophysical perspective including new airborne radar sounding and laser altimetry results. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Behavior and Environment. Antarctic Research Series 77, 105-121. Blankenship, D. and R. Bell, 1993. Delving into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geotimes 38 (8), 12-15.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-08-20

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-25

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