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Margin Migration Rates and Dynamics: Siple Coast Ice Streams

Entry ID: NSIDC-0263

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Summary

Abstract: This product, based on prior data collected under NSF-OPP grant 8716604 (Echelmeyer and Harrison) and NSF-OPP grant 9117911 (Harrison), includes ice velocity data between stations S17 and UpB on the Upper Whillans Ice Stream, Siple Coast, West Antarctica, from January 1994 to January 1995. Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. Data are in ASCII and Excel formats, and are available via FTP.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -83.2

S: -83.9

E: -134.9

W: -140.7

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Martin Truffer and Keith Echelmeyer

Dataset Title: Margin Migration Rates and Dynamics: Siple Coast Ice Streams

Dataset Release Date: 2005-03-17

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0263.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-01-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

SURVEYING TOOLS
THEODOLITE

Ancillary Keywords

AGDC

Ice Motion

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC_AGDC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0263

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-0263

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-0263

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: 376 to 15872 bytes

Distribution Format: ASCII, Excel

Personnel

MARTIN TRUFFER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: truffer at gi.alaska.edu

Contact Address:

Physics Department

University of Alaska Fairbanks

P.O. Box 755920, 401 ELV

City: Fairbanks

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99775

Country: USA

KEITH A. ECHELMEYER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: kechel at gi.alaska.edu

Contact Address:

Geophysical Institute

University of Alaska Fairbanks

City: Fairbanks

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99775

Country: USA

Publications/References

Echelmeyer, K.A., W.D. Harrison, C. Larsen, and J.E. Mitchell. 1994. The role of the margins in the dynamics of an active ice stream. Journal of Glaciology 40(136): 527-538.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-03-17

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-03-08

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