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R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1002 - Reconciling the marine and terrestrial records of glaciation of the South Shetland Islands

Entry ID: NBP1002

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Summary

Abstract: The NSF-supported research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer operates year-round in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, carrying out global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.
This data set consists of underway data from leg NBP1002 on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. This leg started at Punta Arenas, Chile and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile.

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Description: Expedition Data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -52.78	S: -70.43	E: -56.49	W: -77.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 0

Parent DIF

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AMBS

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2010-03-16

Stop Date: 2010-05-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Antarctic Peninsula

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Platform

R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

Project

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

AMBS > Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry & Geophysical Synthesis

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

COLUMBIA/LDEO/MGDS

Data Center

Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Data Center URL: http://www.marine-geo.org/
Dataset ID: NBP1002

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA MANAGER Email: info at marine-geo.org Contact Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online HTTP

Fees: None

Personnel

JOSE TORRES

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 727 553 1169

Fax: 727 553 3966

Email: jtorres at marine.usf.edu

Contact Address:

College of Marine Science

University of Florida

140 Seventh Avenue, South

City: ST PETERSBURG

Province or State: FL

Postal Code: 33701

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-03-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-03-04

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