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Continuous GPS (static) Data from the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Entry ID: NSIDC-0347

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Summary

Abstract: In October 2005, three geodetic GPS receivers were deployed on the Ross Ice Shelf near the ice front to observe short-term fluctuations in ice-shelf velocity associated with tidal forcing and other phenomena. Two stations were placed on either side of a large rift that is expected to eventually create the next iceberg to calve from the Ross Ice Shelf (called "Nascent Iceberg"). One station was established at a location near station R13, occupied in 1979 during the RIGGS project (Thomas et al., 1984), to determine if the near-ice-front part of the Ross Ice Shelf has significantly changed its long-term flow since the late 1970s.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -78.0

S: -78.0

E: -178.0

W: -178.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Douglas MacAyeal

Dataset Release Date: 2008-10-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0347.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2005-10-29

Stop Date: 2005-11-21

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICEBERGS

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE MOTION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

GPS RECEIVERS

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

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