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Ground Truth Measurements for Snow and Sea Ice at the Ice Shelf and Sea Ice of Ross Island, Antarctica.

Entry ID: MARPmmu08

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Summary

Abstract: This data set consists of ground truth measurements for snow and sea ice conducted at the ice shelf (Willies Field) and the sea ice (Cape Armitage, McMurdo Sound and Cape Evans) at Ross Island, Antarctica. Measurements were conducted at 2 points within close proximity for each selected site. The average of both measurements shall be taken as the data for that particular site. The data collected ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -77.63	S: -77.99	E: 166.9	W: 166.4

Min Depth: SNOW: 0.03M, SEA ICE: 2.1M Max Depth: SNOW: 1.53M, SEA ICE: 3.8M

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2008-10-23

Stop Date: 2008-10-25

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE ROUGHNESS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

Project

MARP > Malaysian Antarctic Research Program

Data Set Progress

PLANNED

Data Center

MALAYSIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM

Data Center URL: http://www.myantarctica.com.my/

Data Center Personnel
Name: TALHA HASSAN Phone: 60379608950 Fax: 60379605935 Email: talha at um.edu.my Email: talhady at gmail.com Contact Address: B303, 3RD FLOOR IPS BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA City: KUALA LUMPUR Postal Code: 50603 Country: MALAYSIA