Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-06-19T04:01:55ZGCMD Search: Parameters|CRYOSPHERE|SNOW/ICE|ICE DEPTH/THICKNESShttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 378 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_3026_SIPEXSIPEX data iron site - Aurora Australis voyage Sept-Oct 2007116.83,-65.55,127.95,-64.222007-09-11T00:00:00Z2007-10-07T00:00:00Z2013-03-25T04:00:00ZThis work was completed as part of the SIPEX - Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment - voyage.
Adapted from the SPIEX website:
During SIPEX we investigated the biogeochemistry of iron (Fe), including ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SIPEX_II_Diurnal_SnowDiurnal snow pit measurements observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012120.1128,-64.4443,120.1128,-64.4443121.0323,-64.9519,121.0323,-64.9519120.8228,-65.131,120.8228,-65.131120.0175,-65.2558,120.0175,-65.25582012-09-27T00:00:00Z2012-09-28T00:00:00Z2012-10-03T00:00:00Z2012-10-04T00:00:00Z2012-10-06T00:00:00Z2012-10-08T00:00:00Z2012-10-13T00:00:00Z2012-10-14T00:00:00Z2013-03-12T04:00:00ZMotivation:
One of the characteristics of this voyage is that we have long ice stations which last for a few days. Taking this opportunity, we decided to examine the diurnal change of snow properties ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SIPEX_II_Ice_SnowpitsIce and snow pit measurements observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012120.1128,-64.4443,120.1128,-64.4443121.0323,-64.9519,121.0323,-64.9519120.8228,-65.131,120.8228,-65.131120.0175,-65.2558,120.0175,-65.2558119.0,-65.25,119.0,-65.252012-09-27T00:00:00Z2012-09-28T00:00:00Z2012-10-03T00:00:00Z2012-10-04T00:00:00Z2012-10-06T00:00:00Z2012-10-08T00:00:00Z2012-10-13T00:00:00Z2012-10-14T00:00:00Z2012-10-19T00:00:00Z2012-10-23T00:00:00Z2013-03-12T04:00:00ZThis dataset contains routine measurements of snow and ice thickness, and snow-ice interface temperature, at 1m intervals along standard transects; snow property characterisation in snow pits measured ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00354The Development of a U.S. Climatology of Extreme Ice Loads170.0,15.0,-66.0,72.01940-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe Development of a U.S. Climatology of Extreme Ice Loads is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Ice thickness (and therefore weight) is a key engineering ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]LGB_Gra_traverseEarth gravity field for ice thickness data: LGB traverses 1989-9554.0,-77.0,78.0,-69.01989-11-01T00:00:00Z1995-02-28T00:00:00Z2012-12-13T05:00:00ZThe Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. LaCoste and Romberg gravity meters were used to record measurements of the Earth's gravity field approximately ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf70.37,-70.56,72.64,-69.192000-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-11-05T05:00:00Z---- Public Summary from Project ----
Most of the snow falling on inland Antarctica drains via large ice streams and floating ice shelves to the sea where it lost by iceberg calving or as melt beneath ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Antarctic_MeteorologyAntarctic Climate Data Collected by Australian Agencies60.0,-68.0,159.0,-53.01948-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-10T04:00:00ZThis record provides a listing of meteorological data collected in the Australian Antarctic Territory by members of the Australian Antarctic program (and it's predecessors) and the Bureau of Meteorology. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AADC-00108Davis Station Antarctica Ice Thickness Data79.0,-69.0,79.0,-69.01962-01-01T00:00:00Z2002-01-31T00:00:00Z2012-09-25T04:00:00ZThis dataset contains records of ice thickness and snow thickness from Davis Antarctica. Measurements are attempted on a weekly basis and have been recorded since 1962 and are ongoing, although data ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM01b_videoAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2003-04 - AM01b - video footage71.45,-69.43,71.45,-69.432003-12-19T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-07-23T04:00:00ZAM01b borehole drilled mid-December 2003.
Profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days.
Video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos.
Sediment sample collected from sea ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scambos_0732921Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Cryosphere and Oceans63.0,-65.0,59.0,-60.02008-05-01T00:00:00Z2013-04-30T00:00:00Z2012-06-18T04:00:00ZThis award supports the cryospheric and oceano-graphic components of an integrated multi-disciplinary program to address these rapid and fundamental changes now taking place in Antarctic Peninsula ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K063_2011_2012_NZ_1Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness Mapping in McMurdo Sound164.8,-77.8742,166.8,-77.5667163.6446,-78.0411,167.4819,-77.03165.3333,-77.8742,166.5,-77.66672011-11-20T00:00:00Z2011-12-05T00:00:00Z2012-06-11T04:00:00ZIn-depth research has been conducted into sea ice thickness in the McMurdo Sound. The subice platelet layer thickness under sea ice was measured in regular intervals at two North-South oriented profiles ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2085Ice thickness, mass balance and dynamics of the ice sheet east of Davis, and of the Lambert Glacier78.0,-70.0,80.0,-67.01997-09-30T00:00:00Z2001-03-31T00:00:00Z2012-05-31T04:00:00ZMetadata record for data from ASAC Project 2085
See the link below for public details on this project.
---- Public Summary from Project ----
Over the past 20 years, Australian glaciologists have ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0119Surface Elevation and Ice Thickness, Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica-157.0,-80.0,-136.0,-71.01998-12-25T00:00:00Z1998-12-27T00:00:00Z2012-05-14T04:00:00ZThis data set provides surface elevation and ice thickness data for a portion of the Marie Byrd Land sector of West Antarctica, including the Ford Ranges, the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, much of the Edward ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0311Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core-106.8,-72.4667,-106.8,-72.46672003-09-01T00:00:00Z2006-06-30T00:00:00Z2012-05-14T04:00:00ZThis data set includes a time scale for the Vostok ice core, retrieved from Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Plateau. This chronology is derived by orbitally tuning to molecular oxygen to nitrogen ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IR1HI2IceBridge HiCARS 1 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-53.02009-11-16T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe NASA IceBridge HiCARS 1 Level-2 Geolocated Ice Thickness (IR1HI2) data set contains Ice Thickness, Surface Elevations, and Bed Elevation measurements taken over Antarctica using the Hi-Capability ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IR2HI2IceBridge HiCARS 2 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-53.02010-12-05T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe NASA IceBridge HiCARS 2 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness (IR2HI2) data set contains ice thickness, surface range, surface elevation, and bed elevation measurements derived from data collected over ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IRPAR2IceBridge PARIS L2 Ice Thickness-73.0,60.0,-11.0,84.02009-04-01T00:00:00Z2009-05-02T00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe NASA IceBridge PARIS Level-2 Ice Thickness (IRPAR2) data set contains Greenland ice thickness measurements acquired using the Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder (PARIS). The data files are ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G02200SEDNA: Sea ice Experiment - Dynamic Nature of the Arctic-170.0,70.0,-130.0,76.02007-02-01T00:00:00Z2007-06-30T00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe Sea Ice Experiment - Dynamic Nature of the Arctic (SEDNA) is an international collaborative effort to improve the understanding of the interaction between sea ice dynamics and Arctic climate. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS040Air Temperature and Thaw Depth, North Slope, Alaska: Field Measurements (1995-97) and Computed Values-151.189,68.382,-148.089,70.5391995-07-07T00:00:00Z1997-08-20T00:00:00Z2012-05-11T04:00:00ZThis data product contains field data measurements of air temperatures and thaw depth (active-layer thickness) measured at locations in north-central Alaska, and modelled values of air temperatures ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS123Greenland Snow Pit and Core Stratigraphy-72.0,60.0,-18.0,85.01952-08-17T00:00:00Z1955-08-20T00:00:00Z2012-05-11T04:00:00ZCarl S. Benson's Greenland snow accumulation study field notebooks and analyses of snow accumulation, temperature, ice sheet facies and snow densification are available on 74 microfiche or as hard ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS069Into the Arctic -- Information and Educational Activities for Studying Climate2012-05-11T04:00:00Z'Into the Arctic' contains educational materials about climate and climate history in the Arctic that use real data and questions from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2). Beginning in 1993, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS910Snow Depth Yearly Measurements at Toolik Station 1995-2001-149.34,68.38,-149.34,68.381995-05-02T00:00:00Z2001-05-02T00:00:00Z2012-05-11T04:00:00ZThis data set provides snow depth measurements in the study area at Toolik Station, Alaska, taken once yearly on May 2nd, for the years 1995 through 2001. Measurements were taken by hand using a ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AIS_GEOMBathymetry and Ice draft maps for the Amery Ice Shelf cavity66.0,-73.6,79.0,-66.01950-01-01T00:00:00Z2006-04-01T00:00:00Z2012-05-04T04:00:00ZOcean circulation beneath ice shelves and associated rates of melting and freezing are influenced strongly by water column thickness and depth. The shape of the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]LGB_RES_traverseRadio-echo sounding (RES) ice thickness data: LGB traverses 1990-9554.0,-77.0,78.0,-69.01990-11-01T00:00:00Z1995-02-28T00:00:00Z2012-04-27T04:00:00ZThe Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. The ANARE 100 MHz digital ice radar operated from the second traverse (1990/91) and recorded ice thicknesses ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SIMBA_Argo_FloatsSea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - Argo Floats-94.85,-70.683,-64.05,-61.852007-09-01T00:00:00Z2007-10-31T00:00:00Z2012-04-20T04:00:00ZArgo profiling floats were deployed during the SIMBA cruise. A total of 23 floats were deployed along the cruise track from Punta Arenas to the Bellingshausen Sea. These floats drifted at a depth ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SIMBA_Aspect_Ice_ObservationsSea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - Aspect Ice Observations-94.85,-70.683,-64.05,-61.852007-09-06T00:00:00Z2007-10-27T00:00:00Z2012-04-20T04:00:00ZThe dataset contains manual recordings transcribed into electronic format, following the ASPeCt (Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate) protocol, for inclusion in the cruise data set. Although the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SIMBA_Ice_GeophysicsSea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - Ice Geophysics-94.85,-70.683,-64.05,-61.852007-09-01T00:00:00Z2007-10-31T00:00:00Z2012-04-20T04:00:00ZThe data set is comprised of spatial surveys of snow and ice physical properties conducted at the one floe occupied for twenty-seven days in the Bellingshausen Sea, Ice Station Belgica. The survey ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SIMBA_Shipboard_EMI_Ice_ThicknessSea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - Shipboard Electro-Magnetic induction (EMI) Ice Thickness-94.85,-70.683,-64.05,-61.852007-09-01T00:00:00Z2007-10-31T00:00:00Z2012-04-20T04:00:00ZEMI (electromagnetic induction) records of ice thickness, utilized a Geonics EM-31 induction meter, were conducted with the meter suspended from the ship?s starboard A-frame, at heights varying from ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_3026The role of iron as a micro-nutrient to the Antarctic sea-ice zone algal community110.48,-66.32,127.95,-64.222007-09-11T00:00:00Z2010-03-31T00:00:00Z2012-02-29T05:00:00ZMetadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3026.
Public
This project will assess the importance of the trace micro-nutrient element iron to Antarctic sea-ice algal communities during the International ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCL00131_137Precipitation, Frost, Snow, and Ice Data for Finland (1886-1905)5.0,40.0,32.0,72.01886-01-01T00:00:00Z1905-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-02-23T05:00:00ZThe precipitation and frost data resides in 1 book, 'Atlas De
Finlande: Les Materiaux Meteorologiques et le Climat du Pays' (C/dab
J65mm) written in French. The data contained in this book are tables ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[IPEV]1048_0_IPEV_FRThe glaciers, an observatory of climate, exploratory step for Kerguelen component - GLACIOCLIM-KESAACO (KErguelen Surface Ablation, Accumulation and Climate Observation)69.166,-49.416,69.183,-49.3332010-12-19T00:00:00Z2011-01-08T00:00:00Z2012-01-27T05:00:00ZThis proposal is the exploratory step for Kerguelen component of the GLACIOCLIM Observatory. GLACIOCLIM is a French observatory to globally detect, monitor and understand climate and mass balance ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM05_caliperAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM05 caliper data69.6805,-70.2292,69.6805,-70.22922009-12-19T00:00:00Z2011-01-08T00:00:00Z2011-12-07T05:00:00ZAM05 borehole drilled December 2009.
Profiling measurements conducted to test borehole diameter integrity.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM06_caliperAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM06 caliper data71.3679,-70.2428,71.3679,-70.24282010-01-07T00:00:00Z2011-01-08T00:00:00Z2011-12-07T05:00:00ZAM06 borehole drilled January 2010.
Profiling measurements conducted to test borehole diameter integrity.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM03_BranckerAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM03 Brancker thermistor data70.33,-70.56,70.33,-70.562005-12-27T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-12-01T05:00:00ZAM03 borehole drilled December 2005.
Partial annual data retrieved for 2006, and 2007.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.
Dataset was updated on 2011-12-01 to include 2011 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM04_BranckerAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM04 Brancker thermistor data70.29,-69.9,70.29,-69.92006-01-09T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-12-01T05:00:00ZAM04 borehole drilled January 2006.
Annual data retrieved for 2006, and 2007.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.
New data for 2011 was added in November of 2011.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0125GISP2 (B and D Core) Methane Concentrations-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-08-26T04:00:00ZThe data include methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) B & D Cores. Gas ages were calculated according to the methods described in Brook et al. 1996, and are subject to change. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0085Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History 1994, 1996-155.0,-83.0,-145.0,-81.01994-11-01T00:00:00Z1995-02-28T00:00:00Z1996-11-01T00:00:00Z1997-02-28T00:00:00Z2011-08-01T04:00:00ZThe Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0092Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids-72.0,60.0,-15.0,84.01970-01-01T00:00:00Z1970-12-01T00:00:00Z1993-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-28T04:00:00ZA Digital Elevation Model (DEM), ice thickness grid, and bedrock elevation grid of Greenland acquired as part of the PARCA program are available in ASCII text format at a 5 km grid spacing in a polar ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0095Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment (PARCA) Data Sets2011-07-28T04:00:00ZPARCA began in 1993 with the primary goal of measuring and understanding the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Approximately 25 investigations used in situ measurements and satellite and aircraft ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0123Siple Dome Core Date from Measurement of the d18O of Paleoatmospheric Oxygen-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-28T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0124Siple Dome Methane Record-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-28T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0120WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-28T04:00:00ZThe WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs' West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding the influence of the West Antarctic ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0099Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica-134.0,-84.0,-104.0,-80.01991-12-27T00:00:00Z1996-01-02T00:00:00Z2011-07-25T04:00:00ZIce 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 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0121Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01997-06-01T00:00:00Z1997-08-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-25T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00588U.S. Daily Snow Cover Grids (DSI-9940)-125.0,24.0,-66.0,50.02003-10-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZU.S. Daily Snow Cover Grids is digital data set DSI-9940, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). SNOw Data AssimilationSystem (SNODAS) is a modeling and data assimilation system developed ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0133Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01997-06-01T00:00:00Z1997-08-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-19T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0134Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-19T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0129Siple Shallow Core Density Data-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-19T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0132Taylor Dome Ice Core Data158.0,-77.0,158.0,-77.01993-01-01T00:00:00Z1996-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-19T04:00:00ZThe collection site is Taylor Dome, an ice-accumulation area on the East Antarctic ice sheet. The dome is a ridge about 20 x 80 km, which lies inland of the Transantarctic Mountains. Deep drilling ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0127Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome-149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.01996-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-06-30T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...