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Amery Ice Shelf Ice Depth Radar 1970

Entry ID: AIS_1970_iceradar

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Summary

Abstract: In 1970 the Australian Antarctic Division carried out ice depth work using radar, mounted within a van towed on the traverse.

Records for this work have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

Logbook(s):
Amery Ice Depth Radar Log 1970 - Record of settings used on equipment

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -68.0

S: -74.0

E: 74.0

W: 65.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1970-01-30

Stop Date: 1970-02-03

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging

Access Constraints Physical logbook(s) can only be accessed at the Australian Antarctic Division.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AIS_1970... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Ice Radar

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia