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Southern Hemisphere Iceberg Tracks Derived from Scatterometer Data
Entry ID:
Scatterometer_Iceberg_Tracking
Summary
Abstract:
Positions of large (typically greater than 10 nmi) tabular icebergs
around Antarctica derived from enhanced resolution historic and present scatterometer data. Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Long, David G. and Jarom Ballantyne
Dataset Title:
Southern Hemisphere Iceberg Tracking from Scatterometer data
Dataset Release Place:
Provo, UT
Dataset Publisher:
NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder
Data Presentation Form:
ASCII data base
Other Citation Details:
Long, D.G. and C. Bertoia, "Is the number of icebergs around Antarctica really increasing?", EOS, Trans. AGU, 2002.
Online Resource:
http://www.scp.byu.edu/data/iceberg/database1.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1978-06-01
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Instrument
Project
Quality
Manually-derived from time-series of enhanced resolution scatterometer
images. Considered superior in number and accuracy to the U.S. National Ice Center Database. Ancillary Keywords
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Format:
ASCII and gif
Fees:
None
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
801-422-4383
Fax:
801-422-0201
Email:
long at ee.byu.edu
Contact Address:
BYU Center for Remote Sensing
Brigham Young University
459 Clyde Building
City:
Provo
Province or State:
UT
Postal Code:
84602
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2002-09-11
Last DIF Revision Date:
2010-07-02
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- Webmaster: Monica Holland
- Responsible NASA Official: Lola Olsen
- Last updated: June 2013
