Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids  View Catalog Page
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eng; usa
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Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-07
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0092.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids
Date:
Date: 2001
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2001-01-01
Identifier: NSIDC-0092
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Abstract:
A 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 stereographic projection. DEM data are a combination of ERS-1 and Geosat satellite radar altimetry data, Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) data, and photogrammetric digital height data. Ice thickness data are based on approximately 700,000 data points collected in the 1990s from a University of Kansas airborne ice penetrating radar (IPR). Nearly 30,000 data points were collected in the 1970s from a Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne echo sounder. Bamber subtracted the ice thickness grid from the DEM to produce a grid of bedrock elevation values. Applications include studies of gravitational driving stress and ice volume (mass balance) of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Each of the three grids is approximately 1.5 MB. Data are available via FTP. Data access is unrestricted, but we recommend that users register with us. Registered users automatically receive e-mail notification of product updates and changes to processing.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
J. Bamber. 2001. Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Status:
Value: complete
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Jonathan Bamber
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Bristol Glaciology Centre
Email: j.l.bamber@bristol.ac.uk
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Maintenance Information:
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Continent > North America > Greenland
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Value: place
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Landforms
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Topographical Relief
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Topographic Effects
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
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Keyword: PARCA > Program in Arctic Regional Climate Assessment
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Title: NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-01-24
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Keywords
Keyword: Altimetry
Keyword: Bedrock Elevation
Keyword: DAAC
Keyword: Dem
Keyword: Digital Elevation Model
Keyword: Echo Sounder
Keyword: EOSDIS
Keyword: Greenland
Keyword: Ice Penetrating Radar
Keyword: Ice Sheet
Keyword: Ice Sheet Elevation
Keyword: Ice Thickness
Keyword: IPR
Keyword: NASA
Keyword: PARCA
Keyword: Radar
Keyword: Surface Elevation
Keyword: Topography
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Value: theme
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Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
Character Set:
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -72
Eastbound Longitude: -15
Southbound Latitude: 60
Northbound Latitude: 84
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19700101
End Position: 19991231
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: ASCII Text
Specification: FTP 4.5 MB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/BAMBER_THICKNESS/
Description: Data Access URL
Function:
Value: download
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0092_greenland_ice_thickness.gd.html
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Density: 4.5
Density Units: B
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: ALTIMETERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: ATM > Airborne Topographic Mapper
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: ECHO SOUNDERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: RA > ERS Radar Altimeter
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: RADAR ALTIMETERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: AIRCRAFT
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: DEM > Digital Elevation Model
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: GEOSAT > Geodetic Satellite
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: MAPS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: SATELLITES
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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