Surface Velocities of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0324
Summary
This data set contains surface velocities of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, for the year 2003. Measurement period was approximately 12 months. There are approximately 250 locations in this data set. The data set includes a location name, the easting and northing coordinates (UTM), the elevation, the velocity magnitude, the east component of velocity, the north component of velocity, and the vertical component of velocity. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -77.83333°
S: -78°
E: 163°
W: 160°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Cuffey, Kurt
Dataset Title: Surface Velocities of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2007-12-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0324.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5RV0KM7
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-01-30
Stop Date: 2003-01-30
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glaciers
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
Ancillary Keywords
- Elevation
- GPS
- GPS data
- Ice Sheet Elevation
- Ice Surface Elevation
- Ice Velocity
- Surface Elevation
- Velocity Measurements
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GPS Global Positioning System Satellites
Instrument
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPS RECEIVERS
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_AGDC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 18 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Kurt M. Cuffey
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 510 643-1641
Fax: 1 510 642-3370
Email: kcuffey@socrates.berkeley.edu
Contact Address:
- Department of Geography
- University of California, Berkeley
- 507 McCone Hall
City: Berkeley
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 94720
Country: USA
Andrew Bliss
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California Berkeley
- Department of Geography
- 507 McCone Hall
City: Berkeley
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 94720-4740
Country: USA
Jeffrey Kavanaugh
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Alberta
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 1-26 Earth Sciences Building
City: Edmonton
Province or State: Alberta
Postal Code: Canada
Country: T6G 2E1
Sarah Aciego
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Institute Isotopengeologie/Mineraology Rohstoffe
- ETH Zürich
- NW C 83 1 Clausiusstrasse
City: Zürich
Postal Code: 25 8092
Country: Switzerland
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AGDC Web site
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Antarctic Glaciological Data Center Web site
Reference
Aciego, Sarah, Kurt M. Cuffey, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, D.L. Morse, and J.P. Severinghaus, 2007. Pleistocene Ice and Paleo-strain Rates at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Quaternary Research 68, 303-313.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-12-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-18
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