WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0375
Summary
This data set is comprised of optical images of ice core sections, acquired with a digital line-scan camera in the cold room facility at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Ice core sections are archival cuts which have rough-out rounds of ice with a single plane cut along one side. Ice sections were illuminated with fiber optic light guides connected to a 1000 watt (W) xenon light source. Original scan resolution varies from about 0.05 mm to 0.1 mm, and is documented in the metadata for each image. Images are in uncompressed Tagged Image File (.tif) form, with resolutions of 1.0 mm and 0.1 mm. Depth of image in the ice core is documented in the metadata files for each image.
Data are available via FTP as .tif image files. Supporting information is available as ASCII text files (.txt), and other file formats readable with a freely available image processing program, IceImageJ.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -79.466667°
S: -79.466667°
E: -112.083333°
W: -112.083333°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Kenneth C. McGwire
Dataset Title: WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2010-02-10
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0375.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5348H8T
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-01-01
Stop Date: 2007-12-30
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
Science Keywords
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Ice Core
- Ice Core Data
- Ice Cores
- WAIS
- West Antarctica
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
Instrument
Project
- WAISCORES West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores
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: 16 GB
Distribution Format: TIFF
Personnel
Kenneth Christian McGwire
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 775 673-7324
Fax: 1 775 673-7485
Email: kenm@dri.edu
Contact Address:
- DRI-DEES
- 2215 Raggio Parkway
City: Reno
Province or State: NV
Postal Code: 89512
Country: USA
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
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Reference
McGwire, K. C., G. M. Hargreaves, R. B. Alley, T. J. Popp, D. B. Reusch, M. K. Spencer, K. C. Taylor. 2008. An integrated system for optical imaging of ice cores. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 216-228. McGwire, K.C., J.R. McConnell, R.B. Alley, J.R. Banta, G.M. Hargreaves, and K.C. Taylor. 2008. Dating Annual Layers of a Shallow Antarctic Ice Core with an Optical Scanner. Journal of Glaciology 54(188):831-838.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-02-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-18
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