Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0466
Summary
This data set includes a variety of station data from two Antarctic icebergs. In 2006, researchers installed specialized weather stations called Automated Meteorological Ice Geophysical Observing Stations (AMIGOS) on two icebergs, A22A and UK211 (nicknamed Amigosberg), near Marambio Station in Antarctica.The AMIGOS stations were outfitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) sensors, cameras, and an electronic thermometer. They collected data from their installation in March 2006 until the icebergs crumbled into the ocean, in 2006 (Amigosberg) and 2007 (A22A). Available data include GPS, temperature and ablation measurements, and photographs of the station base and of flag lines extending out to the edges of the icebergs. Snow pit data from iceberg A22A is also included.
This data set was collected as part of a National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Special Grant for Exploratory Research, to explore the possibility of using drfting icebergs to investigate ice shelf evolution caused by climate change. The expedition, nicknamed IceTrek, was conducted jointly with Argentine scientists. The data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) formats.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -47°
S: -80°
E: -15°
W: -60°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Scambos, T., R. Bauer, R. Ross, J. Bohlander, J. Thom, Y. Yermolin
Dataset Title: Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007
Dataset Release Date: 2011-01-31
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0466.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5N014GW
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-03-05
Stop Date: 2006-11-02
Start Date: 2006-03-19
Stop Date: 2007-01-15
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
- OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN WEDDELL SEA
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Icebergs
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Icebergs
- Oceans Sea Ice Icebergs
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Icebergs
Ancillary Keywords
- Air Temperature
- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Breakup
- GPS
- Iceberg
- Ice Breakup
- Ice Shelf
- Ice shelf meltwater
- Photographs
- weddell sea
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GPS Global Positioning System Satellites
Instrument
- CAMERAS
- GPS Global Positioning System
- MMS Meteorological Measurement System
- THERMOMETERS
Data Set Progress
complete
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: 622 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 7 MB
Distribution Format: JPEG
Personnel
Ted Scambos
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: scambos@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- University of Colorado
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
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
Jennifer Bohlander
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Rob Bauer
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 303 492 2378
Email: bauerr@kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Colorado
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
- University of Colorado
- CIRES 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309
Country: USA
Yevgeny Yermolin
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Instituto Antartico Argentino
- Cerrito 1248
City: Buenos Aires
Postal Code: 1010
Country: Argentina
Jonathan Thom
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Wisconsin- Madison
- Space Science and Engineering Center
- 1225 W Dayton Street
City: Madison
Province or State: Wisconsin
Postal Code: 53706
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
IceTrek Web site
Reference
Scambos, T., R. Ross, R. Bauer, Y. Yermolin, P. Skvarca, D. Long, J. Bohlander, T. Haran. 2008. Calving and Ice Shelf Break-Up Processes Investigated by Proxy: Antarctic Tabular Iceberg Evolution during Northward Drift. Journal of Glaciology, 54 (187) 579-591.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-01-31
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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