NSIDC-0466
Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007
Scambos, T., R. Bauer, R. Ross, J. Bohlander, J. Thom, Y. Yermolin
Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007
2011-01-31
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0466.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5N014GW
Investigator
Ted
Scambos
scambos@nsidc.org
University of Colorado
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Boulder
CO
80309-0449
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Investigator
Jennifer
Bohlander
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
Investigator
Rob
Bauer
bauerr@kryos.colorado.edu
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University of Colorado
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado
CIRES 449 UCB
Boulder
CO
80309
USA
Investigator
Yevgeny
Yermolin
Instituto Antartico Argentino
Cerrito 1248
Buenos Aires
1010
Argentina
Investigator
Jonathan
Thom
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center
1225 W Dayton Street
Madison
Wisconsin
53706
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Sea Ice
Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE
Oceans
Sea Ice
Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Icebergs
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Air Temperature
Antarctic
Antarctica
Breakup
GPS
Iceberg
Ice Breakup
Ice Shelf
Ice shelf meltwater
Photographs
weddell sea
CAMERAS
GPS
Global Positioning System
MMS
Meteorological Measurement System
THERMOMETERS
GPS
Global Positioning System Satellites
2006-03-05
2006-11-02
2006-03-19
2007-01-15
complete
-80
-47
-60
-15
CONTINENT
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN
WEDDELL SEA
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NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
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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.
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.
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