ICESat-Derived Grounding Zone for Antarctic Ice Shelves  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0469
Summary
This data set includes estimates of the location of the grounding zone of Antarctic ice shelves based on laser altimeter data acquired during the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission, October 2003 through October 2009. The estimates are based on ICESat repeat-track analysis, which can be used to detect the region of ice flexure across the grounding line, since each repeated pass is acquired at a different tidal phase. The technique provides estimates for the landward limit of flexure, the point where the ice becomes hydrostatically balanced, and the break-in-slope associated with the flexure.
Data files are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -60°
S: -80°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Brunt, K. M., H. A. Fricker, L. Padman, and S. O'Neel
Dataset Title: ICESat-Derived Grounding Zone for Antarctic Ice Shelves
Dataset Release Date: 2010-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0469.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5CF9N19
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-01-01
Stop Date: 2009-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Filchner Ice Shelf
- ICESat
- Ice Shelf
- Larsen Ice Shelf
- Ronne Ice Shelf
- Ross Ice Shelf
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- ICESAT Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
- LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
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: 196 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Kelly Brunt
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Helen Fricker
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
- University of California, San Diego
- 9500 Gilman Dr.
City: La Jolla
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 92093
Country: USA
Laurence Padman
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 541 753-6695
Fax: 1 541 753-1999
Email: padman@esr.org
Contact Address:
- Earth & Space Research
- 1910 Fairview Ave, E., Suite 210
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98103-3620
Country: USA
Shad O'Neel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- USGS Alaska Science Center
- 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
Province or State: AK
Postal Code: 99508-4626
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
Reference
Fricker, H. A. and L. Padman. 2006. Ice shelf grounding zone structure from ICESat laser altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(15), L15502.
Fricker, H. A., R. Coleman, L. Padman, T. A. Scambos, J. Bohlander and K.M. Brunt. 2009. Mapping the grounding zone of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica using InSAR, MODIS and ICESat. Antarctic Science, 21(5), 515532.
Brunt, K. M., H. A. Fricker, L. Padman, T. A. Scambos, and S. ONeel. 2010. Grounding zone of Ross Ice Shelf mapped using ICESat laser altimetry. Annals of Glaciology, 51(55), 71-79.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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