Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0496
Summary
This dataset contains ground-based, co-polarized radar data collected using pulse-modulated 60 MHz and 179 MHz radar at 19 sites around a deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS Divide). At each site, the radar data were collected at 12 orientations of the radar polarization plane for three radar pulse widths: 250 nsec, 500 nsec, and 1000 nsec. Useful signals were received from depths roughly between 200 m and 2000 m. Ice flow velocities and strain configurations were measured at most of these radar survey sites, and these ice motion data are also provided at NSIDC (GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica).
Data are available via FTP in MATLAB (.mat) format.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -78.7489°
S: -79.6401°
E: -109.128°
W: -115.457°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Matsuoka, K.
Dataset Title: Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2011-08-30
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0496.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5TH8JNG
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2005-11-01
Stop Date: 2007-01-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice
- Spectral/Engineering Radar Radar Imagery
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Ice Penetrating Radar
- Ice Sheet
- Radar
- Ross-Amundsen Divide
- West Antarctica
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Instrument
- RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
UWA/ESS
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: 12.7 MB
Distribution Format: MATLAB
Personnel
Kenichi Matsuoka
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: matsuoka@ess.washington.edu
Email: matsuoka@npolar.no
Contact Address:
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Fram Centre
City: Tromsø
Postal Code: NO-9296
Country: Norway
Donovan Power
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of WAshington
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences
- Box 351310
City: Seattle
Province or State: Washington
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA
Shuji Fujita
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- National Institute of Polar Research
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Charles Raymond
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- University of Washington
- Geophysics Program Box 351650
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
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
Conway, Smith, Vaswani, Matsuoka, Rignot and Claus. 2009. A Low-Frequency Ice-Penetrating Radar System Adapted for Use from an Airplane: Test Results from Bering and Malaspina Glaciers, Alaska, USA. Annals of Glaciology, v.50, p. 93. Fujita, S., H. Maeno and K. Matsuoka. 2006. Radio Wave Depolarization and Scattering within Ice Sheets: A Matrix-Based Model to Link Radar and Ice Core Measurements and its Application. Journal of Glaciology, v.52, p. 407. Matsuoka, Wilen, Shawn, and Raymond. 2009. Effects of Birefringence within Ice Sheets on Obliquely Propagating Radio Waves. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v.47, p. 1429.
Matsuoka, K., D. Power, S. Fujita and C.Raymond. 2011. Polarimetric signatures of englacial radar returned power near the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice-Flow Divide (WAIS Divide), West Antarctica. In preparation.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-08-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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