MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0497
Summary
This data set provides a structural feature map of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica (also known as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf). The map was developed as part of a project to study fracture propagation in the Ronne Ice Shelf, with special focus on the Evans Ice Stream. Features were digitized from the MODIS Mosaic of Antartica (MOA), a composite of individual Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectradiometer (MODIS) images taken between 20 November 2003 and 29 February 2004, with an effective resolution of 125 m. The data set includes estimates of the shelf boundary, including ice stream grounding zones, outlets of glaciers feeding the shelf, extents of islands and ice rises, and the location of the shelf front, and features observed within the shelf, including suture zones between ice streams, streaklines, fractures (crevasses and rifts), and fold-like features. Individual features can be extracted as a group of points and grouping is used to facilitate identification and plotting.
Data files are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format. One image file, in Portable Document Format (.pdf), shows the data included in the dataset, plotted using MATLAB. The data set also provides a MATLAB script which can be used to plot the data.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -74.355°
S: -84.679°
E: -26.111°
W: -86.557°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Hulbe, C. L., and C. M LeDoux
Dataset Title: MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf
Dataset Release Date: 2011-07-15
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0497.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5PR7SXR
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-11-20
Stop Date: 2004-02-29
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- GPS
- Ice Motion
- Ice Sheet
- ice stream motion
- West Antarctica
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- TERRA Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
Instrument
- MODIS Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
PDX/GEOL
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: 135 KB
Distribution Format: PDF
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 4 KB
Distribution Format: MATLAB
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 687 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Christina Hulbe
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Portland State University
- Geology
- P.O. Box 751
City: Portland
Province or State: OR
Postal Code: 97207
Christine Ledoux
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Portland State University
- Department of Geology
- P.O. Box 751
City: Portland
Province or State: Oregon
Postal Code: 97207
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
Hulbe, C.L., C. LeDoux, and K.C. Cruikshank. 2010. Propagation of Long Fractures in the Ronne Ice Shelf Investigated Using a Numerical Model of Fracture Propagation. Journal of Glaciology, 56 (197), 459-472. doi:10.3189/002214310792447743.
LeDoux, C. 2007. A Boundary Element Model for Fracture Propagation. (MSc thesis, Portland State University.)
Haran, T., J. Bohlander, T. Scambos, T. Painter, and M. Fahnestock compilers. 2005, updated 2006. MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Image Map. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
Scambos, T., T. Haran, M. Fahnestock, T. Painter, and J. Bohlander. 2007. MODIS-Based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Data Sets: Continent-Wide Surface Morphology and Snow Grain Size. Remote Sensing of Environment 111(2): 242-257, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.020.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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