NSIDC-0497
MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf
Hulbe, C. L., and C. M LeDoux
MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf
2011-07-15
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0497.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5PR7SXR
Investigator
Christina
Hulbe
Portland State University
Geology
P.O. Box 751
Portland
OR
97207
Investigator
Christine
Ledoux
Portland State University
Department of Geology
P.O. Box 751
Portland
Oregon
97207
USA
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EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Motion
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Motion
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Antarctica
Antarctic Ice Sheet
GPS
Ice Motion
Ice Sheet
ice stream motion
West Antarctica
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
TERRA
Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
2003-11-20
2004-02-29
complete
-84.679
-74.355
-86.557
-26.111
CONTINENT
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
English
PDX/GEOL
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CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
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CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC_AGDC
NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
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Data Center Contact
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University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
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PDF
FTP
4 KB
MATLAB
FTP
687 KB
ASCII Text
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/agdc/nsidc0497_hulbe/images/RonneFM_combined_small.jpg
Sample Data Map
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.
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.
AMD/US
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
2011-07-15
2013-03-20
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