NSIDC-0517
Blankenship, D., and D. Young
20120503
AGASEA Ice Thickness Profile Data from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0517.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5W95730
This data set contains line-based radar-derived ice thickness and bed elevation data, collected as part of the Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Embayment (AGASEA) expedition, which took place over Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica from 2004 to 2005. The data set includes ice thickness, ice sheet bed elevation, and ice sheet surface elevation, derived from ice-penetrating radar and aircraft GPS positions. The data are spaced on a 15 km by 15 km grid over the entire catchment of the glacier, and sampled at approximately 15 meters along track. Most of the radar data used for this dataset has been processed using a 1-D focusing algorithm, to reduce the along track resolution to tens of meters, to improve boundary conditions for ice sheet models.
Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII format.
scientific research
Blankenship, D., and D. Young
20120503
AGASEA Ice Thickness Profile Data from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/agdc/nsidc0517-blankenship/index.html
20041210
20050129
publication date
Unknown
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-73
-83
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
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NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
GPS > Global Positioning System
RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
AIRCRAFT
DHC-6 > DeHavilland Twin Otter
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Airborne geophysical survey of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (AGASEA)
Airborne Radar Sounding
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Glacier
glaciers
GPS
Ice Penetrating Radar
Ice Sheet
Ice Sheet Thickness
Model Input Data
Thwaites Glacier
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Continent > Antarctica
Geographic Region > Polar
3
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
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NSIDC User Services
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
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1 303 492-2468 x
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC User Services
mailing
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
nsidc@nsidc.org
NSIDC-0517
NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
ASCII Text
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/AGDC/nsidc0517_blankenship_V01/
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20130320
20130320
NSIDC User Services
National Snow and Ice Data Center
mailing
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
nsidc@nsidc.org
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
FGDC-STD-012-2002