Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0523
Summary
This data set contains lake boundaries, volume changes, and gridded elevations for 124 active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. The data are provided in Keyhole Markup Language (KML), comma-separated values (CSV), and GEOTiff formats, and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -60°
S: -90°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Smith, B., I. Joughin, and S. Tulaczyk.
Dataset Title: Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry
Dataset Release Date: 2012-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0523.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N57M05WS
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-09-01
Stop Date: 2009-11-01
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 to 50
Longitude Resolution: 1 to 50
Vertical Resolution: 1 to 50
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Ancillary Keywords
- Altimetry
- Antarctica
- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- GLAS
- ICE ALTIMETRY
- ICESat
- laser altimetry
- subglacial
- subglacial lakes
- Subglacial Topography
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- ICESAT Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
- LABORATORY
Instrument
- GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
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: 150 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 0.1 - 100 MB
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 305 KB
Distribution Format: KML
Personnel
Ben Smith
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Polar Science Center Applied Physics Laboratory
- University of Washington
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA
Ian Joughin
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- 1013 NE 40th Street
- Box 355640
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105
Country: USA
Slawek Tulaczyk
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 831 459-5207
Email: tulaczyk@es.ucsc.edu
Contact Address:
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz CA
City: Department of Earth Sciences
Province or State: UCSC
Postal Code: 95064
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
Smith, B.E., H.A. Fricker, I.R. Joughin and S. Tulaczyk. 2009. An Inventory of Active Subglacial Lakes in Antarctica Detected by ICESat (2003-2008). Journal of Glaciology, 55(192): 573-595.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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