GEOSAT Radar Altimeter DEM Atlas of Antarctica North of 72.1 degrees South

View Catalog Page

Entry ID

NSIDC-0075

Summary

The Antarctic atlas consists of 28 digital elevation maps which cover all of Antarctica north of 72.1 degrees south at a resolution of three kilometers. Each map contains surface elevations and coordinates for one atlas page covering 16 degrees of longitude. Data were acquired by the Geodetic Satellite (GEOSAT) Geodetic Mission (GM) from March 1985 through September 1986 and are available in both Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, and in latitude and longitude coordinates.

Data were mapped using the UTM projection in atlas form to decrease the distortion that usually occurs at the poles. Many features of the Antarctic Ice Sheet are shown in more detail than in previous digital elevation models, especially along the margin of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. A geostatistical mapping technique (Herzfeld et al. 1993) improved the accuracy of surface elevations compared to previous GEOSAT elevation data sets. This atlas will facilitate the monitoring of changes in surface elevation that could indicate mass changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Ute Christina Herzfeld, Michael S. Matassa
Dataset Title: GEOSAT Radar Altimeter DEM Atlas of Antarctica North of 72.1 degrees South
Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: ASCII
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0075.html

Dataset Creator: Ute Christina Herzfeld, Michael S. Matassa
Dataset Title: An Atlas of Antarctica north of 72.1 degrees S from GEOSAT radar altimeter data
Dataset Series Name: International Journal of Remote Sensing
Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01
Issue Identification: Vol 20(2):241-258
Data Presentation Form: Journal article

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1985-04-01
Stop Date: 1986-09-30

Location Keywords

• Continent Antarctica

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glaciers
• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
• Land Surface Topography Contours
• Land Surface Topography Landforms
• Land Surface Topography Surface Roughness
• Land Surface Topography Terrain Elevation
• Land Surface Topography Topographical Relief
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glaciers
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets

Ancillary Keywords

• Altimetry
• Antarctic
• Contours
• Cryosphere
• DAAC
• EOSDIS
• glaciers
• Goddard Space Flight Center
• Hydrosphere
• Ice
• Ice Sheet Elevation
• ice sheets
• landforms
• NASA
• NSIDC
• Relief
• Snow
• Surface Roughness
• Terrain Elevation
• Topography

Platform

• GEOSAT Geodetic Satellite

Instrument

• RADAR ALTIMETERS

Project

• EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data Information System
• ESIP Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0075

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 Distributed Active Archive Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0075

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC DAAC 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

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0075

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Size: 11.68 MB
Distribution Format: compressed tar file - latitude and longitude coordinates

Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Size: 8.0 MB
Distribution Format: compressed tar file - UTM coordinates

Personnel

UTE CHRISTINA HERZFELD
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Geomathematik, Fachereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften,
Universitaet Trier,
Trier, Germany

NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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

Reference

Brenner, A.C., R.A. Bindschadler, R.H. Thomas, H.J. Zwally. 1983. 'Slope-induced errors in radar altimetry over continental ice sheets', Journal of Geophysical Research 88:1617-1623.

Davis D.H., H.J. Zwally. 1993. 'Geographic and seasonal variations in the surface properties of the ice sheets by satellite radar altimetry.' Journal of Gaciology 39:687-697.

Herzfeld, U.C. 1990. 'Quantitative spatial models of Atlantic primary productivity: an application of geomathematics.' Journal of Geophysical Research 97:717-732.

Herzfeld, U.C., C.S. Lingle, L.-h. Lee. 1993. 'Geostatistical evaluation of satellite radar altimetry for high-resolution mapping of Lambert Glacier, Antarctica.' Annals of Glaciology 17:77-85.

Herzfeld, U.C., M.S. Matassa. 1999. 'An Atlas of Antarctica North of 72.1 degrees S from GEOSAT radar altimeter data.' International Journal of Remote Sensing 20(2):241-258.

Journel, A.G., Ch. J. Huijbregts. 1978. 'Mining Geostatistics' (London: Academic Press) 600 pp. Snyder, J.P. 1987. 'Map projections - a working manual.' U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 395:I-IX+1-383.

Zwally, H.J., R.A. Bindschadler, A.C. Brenner, T.V. Martin, R.H. Thomas. 1983. 'Surface Elevation Contours of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets', Journal of Geophsyical Research 88(C3):1589-1596.

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-10-04

DIF Text-Only

Directory Interchange Format (DIF) in plain text

DIF XML

Directory Interchange Format (DIF) in Extensible Markup Language (XML)

FGDC HTML

U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)