Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0106
Summary
Ice velocity data from ice stream C, including the body of the ice stream and its area of onset, are available. The investigator calculated velocities from precise ice displacement measurements made with a geodetic-quality Global Positioning System (GPS). These ice displacement measurements accompanied seismic experiments aimed at understanding controls on the flow of ice streams in west Antarctica. An understanding of ice stream flow is essential to predicting the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change.
Data are available in ASCII format via ftp.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -81.8039°
S: -82.8113°
E: -124.987°
W: -152.598°
N: -82.2764°
S: -82.362°
E: -120.018°
W: -121.644°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Dataset Title: Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2001-12-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: table
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0106.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1995-11-01
Stop Date: 1996-01-31
Location Keywords
- Continent Antarctica
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets ice stream
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets ice stream
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Motion
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
Ancillary Keywords
- AGDC
- Antarctica
- Glaciology
- Global Positioning Systems
- GPS
- ice sheets
- Ice Stream C Velocities
- ICE STREAMS
- ice velocities
- NSIDC
- NSIDC-0106
- Velocity Measurements
- WAIS
- West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPS RECEIVERS
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0106
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 Set ID: NSIDC-0106
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: 2 and 3 KB ASCII files and 15 and 17 KB Excel files
Distribution Format: ASCII text files, Excel files
Personnel
Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
USA
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
Anandakrishnan, S. and R. B. Alley. 1997. Stagnation of ice stream C, West Antarctica by water piracy. Geophys. Res. Lett. 24: 265-268.
Anandakrishnan, S., D. D. Blankenship, R. B. Alley, and P. A. Stoffa. 1998. Influence of subglacial geology on the position of a West Antarctic ice stream from seismic observations. Nature 394: 62-65.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-12-05
Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-12-17
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