Roosevelt Island Bedrock and Surface Elevations

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Entry ID

NSIDC-0140

Summary

This data set consists of bedrock and surface elevation readings taken by ground penetrating radar and Global Positioning System (GPS) on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf. Locations were validated by GPS readings of poles set in the surface snow. The data was collected between November and December, 1997.

Data are available via ftp, and are provided in a text file with an accompanying file that provides GPS locations. Surface and bedrock elevations are given in meters above WGS84.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Howard Conway
Dataset Title: Roosevelt Island Bedrock and Surface Elevations
Dataset Series Name: AGDC
Dataset Release Date: 2003-05-23
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: tables
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0140.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-11-11
Stop Date: 1997-12-12

Location Keywords

• Continent Antarctica
• Geographic Region Polar

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
• Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
• Land Surface Topography Landforms
• Land Surface Topography Terrain Elevation
• Land Surface Topography Topographic Effects
• 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 Ice Sheets
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness

Ancillary Keywords

• AGDC
• Altimetry
• Antarctic
• Antarctic Ice Sheet
• Antarctica
• Bedrock Elevation
• Ice Penetrating Radar
• Ice Sheet Elevation
• Ice Surface Elevation
• NASA
• NSIDC
• Radar
• Radar Altimetry
• Radar Echo Sounders
• Satellite Radar Data
• Surface Elevation
• Terrain Elevation

Platform

• AIRCRAFT

Instrument

• RA ERS Radar Altimeter
• RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
• RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0140

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-0140

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

Personnel

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

Howard Conway
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-543-1190
Email: conway@ess.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
63 Johnson Hall, Box 351310
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195-1310
Country: USA

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-06-02

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