US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition 400 MHz Subsurface Radar Profiles  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0254
Summary
This data set includes subsurface radar profiles that were recorded between core sites during the November-December seasons for 1999-2002. Data were collected using an ice-penetrating radar to survey the ice sheet. Ice thickness data are available for a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This study is part of the U.S. participation in the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE). Elevation data are available in Excel and Microsoft Access database format via FTP. Radar data in SEGY format are available by special request on DVD by contacting NSIDC User Services.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -75°
S: -90°
E: -90°
W: -135°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Steven A. Arcone
Dataset Title: US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition 400 MHz Subsurface Radar Profiles
Dataset Release Date: 2005-05-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0254.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1999-11-01
Stop Date: 2002-12-31
Location Keywords
- Continent Antarctica
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
- Spectral/Engineering Radar Radar Cross-section
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- CRREL
- Ice
- Ice Cover
- Ice Penetrating Radar
- Ice Sheet
- Ice Surveys
- Ice Thickness
- ITASE
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Office of Polar Programs
- Radar
- Radar Echo Sounders
- Radar Echo Sounding
- U.S. ITASE
- West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
- RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS
Project
- US-ITASE United States - International Antarctic Scientific Expedition
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC_AGDC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0254
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-0254
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
NSIDC U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/usadcc/
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0254
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USADCC 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, DVD
Distribution Size: 18-149 KB, 10-108 MB
Distribution Format: SEGY, Excel, Access
Personnel
Steven Arcone
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 603-646-4368
Email: sarcone@crrel.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:
72 Lyme Road
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Reference
Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes, and G.S. Hamilton (in review). Deformation of polar firn by differential accumulation and ice flow: Interpretation of a 400-MHz short-pulse radar profile from West Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology.
Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes, and G.S. Hamilton (in review). Phase structure of radar stratigraphic horizons within Antarctic firn. Annals of Glaciology 40.
Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes, G.S. Hamilton, and P.A. Mayewski. 2003. Stratigraphic continuity in 400-MHz radar profiles in West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology. In press.
Arcone, S.A. 2002. Stratigraphic profiling of antarctic firn with 400-MHz GPR at 1500 ns. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar. Santa Barbara, CA, May 2002.
Liu, H., K. Jezek, B. Li. 1999. Development of Antarctic digital elevation model by integrating cartographic and remotely sensed data: A geographic information system based approach. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: 23,199-23,213.
Spikes, V.B., G.S. Hamilton, S.A. Arcone, S. Kaspari, and P.A. Mayewski. 2003. Primary causes of variability in antarctic accumulation rates. Annals of Glaciology 39. In press.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-05-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-08-21
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