Ablation Rates of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

AGDC Data Catalog

Data Contributors

  • CUFFEY, KURT M.
  • BLISS, ANDREW
  • KAVANAUGH, JEFFREY

Parameters

  • ABLATION ZONES/ACCUMULATION ZONES
  • GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
  • GLACIERS

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This data set provides glacier surface ablation rates for a network of approximately 250 sites on Taylor Glacier, for year 2003. Here sublimation is the dominant ablation mechanism, though a few sites have accumulation. Data are available in space-delimited ASCII format and are available via FTP.

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Data Citation

Cuffey, Kurt, Andrew Bliss and Jeffrey Kavanaugh. 2007. Ablation Rates of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital Media.

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