Antarctic Subglacial Lake Classification Inventory

Data Contributors BLANKENSHIP, DONALD D. HOLT, JOHN W. CARTER, SASHA P. Parameters GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS SNOW/ICE Instruments IMAGING RADAR SYSTEMS : IMAGING RADAR SYSTEMS, REAL AND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR : RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING

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This data set is an Antarctic radar-based subglacial lake classification collection, which focuses on the radar reflection properties of each given lake.

The Subglacial lakes are separated into four categories specified by radar reflection properties. Additional information includes: latitude, longitude, length (in kilometers), hydro-potential (in meters), bed elevation (in meters above WGS84), and ice thickness (in meters).

Source data used to compile this data set were collected between 1998 and 2001. Data are available via FTP as a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (XLS), and Tagged Image File Format (TIF).

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Donald Blankenship. 2009. Antarctic Subglacial Lake Classification Inventory. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5CN71VX.

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Image from Carter, S. P. et. al., 2007

Spatial coverage extent image from Carter, S. P. et. al., 2007

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