Ross Ice Shelf Firn Temperature, Antarctica

Data Contributors MACAYEAL, DOUGLAS SERGIENKO, OLGA SCAMBOS, TED MUTO, ATSU Parameters GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ABLATION ZONES/ACCUMULATION ZONES GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > FIRN GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICEBERGS SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE SEA ICE > ICEBERGS SNOW/ICE SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE Instruments TEMPERATURE LOGGERS TEMPERATURE PROFILERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS

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Since November of 2006, 12 thermistors were planted in the upper 16 meters of the firn on the Ross Ice Shelf near its calving front. Temperature data are collected every 20 minutes and are transmitted via ARGOS satellite relay. Data are intended to provide a view of how firn temperatures change as the ice shelf evolves. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII format. Data are available via FTP.

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Doug MacAyeal. 2008. Ross Ice Shelf Firn Temperature, Antarctica. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5BP00Q3.

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