Glaciological Investigations of the Bulge and Trunk of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Data Contributors JACOBEL, ROBERT Parameters GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY Instruments RADAR : RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS

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This data set contains radar data from the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS), formerly known as Ice Stream C, in West Antarctica. The project was part of a larger study to assess the likelihood of ice stream reactivation. Parameters include latitude, longitude, distance along profile, ice thickness pick, bright layer depth, and surface elevation, from approximately 1600 km of ground-based radar traverses recorded during the 2004 and 2005 Antarctic field seasons.

Data are available via FTP as ASCII text files (.txt). Profile location maps and sample profile sections are available as Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) image files. The data are also available as binary data on DVD, upon request.

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R. W. Jacobel. 2009. Glaciological Investigations of the Bulge and Trunk of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5ZC80SH.

Sample Location Map

St. Olaf College 3 MHZ ground-based ice-penetrating radar profile on Kamb Ice St

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