Coastal and Terminus History of the Eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, 1972 - 2011, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0522
DOI: 10.7265/N5CC0XNK

Overview

This data set provides a coastline history of the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment and terminus histories of its outlet glaciers derived from those coastlines. These outlet glaciers include Smith, Haynes, Thwaites, and Pine Island Glaciers. The coastlines were derived from detailed tracing of Landsat imagery between late 1972 and late 2011 (at a scale of 1:50,000). The data set also uses some additional data from other sources. The terminus histories are calculated as the intersections between these coastlines and 1996 flowlines. Data are available via FTP in ESRI shapefile and comma separated value (.csv) formats.
Parameter(s):
COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSESGLACIERSGLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
Platform(s):
ERS-1, LANDSAT-5
Sensor(s):
SAR, TM
Data Format(s):
ASCII, Shapefile, MAT
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1947 to 31 December 1966
1 December 1972 to 30 November 2011
1 January 1992 to 31 December 1998
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-74
S:
-76
E:
-100
W:
-110
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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