Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0141
DOI: 10.7265/N5WS8R52

Overview

This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once in 2000, and again in 2002. Movement of the poles in that time show the ice motion velocity and direction. GPS pole positions are given in latitude and longitude, and elevations are given in meters above the WGS1984 ellipsoid. The data are presented as tables in ASCII text files. Three maps of the area are included with the data tables. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this work under grant number OPP-9909469.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATIONGLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTIONGLACIERSICE EXTENTICE MOTIONICE SHEETSICE VELOCITYSNOW/ICE
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
GPS, GPS RECEIVERS, RADAR, RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS
Data Format(s):
JPEG, ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
11 November 2000 to 28 January 2002
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-82.2
S:
-83.5
E:
-134.3
W:
-158
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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