Continuous GPS (static) Data from the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0347
DOI: 10.7265/N57W694M

Overview

In October 2005, three geodetic GPS receivers were deployed on the Ross Ice Shelf near the ice front to observe short-term fluctuations in ice-shelf velocity associated with tidal forcing and other phenomena. Two stations were placed on either side of a large rift that is expected to eventually create the next iceberg to calve from the Ross Ice Shelf (called "Nascent Iceberg"). One station was established at a location near station R13, occupied in 1979 during the RIGGS project (Thomas et al., 1984), to determine if the near-ice-front part of the Ross Ice Shelf has significantly changed its long-term flow since the late 1970s.
Parameter(s):
ABLATION ZONES/ACCUMULATION ZONESGLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTIONGLACIERS/ICE SHEETSGLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHYICEBERGSICE MOTIONICE SHEETSICE VELOCITYSNOW/ICE
Platform(s):
GPS
Sensor(s):
GPS, GPS RECEIVERS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
29 October 2005 to 21 November 2005
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-78
S:
-78
E:
-178
W:
-178
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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