Standing Water Depth on Larsen B Ice Shelf, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0584
DOI: 10.7265/N500002K

Overview

This data set addresses why surface melt water lakes on ice shelves and ice sheets are notably influential in triggering ice-shelf break-up and modulating seasonal ice flow, and are thus principle avenues by which environmental change can be transmitted to the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. A comparative analysis is performed of lake geometry and derived depth (using Landsat image reflectance) in two distinct regions, one a collapsing ice shelf and the other an ablation zone of a land terminating ice sheet, to better characterize the range of surface lake variability.
Parameter(s):
SURFACE WATERWATER DEPTH
Platform(s):
LANDSAT-7
Sensor(s):
ETM+
Data Format(s):
NetCDF
Temporal Coverage:
21 February 2000 to 22 February 2000
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-63
S:
-67
E:
-55
W:
-63
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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