Average Annual Layer Thickness of the WAIS Divide Ice Core from Visual Stratigraphy, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0603
DOI: 10.7265/N53J39X3
Overview
This data set includes ~50 m averaged annual layer thicknesses down to 3403 m depth at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core as observed visually using diffuse transmitted light opposite a planed surface in a light-shielded booth in the core-processing line at the National Ice Core Lab in Denver, CO.
Parameter(s):
THICKNESS
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
Excel
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 2005 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-79.4676
S:
-79.4676
E:
-112.0865
W:
-112.0865
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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