Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0102

DOI: 10.7265/N5NC5Z4N

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Scambos, T., Bohlander, J. & Klinger, M. (2001). Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves. (NSIDC-0102, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. National Snow and Ice Data Center. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5NC5Z4N. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 12-11-2024.

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Version Summary

Initial release

Overview

As of June 2023, this data set is retired and no longer available for download. We recommend using the Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves, Version 2 (https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0102/versions/2) data set, which was released on 5 May 2022 and also includes the Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves, Version 1 data. Changes in the extent and stability of ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula prompted NSIDC to begin a monitoring program using data from the AVHRR Polar 1 km Data Set. NSIDC regularly reviews images of those ice shelves considered susceptible to rapid change due to climatic warming, and of several other major shelves that occasionally calve major icebergs. The images in this site represent a selected subset of the available scenes, generally the clearest and most informative scenes available. The scenes are derived from either the AVHRR visible (vis) or the thermal (temp) channels, enhanced by combining two channels using principal components processing. In the thermal images, bright areas are colder areas. A few additional scenes from other sensors (MODIS, Landsat) are included to provide some supplemental information on ice shelf structure and events. The data from October 1992 to June 2009 are derived from past AVHRR and MODIS data; the data from 2001 to present are derived using MODIS Aqua and Terra Level 1B Calibrated Radiances. If you wish to save an image, you can do so through the 'Save image as' option of the browser's pop-up menu. For more information contact NSIDC User Services.

Parameter(s):

ICEBERGSICE SHELVESINFRARED IMAGERYSURFACE MELTSURFACE MORPHOLOGYVISIBLE IMAGERY

Platform(s):

Aqua, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, Terra

Sensor(s):

AVHRR, MODIS

Data Format(s):

PNG, GeoTIFF, JPEG

Temporal Coverage:

12 August 1989 to 30 September 2020

Temporal Resolution:

Varies

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic

EPSG:3031

Spatial Coverage:

N:

-50

S:

-90

E:

180

W:

-180

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.