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

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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 ZONES
GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
ICEBERGS
ICE MOTION
ICE SHEETS
ICE VELOCITY
SNOW/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 Reference System(s):
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.