Temperature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0537
DOI: 10.7265/N5PN93J8

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Overview

This data set contains temperature-depth profile measurements taken in 22 boreholes drilled on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which exhibit two distinctly different thermal states of basal ice: a warm state and a relatively colder state. The data are available in ASCII Text Format (.txt) and Portable Document Format (PDF) via FTP.
Parameter(s):
ICE SHEETS
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
THERMISTORS
Data Format(s):
PDF
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 1988 to 31 December 2001
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • varies
  • varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    -81.07364
    Southern latitude
    -83.67917
    Eastern longitude
    -135.82528
    Western longitude
    -148.80833
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.