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

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 Coverage:
N:
-81.07364
S:
-83.679167
E:
-135.825278
W:
-148.808333
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
NSIDC does not archive or provide citation guidance for these data.