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We also include some processed data including upsampled matched filtered data, GPS receiver position, antenna separation", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Bistatic Radar; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPS Data; Greenland; Lake Whillans; Radar; Store Glacier; Whillans Ice Stream; WISSARD", "locations": "Whillans Ice Stream; Store Glacier; Greenland; Lake Whillans; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Integrated System Science; Antarctic Integrated System Science", "persons": "Bienert, Nicole; Schroeder, Dustin; Siegfried, Matthew; Peters, Sean; MacKie, Emma; Dawson, Eliza; Christoffersen, Poul", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated Study of Carbon Cycling in Hydrologically-active Subglacial Environments", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010119", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated Study of Carbon Cycling in Hydrologically-active Subglacial Environments"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WISSARD", "south": null, "title": "Bistatic Radar Sounding of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica and Store Glacier, Greenland", "uid": "601472", "west": null}, {"awards": "1917149 Grapenthin, Ronni; 1643952 Grapenthin, Ronni; 2039432 Grapenthin, Ronni", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((166 -77.1,166.39 -77.1,166.78 -77.1,167.17 -77.1,167.56 -77.1,167.95 -77.1,168.34 -77.1,168.73 -77.1,169.12 -77.1,169.51 -77.1,169.9 -77.1,169.9 -77.18,169.9 -77.26,169.9 -77.34,169.9 -77.42,169.9 -77.5,169.9 -77.58,169.9 -77.66,169.9 -77.74,169.9 -77.82,169.9 -77.9,169.51 -77.9,169.12 -77.9,168.73 -77.9,168.34 -77.9,167.95 -77.9,167.56 -77.9,167.17 -77.9,166.78 -77.9,166.39 -77.9,166 -77.9,166 -77.82,166 -77.74,166 -77.66,166 -77.58,166 -77.5,166 -77.42,166 -77.34,166 -77.26,166 -77.18,166 -77.1))"], "date_created": "Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "We use NASA\u0027s Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u0027s (JPL) GipsyX software in PPP mode with ambiguity resolution \r\napplied to 24 hour segments of data to generate daily position solutions. We use JPL\u0027s orbit and\r\nclock products and International GNSS Service (IGS) antenna phase center models. Where available, \r\nwe use JPL\u0027s second order ionospheric corrections, otherwise we fall back on those provided by the \r\nIGS. To correct tropospheric delays, we use the GPT2 model as implemented in GipsyX. Ocean tidal \r\nloading corrections utilize the TPXO7.2 and ATLAS model, a combination of hydrodynamic model and \r\naltimetry data, with respect to Earth\u0027s Center of Mass implemented in SPOTL. We obtain position \r\nsolutions for each station day in a fiducial-free reference frame, which we then transform into \r\nthe 2014 International Reference Frame using JPL\u0027s transformation coefficients and generate\r\ntimeseries of position change relative to the first epoch, given in the *.series files which \r\nare ASCII files with the following columns:\r\n\r\ndecimal year\r\ndisplacement east (m)\r\ndisplacement north (m)\r\ndisplacement up (m) \r\nsigma east (m)\r\nsigma north (m)\r\nsigma up (m)\r\neast-north covariance\r\neast-up covariance\r\nnorth-up covariance\r\nYear (YYYY)\r\nMonth (MM)\r\nDay (DD)\r\nHour (hh)\r\nMinute (mm)\r\nSecond (ss)\r\nSolution path\r\n \r\nWe generate position time series relative to stable Antarctic plate by removing the plate velocities \r\nmodeled by Argus et al (2010). These are provided in the *.npy files that be readily read into \r\npython scripts:\r\n\r\npos_ts = np.load(\u0027test.npy\u0027).flatten()[0]\r\n\r\npos_ts[\u0027itrf\u0027] provides the ITRF data as above\r\npos_ts[\u0027plate\u0027] provides the data with Antarctic plate motion removed. ", "east": 169.9, "geometry": ["POINT(167.95 -77.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; GPS; Mount Erebus; Ross Island", "locations": "Mount Erebus; Ross Island; Ross Island; Antarctica", "north": -77.1, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences; Antarctic Earth Sciences; Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Grapenthin, Ronni", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Multi-Parameter Geophysical Constraints on Volcano Dynamics of Mt. Erebus and Ross Island, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010255", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Multi-Parameter Geophysical Constraints on Volcano Dynamics of Mt. 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GPS coordinates are in the Antarctic Polar Stereographic projection (EPSG:3031). 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Shallow radar measurements extending 100 km upstream from the core site reveal large (~20%) variations in accumulation but no significant trend. Water isotope ratios, measured at 12.5 km intervals for the first 100 km of the flowline, show a decrease with elevation of -0.008\u2030 m-1 for \u03b418O. Advection adds approximately 1\u2030 for \u03b418O to the LGM-to-modern change. We also use an existing ensemble of continental ice-sheet model runs to assess the ice sheet elevation change through time. The magnitude of elevation change is likely small and the sign uncertain. Assuming a lapse rate of 10\u00b0C per km of elevation, the inference of LGM-to-modern temperature change is ~1.4\u00b0C smaller than if the flow from upstream is not considered. 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Data are reported as input for the online CRONUS cosmogenic nuclide calculator (V3, current at the time of submission in November 2019). 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The expedition, nicknamed IceTrek, was conducted jointly with Argentine scientists. 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The PENGUIn team will continue investigating in depth a multi-scale electrodynamic system that comprises space environment of Planet Earth (geospace). Several science topics important to the space physics and aeronomy are outlines in this proposal that can be broadly categorized as the following objectives: (a) to study reconnection and waves in the southern cusp region; (b) to investigate unraveling global geomagnetic substorm signatures; (c) to understand the dayside wave-particle interactions; and (d) to observe and investigate various polar cap phenomena and neutral atmosphere dynamics. Cutting-edge science on these critical topics will be accomplished by acquiring multi-instrument data from a distributed network of autonomous observatories in Antarctica, built and deployed with the matured technological achievements. In the last several years, advances in power supply systems and Iridium data transmission for the Automatic Geophysical Observatories (AGOs) have proven effective for providing real-time geophysical data reliably. Five AGOs that span from the auroral zone to deep in the polar cap will be maintained providing a wealth of data for science analyses. Additional instrumentation as GPS-based receivers measuring total electron content in the ionosphere will be deployed at AGOs. These scientific investigations will be enriched by complementary measurements from manned stations in the Antarctic, from magnetically conjugate regions in the Arctic, and from a fleet of magnetospheric and ionospheric spacecraft. 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The GPS and AWS data were collected on a 20-minute interval, Many of the station data timeseries are continuous for periods of up to 7 years, with icebergs C16 and B15J having the longest records.\n\nThe data is considered useful for examining the processes of iceberg drift (and other behaviors) on time scales that are shorter than what is possible through satellite image iceberg tracking. 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Tephra layers in deep ice cores can also provide unique time-stratigraphic markers in cores that are difficult to date.", "east": -159.51, "geometry": ["POINT(-159.51 -77.12)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Blue Ice; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Mount Dewitt; Petrography; Tephra", "locations": "Mount Dewitt; Antarctica", "north": -77.12, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000065", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -77.12, "title": "Blue Ice Tephra II - Mt. 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An understanding of ice stream flow is essential to predicting the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change.\n\nData are available in ASCII format via ftp.", "east": -120.018, "geometry": ["POINT(-138.7925 -82.3076)", "POINT(-120.831 -82.3192)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geodesy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPS; WAIS", "locations": "WAIS; Antarctica", "north": -81.8039, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Anandakrishnan, Sridhar", "project_titles": "Microearthquake Monitoring of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: A Sensor for Sticky Spots", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000161", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Microearthquake Monitoring of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: A Sensor for Sticky Spots"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -82.8113, "title": "Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica", "uid": "609106", "west": -152.598}, {"awards": "9316338 Jacobel, Robert", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. 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It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar.\n\nData in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994\u201395 and 1996\u201397. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. 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