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| Dataset Title/Abstract/Map | NSF Award(s) | Date Created | PIs / Scientists | Project Links | Abstract | Geometry |
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2017 GPR Observations of the Whillans and Mercer Ice Streams
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1842021 |
2020-12-12 | Kaluzienski, Lynn |
RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence |
The dataset includes GPS coordinates for crevasse/fracture locations picked from 350MHz and 400Mhz frequency GPR dataset in the Whillans/Mercer Shear Margin along the SALSA traverse route with associated kinematic outputs for each feature (shear strain rate, vorticity, dilatation). GPS coordinates are in the Antarctic Polar Stereographic projection (EPSG:3031). | ["POLYGON((-168 -82,-162.3 -82,-156.6 -82,-150.9 -82,-145.2 -82,-139.5 -82,-133.8 -82,-128.1 -82,-122.4 -82,-116.7 -82,-111 -82,-111 -82.5,-111 -83,-111 -83.5,-111 -84,-111 -84.5,-111 -85,-111 -85.5,-111 -86,-111 -86.5,-111 -87,-116.7 -87,-122.4 -87,-128.1 -87,-133.8 -87,-139.5 -87,-145.2 -87,-150.9 -87,-156.6 -87,-162.3 -87,-168 -87,-168 -86.5,-168 -86,-168 -85.5,-168 -85,-168 -84.5,-168 -84,-168 -83.5,-168 -83,-168 -82.5,-168 -82))"] |
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Whillans and Mercer Shear Margin Ice Flow simulation in ISSM
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1842021 |
2020-12-12 | Kaluzienski, Lynn |
RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence |
The dataset includes initialization and output files of a numerical ice flow simulation of the Whillans and Mercer Ice Streams . The Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) model was used to solve a 100-year transient stress balance solution of the region with ~10 kPA/yr friction increase downstream of the shear margin between the Whillans and Mercer ice streams. | ["POLYGON((-168 -82,-162.3 -82,-156.6 -82,-150.9 -82,-145.2 -82,-139.5 -82,-133.8 -82,-128.1 -82,-122.4 -82,-116.7 -82,-111 -82,-111 -82.6,-111 -83.2,-111 -83.8,-111 -84.4,-111 -85,-111 -85.6,-111 -86.2,-111 -86.8,-111 -87.4,-111 -88,-116.7 -88,-122.4 -88,-128.1 -88,-133.8 -88,-139.5 -88,-145.2 -88,-150.9 -88,-156.6 -88,-162.3 -88,-168 -88,-168 -87.4,-168 -86.8,-168 -86.2,-168 -85.6,-168 -85,-168 -84.4,-168 -83.8,-168 -83.2,-168 -82.6,-168 -82))"] |
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Density, hydrology and geophysical measurements from the Wilkins Ice Shelf firn aquifer
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1745116 |
2020-10-21 | Miège, Clément; Montgomery, Lynn; Miller, Julie; Scambos, Ted; Wallin, Bruce; Miller, Olivia; Solomon, Kip; Forster, Richard; Koenig, Lora |
Antarctic Firn Aquifers: Extent, Characteristics, and Comparison with Greenland Occurrences |
This dataset compiles a suite of glaciology (density, stratigraphy), hydrology (slug and dilution tests) and geophysical measurements (GPS, GPR, ApRES) to characterize a firn aquifer observed within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica. | ["POLYGON((-72 -70.75,-71.95 -70.75,-71.9 -70.75,-71.85 -70.75,-71.8 -70.75,-71.75 -70.75,-71.7 -70.75,-71.65 -70.75,-71.6 -70.75,-71.55 -70.75,-71.5 -70.75,-71.5 -70.775,-71.5 -70.8,-71.5 -70.825,-71.5 -70.85,-71.5 -70.875,-71.5 -70.9,-71.5 -70.925,-71.5 -70.95,-71.5 -70.975,-71.5 -71,-71.55 -71,-71.6 -71,-71.65 -71,-71.7 -71,-71.75 -71,-71.8 -71,-71.85 -71,-71.9 -71,-71.95 -71,-72 -71,-72 -70.975,-72 -70.95,-72 -70.925,-72 -70.9,-72 -70.875,-72 -70.85,-72 -70.825,-72 -70.8,-72 -70.775,-72 -70.75))"] |
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ANTAEM project airborne EM resistivity data from McMurdo Region
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1644187 |
2020-09-12 | Tulaczyk, Slawek |
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Airborne ElectroMagnetics (ANTAEM) - Revealing Subsurface Water in Coastal Antarctica |
The ANTAEM survey was carried out in the period November 12th to 28th, 2018, with the SkyTEM 312 system. Twenty-one missions (flights) were conducted over 11 production days of helicopter service, resulting in a total of approximately ~3400 line km of data. The SkyTEM system records data from take-off until landing resulting in multiple lines converging to the landing pads in McMurdo and at Marble Point. The production without overlapping lines adds up to approximately 2900 line km. The flight speed was approximately 120 km/h at a target flight altitude of ~50 m (sensor height), but the actual sensor height varies depending on the terrain. The surveys were carried out with a Bell 212 helicopter, which carried the SkyTEM sensor as a sling load. The SkyTEM system was configured in a standard two-moment setup (low moment, LM and high moment, HM). Areas with extremely resistive dry and/or frozen sediment/bedrock, and glacier ice often produce EM-signals with amplitudes below the detection level of the system. Data from these low signal environments cannot be inverted into resistivity models. Data with strong induced polarization effects cannot be inverted for resistivity either. These data were discharged in this standard data delivery. The EM-data and inversion result (resistivity models) are delivered in the SkyTEM2018_dat.xyz and SkyTEM2018_inv.xyz files respectably. The RECORD number in the two files links data and model together. EM-data and data uncertainty for data entering inversion. Info stated in file Header: NAN value, Data unit, Coordinate system, Gate times. The SkyTEM system uses at High-Low moment data recording cycle, therefore only a subset of the total 40 time gates are preset for each moment. The standard lateral constraints inversion (LCI), delivered in the SkyTEM2018_inv.xyz file, was carried out with a smooth 30 layered resistivity model discretized to a depth of 500 m. A depth of investigation (DOI) was estimated for each resistivity model. | ["POLYGON((161 -76.9,161.75 -76.9,162.5 -76.9,163.25 -76.9,164 -76.9,164.75 -76.9,165.5 -76.9,166.25 -76.9,167 -76.9,167.75 -76.9,168.5 -76.9,168.5 -77.04,168.5 -77.18,168.5 -77.32,168.5 -77.46,168.5 -77.6,168.5 -77.74,168.5 -77.88,168.5 -78.02,168.5 -78.16,168.5 -78.3,167.75 -78.3,167 -78.3,166.25 -78.3,165.5 -78.3,164.75 -78.3,164 -78.3,163.25 -78.3,162.5 -78.3,161.75 -78.3,161 -78.3,161 -78.16,161 -78.02,161 -77.88,161 -77.74,161 -77.6,161 -77.46,161 -77.32,161 -77.18,161 -77.04,161 -76.9))"] |
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Antarctic Tide Gauge Database, version 1
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0125602 0125252 1443677 |
2020-07-10 | Howard, Susan L.; Padman, Laurence; King, Matt |
Ocean Tides around Antarctica and in the Southern Ocean |
The Antarctic Tide Gauge (AntTG) database provides tidal harmonic coefficients (amplitude and phase) for ocean surface height (tide-induced height perturbation relative to the seabed) at many coastal, ocean and ice shelf locations around Antarctica. The coefficients are provided for up to 8 tidal constituents (Q1, O1, P1, K1, N2 , M2, S2, K2) where data is available. These coefficients are primarily intended for users interested in validation of tide models for the Antarctic seas including the areas covered by the floating ice shelves (e.g., King and Padman, 2005; King et al., 2011; Stammer et al., 2014). The database is provided as single files in ASCII text and MATLAB *.mat formats, as well as in a KML package that can be viewed in Google Earth. Several different measurement systems were used to collect the data. The quality of database entries varies widely, from short records of unknown accuracy to very precise, long-term records from bottom pressure recorders in the ocean and GPS systems installed on ice shelves. This database provides sufficient quality control information (record length, time step, and measurement type) for a user to judge whether a tidal analysis at a particular site is likely to be useful for their application. | ["POLYGON((-180 -53,-144 -53,-108 -53,-72 -53,-36 -53,0 -53,36 -53,72 -53,108 -53,144 -53,180 -53,180 -56.7,180 -60.4,180 -64.1,180 -67.8,180 -71.5,180 -75.2,180 -78.9,180 -82.6,180 -86.3,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -86.3,-180 -82.6,-180 -78.9,-180 -75.2,-180 -71.5,-180 -67.8,-180 -64.1,-180 -60.4,-180 -56.7,-180 -53))"] |
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Processed CTD Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001
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0732467 0732651 |
2020-06-25 | Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
This data set was acquired with a Sea-Bird SBE 9Plus CTD during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Temperature, Current Measurement, and Salinity data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA), and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT07-32467. | ["POLYGON((-68 -60,-66.7 -60,-65.4 -60,-64.1 -60,-62.8 -60,-61.5 -60,-60.2 -60,-58.9 -60,-57.6 -60,-56.3 -60,-55 -60,-55 -60.6,-55 -61.2,-55 -61.8,-55 -62.4,-55 -63,-55 -63.6,-55 -64.2,-55 -64.8,-55 -65.4,-55 -66,-56.3 -66,-57.6 -66,-58.9 -66,-60.2 -66,-61.5 -66,-62.8 -66,-64.1 -66,-65.4 -66,-66.7 -66,-68 -66,-68 -65.4,-68 -64.8,-68 -64.2,-68 -63.6,-68 -63,-68 -62.4,-68 -61.8,-68 -61.2,-68 -60.6,-68 -60))"] |
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Processed ship-based LADCP Sonar Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001
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0732651 0732467 |
2020-06-25 | Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
This data set was acquired with a ship-based LDEO LADCP Sonar during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA), and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT07-32467. | ["POLYGON((-68 -60,-66.7 -60,-65.4 -60,-64.1 -60,-62.8 -60,-61.5 -60,-60.2 -60,-58.9 -60,-57.6 -60,-56.3 -60,-55 -60,-55 -60.6,-55 -61.2,-55 -61.8,-55 -62.4,-55 -63,-55 -63.6,-55 -64.2,-55 -64.8,-55 -65.4,-55 -66,-56.3 -66,-57.6 -66,-58.9 -66,-60.2 -66,-61.5 -66,-62.8 -66,-64.1 -66,-65.4 -66,-66.7 -66,-68 -66,-68 -65.4,-68 -64.8,-68 -64.2,-68 -63.6,-68 -63,-68 -62.4,-68 -61.8,-68 -61.2,-68 -60.6,-68 -60))"] |
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Processed ship-based LADCP Sonar Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf near Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203
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1141890 0732651 |
2020-06-25 | Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold |
Cape Adare Long Term Moorings (CALM): Analysis Phase Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
This data set was acquired with a ship-based LDEO LADCP Sonar during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203 conducted in 2012 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Maria Vernet; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement data and were processed after data collection. Funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT11-41890. | ["POLYGON((-62 -61,-61.3 -61,-60.6 -61,-59.9 -61,-59.2 -61,-58.5 -61,-57.8 -61,-57.1 -61,-56.4 -61,-55.7 -61,-55 -61,-55 -61.44,-55 -61.88,-55 -62.32,-55 -62.76,-55 -63.2,-55 -63.64,-55 -64.08,-55 -64.52,-55 -64.96,-55 -65.4,-55.7 -65.4,-56.4 -65.4,-57.1 -65.4,-57.8 -65.4,-58.5 -65.4,-59.2 -65.4,-59.9 -65.4,-60.6 -65.4,-61.3 -65.4,-62 -65.4,-62 -64.96,-62 -64.52,-62 -64.08,-62 -63.64,-62 -63.2,-62 -62.76,-62 -62.32,-62 -61.88,-62 -61.44,-62 -61))"] |
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Processed CTD Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf near Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203
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0732651 1141890 |
2020-06-25 | Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans Cape Adare Long Term Moorings (CALM): Analysis Phase |
This data set was acquired with a Sea-Bird SBE 9Plus CTD during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203 conducted in 2012 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Maria Vernet; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement, Salinity, and Temperature data and were processed after data collection. Funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT11-41890. | ["POLYGON((-63 -60,-62.2 -60,-61.4 -60,-60.6 -60,-59.8 -60,-59 -60,-58.2 -60,-57.4 -60,-56.6 -60,-55.8 -60,-55 -60,-55 -60.5,-55 -61,-55 -61.5,-55 -62,-55 -62.5,-55 -63,-55 -63.5,-55 -64,-55 -64.5,-55 -65,-55.8 -65,-56.6 -65,-57.4 -65,-58.2 -65,-59 -65,-59.8 -65,-60.6 -65,-61.4 -65,-62.2 -65,-63 -65,-63 -64.5,-63 -64,-63 -63.5,-63 -63,-63 -62.5,-63 -62,-63 -61.5,-63 -61,-63 -60.5,-63 -60))"] |
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Radioisotope data (C-14 and Pb-210) from bulk sediments, Larsen A Ice Shelf
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1341669 0732711 |
2020-06-19 | Taylor, Richard; DeMaster, Dave |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans Using Radiochemical Data from Collapsed Ice Shelf Sediments to Understand the Nature and Timing of the Benthic Response to High-Latitude Climate Change |
This file contains Pb-210 data from bulk sediments beneath the collapsed Larsen A Ice Shelf and C-14 data from the organic fraction of the same samples. | ["POLYGON((-61 -64,-60.5 -64,-60 -64,-59.5 -64,-59 -64,-58.5 -64,-58 -64,-57.5 -64,-57 -64,-56.5 -64,-56 -64,-56 -64.1,-56 -64.2,-56 -64.3,-56 -64.4,-56 -64.5,-56 -64.6,-56 -64.7,-56 -64.8,-56 -64.9,-56 -65,-56.5 -65,-57 -65,-57.5 -65,-58 -65,-58.5 -65,-59 -65,-59.5 -65,-60 -65,-60.5 -65,-61 -65,-61 -64.9,-61 -64.8,-61 -64.7,-61 -64.6,-61 -64.5,-61 -64.4,-61 -64.3,-61 -64.2,-61 -64.1,-61 -64))"] |
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Labile Organic Carbon distributions on the West Antarctic Peninsula Shelf
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1341669 0636773 |
2020-05-11 | DeMaster, Dave; Taylor, Richard; Smith, Craig; Isla, Enrique; Thomas, Carrie |
Using Radiochemical Data from Collapsed Ice Shelf Sediments to Understand the Nature and Timing of the Benthic Response to High-Latitude Climate Change Collaborative Research: Benthic Faunal Feeding Dynamics on the Antarctic Shelf and the Effects of Global Climate Change on Bentho-Pelagic Coupling |
This data set is used to describe a new technique for assessing labile organic carbon (LOC) abundances and mean residence times in marine sediments. Radiocarbon is used to determine abundances of labile organic carbon and then a diagenetic organic carbon model, coupled with sediment biotrubation coefficients, is used to assess LOC mean residence times. | ["POLYGON((-71 -64,-70.4 -64,-69.8 -64,-69.2 -64,-68.6 -64,-68 -64,-67.4 -64,-66.8 -64,-66.2 -64,-65.6 -64,-65 -64,-65 -64.7,-65 -65.4,-65 -66.1,-65 -66.8,-65 -67.5,-65 -68.2,-65 -68.9,-65 -69.6,-65 -70.3,-65 -71,-65.6 -71,-66.2 -71,-66.8 -71,-67.4 -71,-68 -71,-68.6 -71,-69.2 -71,-69.8 -71,-70.4 -71,-71 -71,-71 -70.3,-71 -69.6,-71 -68.9,-71 -68.2,-71 -67.5,-71 -66.8,-71 -66.1,-71 -65.4,-71 -64.7,-71 -64))"] |
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J-9 Drill Hole Temperatures
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None | 2020-05-05 | Clough, John | No project link provided | The Ross Ice Shelf Project (RISP) began in 1973, and lasted six field seasons. One of the primary goals for RISP was to drill a hole through the Ross Ice Shelf in order to study the ice, the ocean, and the ocean floor beneath the ice shelf. In late November 1974, during the second field season, the camp at J-9 (82.375S, 168.626W) was established, and this site was chosen for future deep core drilling. This datset records ice shelf and sub-ice shelf temperature profiles taken between 1974 and 1977 at the J9 drill site in The Ross Ice Shelf. | ["POINT(-168.626 -82.375)"] |
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Species Abundance Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf Ice acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203
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1341669 0732711 |
2020-05-01 | Smith, Craig |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine Ecosystems. Using Radiochemical Data from Collapsed Ice Shelf Sediments to Understand the Nature and Timing of the Benthic Response to High-Latitude Climate Change |
Species Abundance Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf Ice acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine Ecosystems (LARISSA); and Using Radiochemical Data from Collapsed Ice Shelf Sediments to Understand the Nature and Timing of the Benthic Response to High-Latitude Climate Change. | ["POLYGON((-61 -62,-60.4 -62,-59.8 -62,-59.2 -62,-58.6 -62,-58 -62,-57.4 -62,-56.8 -62,-56.2 -62,-55.6 -62,-55 -62,-55 -62.34,-55 -62.68,-55 -63.02,-55 -63.36,-55 -63.7,-55 -64.04,-55 -64.38,-55 -64.72,-55 -65.06,-55 -65.4,-55.6 -65.4,-56.2 -65.4,-56.8 -65.4,-57.4 -65.4,-58 -65.4,-58.6 -65.4,-59.2 -65.4,-59.8 -65.4,-60.4 -65.4,-61 -65.4,-61 -65.06,-61 -64.72,-61 -64.38,-61 -64.04,-61 -63.7,-61 -63.36,-61 -63.02,-61 -62.68,-61 -62.34,-61 -62))"] |
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Near-bottom Videos from the Southern Ocean acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1402
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1143836 |
2020-05-01 | Leventer, Amy; Post, Alexandra; Blankenship, Donald D.; Domack, Eugene Walter; Gulick, Sean; Huber, Bruce; Orsi, Alejandro; Shevenell, Amelia |
Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics |
This Biology Species Abundance data set was acquired with a ship-based Camera during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator: Dr. Craig Smith). The data file is in XLS format and includes Biology Species Abundance Biology data that has not been processed. The data was acquired as part of the project called Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA). | ["POLYGON((118 -65.5,118.3 -65.5,118.6 -65.5,118.9 -65.5,119.2 -65.5,119.5 -65.5,119.8 -65.5,120.1 -65.5,120.4 -65.5,120.7 -65.5,121 -65.5,121 -65.65,121 -65.8,121 -65.95,121 -66.1,121 -66.25,121 -66.4,121 -66.55,121 -66.7,121 -66.85,121 -67,120.7 -67,120.4 -67,120.1 -67,119.8 -67,119.5 -67,119.2 -67,118.9 -67,118.6 -67,118.3 -67,118 -67,118 -66.85,118 -66.7,118 -66.55,118 -66.4,118 -66.25,118 -66.1,118 -65.95,118 -65.8,118 -65.65,118 -65.5))"] |
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Megafauna Species Abundance Raw Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001
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0732711 |
2020-05-01 | Smith, Craig |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
This Biology Species Abundance data set was acquired with a ship-based Camera during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator: Dr. Craig Smith). The data file is in XLS format and includes Biology Species Abundance Biology data that has not been processed. The data was acquired as part of the project called Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA). | ["POLYGON((-69 -61,-67.6 -61,-66.2 -61,-64.8 -61,-63.4 -61,-62 -61,-60.6 -61,-59.2 -61,-57.8 -61,-56.4 -61,-55 -61,-55 -61.68,-55 -62.36,-55 -63.04,-55 -63.72,-55 -64.4,-55 -65.08,-55 -65.76,-55 -66.44,-55 -67.12,-55 -67.8,-56.4 -67.8,-57.8 -67.8,-59.2 -67.8,-60.6 -67.8,-62 -67.8,-63.4 -67.8,-64.8 -67.8,-66.2 -67.8,-67.6 -67.8,-69 -67.8,-69 -67.12,-69 -66.44,-69 -65.76,-69 -65.08,-69 -64.4,-69 -63.72,-69 -63.04,-69 -62.36,-69 -61.68,-69 -61))"] |
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Macrofauna Species Abundance Raw Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001
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0732711 |
2020-05-01 | Smith, Craig |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
This Biology Species Abundance data set was acquired with a ship-based Camera during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator: Dr. Craig Smith). The data file is in XLS format and includes Biology Species Abundance Biology data that has not been processed. The data was acquired as part of the project called Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA). | ["POLYGON((-69 -61,-67.6 -61,-66.2 -61,-64.8 -61,-63.4 -61,-62 -61,-60.6 -61,-59.2 -61,-57.8 -61,-56.4 -61,-55 -61,-55 -61.68,-55 -62.36,-55 -63.04,-55 -63.72,-55 -64.4,-55 -65.08,-55 -65.76,-55 -66.44,-55 -67.12,-55 -67.8,-56.4 -67.8,-57.8 -67.8,-59.2 -67.8,-60.6 -67.8,-62 -67.8,-63.4 -67.8,-64.8 -67.8,-66.2 -67.8,-67.6 -67.8,-69 -67.8,-69 -67.12,-69 -66.44,-69 -65.76,-69 -65.08,-69 -64.4,-69 -63.72,-69 -63.04,-69 -62.36,-69 -61.68,-69 -61))"] |
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Ross Sea ocean model simulation used to support ROSETTA-Ice
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1443677 |
2020-02-14 | Springer, Scott; Howard, Susan L.; Padman, Laurence |
Collaborative Research: Uncovering the Ross Ocean and Ice Shelf Environment and Tectonic setting Through Aerogeophysical Surveys and Modeling (ROSETTA-ICE) |
This dataset contains a regional ocean-ice shelf model used to support and interpret the ROSETTA-Ice field program. A gzipped tar file containing the regional ROMS model code, configuration files, input files, and selected output files. The model simulation covers three years following a ten year spin up. Two sets of output files from the simulation are included. The first is the complete model output (T,S,u,v, etc.) averaged over 30 day intervals. The second is selected variable (T, S, and passive dye tracers) averaged over one day. Included Matlab scripts process these daily passive dye files into water masses and make a simple movie of the time evolution of the water mass distributions. For futher information, see the Supplemental Information of the associated publication (Tinto et al., 2019). | ["POLYGON((-180 -68,-175.85 -68,-171.7 -68,-167.55 -68,-163.4 -68,-159.25 -68,-155.1 -68,-150.95 -68,-146.8 -68,-142.65 -68,-138.5 -68,-138.5 -69.7,-138.5 -71.4,-138.5 -73.1,-138.5 -74.8,-138.5 -76.5,-138.5 -78.2,-138.5 -79.9,-138.5 -81.6,-138.5 -83.3,-138.5 -85,-142.65 -85,-146.8 -85,-150.95 -85,-155.1 -85,-159.25 -85,-163.4 -85,-167.55 -85,-171.7 -85,-175.85 -85,180 -85,177.4 -85,174.8 -85,172.2 -85,169.6 -85,167 -85,164.4 -85,161.8 -85,159.2 -85,156.6 -85,154 -85,154 -83.3,154 -81.6,154 -79.9,154 -78.2,154 -76.5,154 -74.8,154 -73.1,154 -71.4,154 -69.7,154 -68,156.6 -68,159.2 -68,161.8 -68,164.4 -68,167 -68,169.6 -68,172.2 -68,174.8 -68,177.4 -68,-180 -68))"] |
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Paleogene marine and terrestrial development of the West Antarctic Rift System: Palynomorph Data Set
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0839059 |
2020-01-17 | Coenen, Jason; Baudoin, Patrick; Warny, Sophie; Askin, Rosemary; Scherer, Reed Paul; Castañeda, Isla |
Collaborative Research: Integrative Study of Marine Ice Sheet Stability & Subglacial Life Habitats in W Antarctica - Lake & Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (LISSARD) |
This data set includes counts of palynomorphs from subglacial and sub-ice shelf tills from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In addition to counts the biostratigraphic ranges are presented on separate tabs. | ["POLYGON((-180 -80,-174 -80,-168 -80,-162 -80,-156 -80,-150 -80,-144 -80,-138 -80,-132 -80,-126 -80,-120 -80,-120 -80.5,-120 -81,-120 -81.5,-120 -82,-120 -82.5,-120 -83,-120 -83.5,-120 -84,-120 -84.5,-120 -85,-126 -85,-132 -85,-138 -85,-144 -85,-150 -85,-156 -85,-162 -85,-168 -85,-174 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -84.5,180 -84,180 -83.5,180 -83,180 -82.5,180 -82,180 -81.5,180 -81,180 -80.5,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,-180 -80))"] |
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Paleogene marine and terrestrial development of the West Antarctic Rift System: Palynomorph Data Set
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None | 2020-01-16 | None | No project link provided | This data set includes counts of palynomorphs from subglacial and sub-ice shelf tills from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In addition to counts the biostratigraphic ranges are presented on separate tabs. | [] |
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Basal Melt, Ice thickness and structure of the Ross Ice Shelf using airborne radar data
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1443534 |
2020-01-10 | Das, Indrani; Padman, Laurence; Bell, Robin; Fricker, Helen; Hulbe, Christina; Siddoway, Christine; Dhakal, Tejendra; Frearson, Nicholas; Mosbeux, Cyrille; Cordero, Isabel; Siegfried, Matt; Tinto, Kirsty |
Collaborative Research: Uncovering the Ross Ocean and Ice Shelf Environment and Tectonic setting Through Aerogeophysical Surveys and Modeling (ROSETTA-ICE) |
This dataset was produced for the manuscript \"Multi-decadal basal melt rates and structure of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica using airborne ice penetrating radar\" by Das et al., 2020 in Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. It has total ice thickness, thickness of the LMI layer, strain induced thickness change, basal melt rates and the error estimate for basal melt rates. | ["POLYGON((-180 -77,-177 -77,-174 -77,-171 -77,-168 -77,-165 -77,-162 -77,-159 -77,-156 -77,-153 -77,-150 -77,-150 -77.9,-150 -78.8,-150 -79.7,-150 -80.6,-150 -81.5,-150 -82.4,-150 -83.3,-150 -84.2,-150 -85.1,-150 -86,-153 -86,-156 -86,-159 -86,-162 -86,-165 -86,-168 -86,-171 -86,-174 -86,-177 -86,180 -86,178.1 -86,176.2 -86,174.3 -86,172.4 -86,170.5 -86,168.6 -86,166.7 -86,164.8 -86,162.9 -86,161 -86,161 -85.1,161 -84.2,161 -83.3,161 -82.4,161 -81.5,161 -80.6,161 -79.7,161 -78.8,161 -77.9,161 -77,162.9 -77,164.8 -77,166.7 -77,168.6 -77,170.5 -77,172.4 -77,174.3 -77,176.2 -77,178.1 -77,-180 -77))"] |
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CATS2008: Circum-Antarctic Tidal Simulation version 2008
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9896041 1443677 |
2019-12-19 | Howard, Susan L.; Padman, Laurence; Erofeeva, Svetlana |
Ocean Tides around Antarctica and in the Southern Ocean Collaborative Research: Uncovering the Ross Ocean and Ice Shelf Environment and Tectonic setting Through Aerogeophysical Surveys and Modeling (ROSETTA-ICE) |
CATS2008 is a regional inverse barotropic tide model for the circum-Antarctic ocean on a 4 km grid. The model domain includes ocean cavities under the floating ice shelves. The coastline is based on the MODIS MOA [Scambos et al., 2007; Remote Sensing of Environment] feature identification files, adjusted to match ICESat-derived grounding lines for the Ross and Filchner-Ronne ice shelves and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) grounding lines. The water depth map for open water is based on the 2007 release update to Smith and Sandwell [1997; Science]. Adjustments to this map have been made in various regions, including the open continental shelf in front of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf which has been blended with GEBCO bathymetry. Model type: Tides only; Inverse (data assimilation); barotropic (no vertical variation of currents). Grid: 4-km uniform polar stereographic (centered at 71 degrees S, 70 degrees W) Constituents: M2, S2, N2, K2, K1, O1, P1, Q1, Mf, Mm. Units: z (sea surface height; meters); u,v (currents; cm/s); U,V (transports; m2/s). Coordinates: Currents (u, v) and depth-integrated transports (U, V) are given as East (u, U) and North (v, V) components. Citation: "… an update to the inverse model described by Padman et al. [2002]." See CATS2008_README.pdf for further details. | ["POLYGON((-180 -40.231,-144 -40.231,-108 -40.231,-72 -40.231,-36 -40.231,0 -40.231,36 -40.231,72 -40.231,108 -40.231,144 -40.231,180 -40.231,180 -45.2079,180 -50.1848,180 -55.1617,180 -60.1386,180 -65.1155,180 -70.0924,180 -75.0693,180 -80.0462,180 -85.0231,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -85.0231,-180 -80.0462,-180 -75.0693,-180 -70.0924,-180 -65.1155,-180 -60.1386,-180 -55.1617,-180 -50.1848,-180 -45.2079,-180 -40.231))"] |
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Diatom Oxygen Isotope Evidence of Pliocene (~4.68 to 3.44 Ma) Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics and Ross Sea Paleoceanography
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1443420 |
2019-10-27 | Dodd, Justin; Abbott, Tirzah |
Diatom and Oxygen Isotope Evidence of Pliocene Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics and Ross Sea Paleoceanography |
The Andrill-1B (AND-1B) sediment core from under the Ross Ice Shelf in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, recovered a mid to late Pliocene (~4.68 to 3.44 Ma) age diatomite unit with d18Odiatom values that range from +32.6 to +37.6 ‰ (n=50 | ["POINT(167.083333 -77.888889)"] |
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Easten Antarctic Peninsula Surface Sediment Diatom Data
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9714371 0732625 |
2019-09-16 | Leventer, Amy |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
Diatom data from eastern side of Antarctic Peninsula: This file includes quantitative diatom data for surface samples collected on numerous cruises to the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, including NBP0003, NBP0107, LMG0502, NBP0603, and NBP1203. Samples were collected using a variety of tools including Smith-McIntyre Grab, Kasten Core and Jumbo Kasten Core. These data were generated by Amy Leventer (aleventer@colgate.edu) and undergraduate students at Colgate University. All questions regarding the specifics of these data should be directed to Amy Leventer. Quantitative diatom slides were prepared according to the settling technique of Scherer (1995). Cover slips were adhered to the slides using Norland Optical Adhesive #61. Slides were observed under Olympus CX31, BX50 and BX60, and Zeiss Primo Star light microscopes, using a 100X oil immersion objective for a total magnification of 1000X. A minimum of 400 valves or 10 transects was counted for each slide, depending on the absolute diatom abundance. Valves were only counted if >50% complete. Diatoms were identified to species level when possible (Crosta et al., 2005; Armand et al., 2005; Cefarelli et al., 2010). Armand, L.K., X. Crosta, O. Romero, J. J. Pichon (2005), The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments: 1. Sea ice related species, Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 223, 93-126. Cefarelli, A.O., M. E. Ferrario, G. O. Almandoz, A. G. Atencio, R. Akselman, M. Vernet (2010), Diversity of the diatom genus Fragilariopsis in the Argentine Sea and Antarctic waters: morphology, distribution and abundance, Polar Biology, 33(2), 1463-1484. Crosta, X., O. Romero, L. K. Armand, J. Pichon (2005), The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments: 2. Open ocean related species, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 223, 66-92. Scherer, R. P., A new method for the determination of absolute abundance of diatoms and other silt-sized sedimentary particles, J. Paleolimnol., 12, 171–178, 1995. | ["POLYGON((-64 -63,-63.1 -63,-62.2 -63,-61.3 -63,-60.4 -63,-59.5 -63,-58.6 -63,-57.7 -63,-56.8 -63,-55.9 -63,-55 -63,-55 -63.4,-55 -63.8,-55 -64.2,-55 -64.6,-55 -65,-55 -65.4,-55 -65.8,-55 -66.2,-55 -66.6,-55 -67,-55.9 -67,-56.8 -67,-57.7 -67,-58.6 -67,-59.5 -67,-60.4 -67,-61.3 -67,-62.2 -67,-63.1 -67,-64 -67,-64 -66.6,-64 -66.2,-64 -65.8,-64 -65.4,-64 -65,-64 -64.6,-64 -64.2,-64 -63.8,-64 -63.4,-64 -63))"] |
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Geophysical data from Crary Ice Rise, Ross Sea Embayment
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1443552 1443356 |
2019-05-20 | Conway, Howard; Koutnik, Michelle; Winberry, Paul; Paden, John |
Collaborative Research: Grounding Line Dynamics: Crary Ice Rise Revisited |
This data set contains radar-detected measurements of surface topography, internal stratigraphy, ice thickness and derived bed topography across Crary Ice Rise in the Ross Sea Embayment. | ["POLYGON((-174.95 -82.65,-174.35 -82.65,-173.75 -82.65,-173.15 -82.65,-172.55 -82.65,-171.95 -82.65,-171.35 -82.65,-170.75 -82.65,-170.15 -82.65,-169.55 -82.65,-168.95 -82.65,-168.95 -82.729,-168.95 -82.808,-168.95 -82.887,-168.95 -82.966,-168.95 -83.045,-168.95 -83.124,-168.95 -83.203,-168.95 -83.282,-168.95 -83.361,-168.95 -83.44,-169.55 -83.44,-170.15 -83.44,-170.75 -83.44,-171.35 -83.44,-171.95 -83.44,-172.55 -83.44,-173.15 -83.44,-173.75 -83.44,-174.35 -83.44,-174.95 -83.44,-174.95 -83.361,-174.95 -83.282,-174.95 -83.203,-174.95 -83.124,-174.95 -83.045,-174.95 -82.966,-174.95 -82.887,-174.95 -82.808,-174.95 -82.729,-174.95 -82.65))"] |
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Geochemical and sedimentologic data from NBP01-01 JPC-34
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1246378 |
2019-05-10 | Shevenell, Amelia |
Late Quaternary Evolution of the Lambert Glacier/Amery Ice Shelf System, Prydz Bay, Antarctica |
This dataset contains 14C data, magnetic susceptibility, relative grain size percentages, 10Be | ["POLYGON((70 -68,70.5 -68,71 -68,71.5 -68,72 -68,72.5 -68,73 -68,73.5 -68,74 -68,74.5 -68,75 -68,75 -68.2,75 -68.4,75 -68.6,75 -68.8,75 -69,75 -69.2,75 -69.4,75 -69.6,75 -69.8,75 -70,74.5 -70,74 -70,73.5 -70,73 -70,72.5 -70,72 -70,71.5 -70,71 -70,70.5 -70,70 -70,70 -69.8,70 -69.6,70 -69.4,70 -69.2,70 -69,70 -68.8,70 -68.6,70 -68.4,70 -68.2,70 -68))"] |
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CTD stations and logs for Araon 2018 ANA08D expedition to Larson C
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1822289 |
2019-04-29 | Pan, B. Jack; Vernet, Maria |
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Marine Ecosystem Response to the Larsen C Ice-Shelf Breakout: "Time zero" |
Marine ecosystems under large ice shelves are thought to contain sparse, low-diversity plankton and seafloor communities due the low supply of food from productive sunlight waters. Past studies have shown sub-ice shelf ecosystems to change in response to altered oceanographic processes resulting from ice-shelve retreat. However, information on community changes and ecosystem structure under ice shelves are limited because sub-ice-shelf ecosystems have either been sampled many years after ice-shelf breakout, or have been sampled through small boreholes, yielding extremely limited spatial information. The recent breakout of the A-68 iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf in the western Weddell Sea provides an opportunity to use a ship-based study to evaluate benthic communities and water column characteristics in an area recently vacated by a large overlying ice shelf. The opportunity will allow spatial assessments at the time of transition from an under ice-shelf environment to one initially exposed to conditions more typical of a coastal Antarctic marine setting. This RAPID project will help determine the state of a coastal Antarctic ecosystem newly exposed from ice-shelf cover and will aid in understanding of rates of community change during transition. The project will conduct a 10-day field program, allowing contrasts to be made of phytoplankton and seafloor megafaunal communities in areas recently exposed by ice-shelf loss to areas exposed for many decades. The project will be undertaken in a collaborative manner with the South Korean Antarctic Agency, KOPRI, by participating in a cruise in March/May 2018. Combining new information in the area of Larsen C with existing observations after the Larsen A and B ice shelf breakups further to the north, the project is expected to generate a dataset that can elucidate fundamental processes of planktonic and benthic community development in transition from food-poor to food-rich ecosystems. The project will provide field experience to two graduate students, a post-doctoral associate and an undergraduate student. Material from the project will be incorporated into graduate courses and the project will communicate daily work and unfolding events through social media and blogs while they explore this area of the world that is largely underexplored. | ["POLYGON((-59.402149 -62.131908,-58.9639887 -62.131908,-58.5258284 -62.131908,-58.0876681 -62.131908,-57.6495078 -62.131908,-57.2113475 -62.131908,-56.7731872 -62.131908,-56.3350269 -62.131908,-55.8968666 -62.131908,-55.4587063 -62.131908,-55.020546 -62.131908,-55.020546 -62.384829,-55.020546 -62.63775,-55.020546 -62.890671,-55.020546 -63.143592,-55.020546 -63.396513,-55.020546 -63.649434,-55.020546 -63.902355,-55.020546 -64.155276,-55.020546 -64.408197,-55.020546 -64.661118,-55.4587063 -64.661118,-55.8968666 -64.661118,-56.3350269 -64.661118,-56.7731872 -64.661118,-57.2113475 -64.661118,-57.6495078 -64.661118,-58.0876681 -64.661118,-58.5258284 -64.661118,-58.9639887 -64.661118,-59.402149 -64.661118,-59.402149 -64.408197,-59.402149 -64.155276,-59.402149 -63.902355,-59.402149 -63.649434,-59.402149 -63.396513,-59.402149 -63.143592,-59.402149 -62.890671,-59.402149 -62.63775,-59.402149 -62.384829,-59.402149 -62.131908))"] |
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Report on Antarctic surface hydrology workshop, LDEO, 2018
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1743326 |
2019-03-22 | Kingslake, Jonathan; Trusel, Luke; Banwell, Alison; Bell, Robin; Das, Indrani; DeConto, Robert; Tedesco, Marco; Lenaerts, Jan; Schoof, Christian |
Workshop on Antarctic Surface Hydrology and Future Ice-shelf Stability |
In February 2018, we hosted a workshop on Antarctic Surface Hydrology and Future Ice-shelf Stability at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York. Funding for the workshop was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Antarctic Glaciology Program (award number: 1743326). The aims of the workshop were to: (1) establish the state-of-the-science of Antarctic surface hydrology; (2) identify key science questions raised by observations and theoretical studies of Antarctic surface hydrology, and (3) move the community toward answering these questions by bringing together scientists with diverse expertise. The workshop was motivated by the premise that significant gains in our understanding can be made if researchers with interests in this field are provided with an opportunity to communicate and develop collaborations across disciplines. Here we report on the organisation, attendance, and structure of the workshop, before summarizing key science outcomes, research questions, and future priorities that emerged during the workshop within the following four themes: 1. Surface melting: controls and observations 2. Water ponding and flow 3. Impact of meltwater on ice-shelf stability 4. Ice-sheet/climate modeling Finally, building on the emergent science questions, we propose a framework for prioritizing future work, aimed at understanding and predicting the impact that surface meltwater will have on future Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance. | [] |
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Basal melt rates of the Ross Ice Shelf near the Whillans Ice Stream grounding line
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0838947 |
2018-09-09 | Begeman, Carolyn |
Collaborative Research: Integrative Study of Marine Ice Sheet Stability & Subglacial Life Habitats in W Antarctica - Lake & Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (LISSARD) |
This dataset contains ice-shelf basal melt rates and vertical strain rates for 11 sites near the Whillans Ice Stream grounding line. These rates were determined using Autonomous Phase-Sensitive Radar. Data processing is described in Begeman et al. 2018, JGR Oceans. These sites are concentrated within an embayment of the Ross Ice Shelf. These melt rates and strain rates were determined over periods ranging from 10 to 38 days in December 2014 to January 2015. | ["POLYGON((-165.28 -84.24,-165.086 -84.24,-164.892 -84.24,-164.698 -84.24,-164.504 -84.24,-164.31 -84.24,-164.116 -84.24,-163.922 -84.24,-163.728 -84.24,-163.534 -84.24,-163.34 -84.24,-163.34 -84.252,-163.34 -84.264,-163.34 -84.276,-163.34 -84.288,-163.34 -84.3,-163.34 -84.312,-163.34 -84.324,-163.34 -84.336,-163.34 -84.348,-163.34 -84.36,-163.534 -84.36,-163.728 -84.36,-163.922 -84.36,-164.116 -84.36,-164.31 -84.36,-164.504 -84.36,-164.698 -84.36,-164.892 -84.36,-165.086 -84.36,-165.28 -84.36,-165.28 -84.348,-165.28 -84.336,-165.28 -84.324,-165.28 -84.312,-165.28 -84.3,-165.28 -84.288,-165.28 -84.276,-165.28 -84.264,-165.28 -84.252,-165.28 -84.24))"] |
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Location of surface crevasses in Antarctica
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None | 2018-09-05 | Emetc, Veronika | No project link provided | In this data set we present observations of locations of surface crevasses in Antarctica collected from satellite images for the period between 2011 and 2015 for 46 ice shelf regions. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] |
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Supraglacial Lake Depths on McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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1443126 |
2018-09-04 | MacAyeal, Douglas; Banwell, Alison |
Impact of Supraglacial Lakes on Ice-Shelf Stability |
During the melt seasons of 2015/6 and 2016/7, water pressure gages were deployed on the McMurdo Ice Shelf to observe water depth in supraglacial lakes and streams. This was done in support of research directed toward understanding how filling and draining supraglacial lakes would induce ice-shelf flexure and fracture. | ["POLYGON((165.911079 -77.872851,165.941267 -77.872851,165.971455 -77.872851,166.001643 -77.872851,166.031831 -77.872851,166.062019 -77.872851,166.092207 -77.872851,166.122395 -77.872851,166.152583 -77.872851,166.182771 -77.872851,166.212959 -77.872851,166.212959 -77.8781411,166.212959 -77.8834312,166.212959 -77.8887213,166.212959 -77.8940114,166.212959 -77.8993015,166.212959 -77.9045916,166.212959 -77.9098817,166.212959 -77.9151718,166.212959 -77.9204619,166.212959 -77.925752,166.182771 -77.925752,166.152583 -77.925752,166.122395 -77.925752,166.092207 -77.925752,166.062019 -77.925752,166.031831 -77.925752,166.001643 -77.925752,165.971455 -77.925752,165.941267 -77.925752,165.911079 -77.925752,165.911079 -77.9204619,165.911079 -77.9151718,165.911079 -77.9098817,165.911079 -77.9045916,165.911079 -77.8993015,165.911079 -77.8940114,165.911079 -77.8887213,165.911079 -77.8834312,165.911079 -77.8781411,165.911079 -77.872851))"] |
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Time-lapse video of McMurdo Ice Shelf surface melting and hydrology
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1443126 |
2018-08-31 | MacAyeal, Douglas; Banwell, Alison |
Impact of Supraglacial Lakes on Ice-Shelf Stability |
During the Austral summer melt season of 2016-2017, an automatic camera was placed overlooking a surface lake feature on the McMurdo Ice Shelf. This camera created a time-lapse video (30 minute photograph time intervals) used to observe the filling and draining of the lake called Rift-Tip Lake located approximately 2 km from the McMurdo Ice Shelf ice front. The data was used in support of a field project to measure the flexural response of the McMurdo Ice Shelf (and ice shelves in general) to the filling and draining of supraglacial lakes. The time-lapse video begins 16 November 2016 and ends 27 January 2017. | ["POLYGON((166.152184 -77.902339,166.1559273 -77.902339,166.1596706 -77.902339,166.1634139 -77.902339,166.1671572 -77.902339,166.1709005 -77.902339,166.1746438 -77.902339,166.1783871 -77.902339,166.1821304 -77.902339,166.1858737 -77.902339,166.189617 -77.902339,166.189617 -77.9026372,166.189617 -77.9029354,166.189617 -77.9032336,166.189617 -77.9035318,166.189617 -77.90383,166.189617 -77.9041282,166.189617 -77.9044264,166.189617 -77.9047246,166.189617 -77.9050228,166.189617 -77.905321,166.1858737 -77.905321,166.1821304 -77.905321,166.1783871 -77.905321,166.1746438 -77.905321,166.1709005 -77.905321,166.1671572 -77.905321,166.1634139 -77.905321,166.1596706 -77.905321,166.1559273 -77.905321,166.152184 -77.905321,166.152184 -77.9050228,166.152184 -77.9047246,166.152184 -77.9044264,166.152184 -77.9041282,166.152184 -77.90383,166.152184 -77.9035318,166.152184 -77.9032336,166.152184 -77.9029354,166.152184 -77.9026372,166.152184 -77.902339))"] |
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McMurdo Ice Shelf GPS survey of vertical motion
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1443126 |
2018-07-24 | MacAyeal, Douglas; Banwell, Alison |
Impact of Supraglacial Lakes on Ice-Shelf Stability |
Over 2 Austral summer periods in 2015/6 and 2016/17, up to 12 geodetic GPS receivers were deployed on the McMurdo Ice Shelf to study its vertical deflection in response to moving meltwater loads. (5 GPS were deployed in 2015/16, 12 in 2016/17.) The GPS receivers and antennas were supplied by UNAVCO and were Trimble NetR9’s and Zephyr Geodetic, respectively. The GPS receivers were stationary for the entire field seasons (were never moved). Following each field season, the GPS data were processed using MIT software called TRACK, which is part of the GAMIT package. The UNAVCO-run base station at McMurdo Station, approximately 16 km away from the field area, was used as part of the processing. | ["POLYGON((166.02819 -77.887495,166.053634 -77.887495,166.079078 -77.887495,166.104522 -77.887495,166.129966 -77.887495,166.15541 -77.887495,166.180854 -77.887495,166.206298 -77.887495,166.231742 -77.887495,166.257186 -77.887495,166.28263 -77.887495,166.28263 -77.8926145,166.28263 -77.897734,166.28263 -77.9028535,166.28263 -77.907973,166.28263 -77.9130925,166.28263 -77.918212,166.28263 -77.9233315,166.28263 -77.928451,166.28263 -77.9335705,166.28263 -77.93869,166.257186 -77.93869,166.231742 -77.93869,166.206298 -77.93869,166.180854 -77.93869,166.15541 -77.93869,166.129966 -77.93869,166.104522 -77.93869,166.079078 -77.93869,166.053634 -77.93869,166.02819 -77.93869,166.02819 -77.9335705,166.02819 -77.928451,166.02819 -77.9233315,166.02819 -77.918212,166.02819 -77.9130925,166.02819 -77.907973,166.02819 -77.9028535,166.02819 -77.897734,166.02819 -77.8926145,166.02819 -77.887495))"] |
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McMurdo Ice Shelf AWS data
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1443126 |
2018-07-20 | Banwell, Alison; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Impact of Supraglacial Lakes on Ice-Shelf Stability |
An automatic weather station was operated on the McMurdo Ice Shelf near Pegasus Air Strip for 365 days from 24 January 2016 to 22 January 2017. The sensors consisted of temperature/RH at 2 m and 8 m (above surface), wind speed at 2 m and 8 m, 4-component radiometer, and wind direction. Time series provides averages for every 30 minutes of a 30 second sample scheme. | ["POINT(166.521 -77.936)"] |
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CTDP/LADCP profile data along Dotson ice shelf calving front from 2000 to 2016
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1644159 |
2018-07-12 | Dutrieux, Pierre; Jacobs, Stanley; Jenkins, Adrian; Stammerjohn, Sharon | No project link provided | Collection of CTD and LADCP summer profile observations in front of Dotson ice shelf, West Antarctica, between 2000 and 2016. The data can also be obtained from the various investigators and data centers, including the British Oceanographic Data Centre, the National Oceanographic Data Center, and the Korean Oceanographic Data Center. This dataset is used in the publication by Jenkins and collaborators in Nature Geoscience, 2018, entitled West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat in the Amundsen Sea driven by decadal oceanic variability. | ["POLYGON((-115 -73.5,-114.5 -73.5,-114 -73.5,-113.5 -73.5,-113 -73.5,-112.5 -73.5,-112 -73.5,-111.5 -73.5,-111 -73.5,-110.5 -73.5,-110 -73.5,-110 -73.6,-110 -73.7,-110 -73.8,-110 -73.9,-110 -74,-110 -74.1,-110 -74.2,-110 -74.3,-110 -74.4,-110 -74.5,-110.5 -74.5,-111 -74.5,-111.5 -74.5,-112 -74.5,-112.5 -74.5,-113 -74.5,-113.5 -74.5,-114 -74.5,-114.5 -74.5,-115 -74.5,-115 -74.4,-115 -74.3,-115 -74.2,-115 -74.1,-115 -74,-115 -73.9,-115 -73.8,-115 -73.7,-115 -73.6,-115 -73.5))"] |
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Ground Penetrating Radar Grid Survey of the McMurdo Shear Zone
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1245915 |
2018-06-07 | Ray, Laura; Arcone, Steven; Kaluzienski, Lynn; Koons, Peter; Lever, Jim; Walker, Ben |
Collaborative Research: Flow and Fracture Dynamics in an Ice Shelf Lateral Margin: Observations and Modeling of the McMurdo Shear Zone |
This dataset is comprised of ground penetrating radar data (GSSI DZT format with DZG files for GPS location) of a 28 square km area conduced in the heavily crevassed McMurdo Shear Zone in two consecutive field seasons. A radar system comprised of a GSSI SIR-30 32-bit two-channel control unit and model 5103 “400 MHz” and Model 5106A “200 MHz” antenna units were used to conduct the GPR surveys. The radar system was mounted on a sled and towed by a robot. The robot surveyed the 5 x 5.7 km area on lines separated by 50-m and traveled from West to East and return. The 2014 survey was conducted between Oct 29, 2014 and Nov 9, 2014, and the 2015 survey was conducted between Oct 26, 2015 and Nov 1, 2015. The use of identical waypoints in each year provides an Eulerian sampling protocol, where sampled GPS locations remain fixed, but the ice moves between annual surveys. In 2014, the 400 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 19 meters, and in 2015, the 400 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 80 meters to examine englacial ice. In both years, the 200 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 160 meters. | ["POLYGON((168.36 -78.03,168.384 -78.03,168.408 -78.03,168.432 -78.03,168.456 -78.03,168.48 -78.03,168.504 -78.03,168.528 -78.03,168.552 -78.03,168.576 -78.03,168.6 -78.03,168.6 -78.035,168.6 -78.04,168.6 -78.045,168.6 -78.05,168.6 -78.055,168.6 -78.06,168.6 -78.065,168.6 -78.07,168.6 -78.075,168.6 -78.08,168.576 -78.08,168.552 -78.08,168.528 -78.08,168.504 -78.08,168.48 -78.08,168.456 -78.08,168.432 -78.08,168.408 -78.08,168.384 -78.08,168.36 -78.08,168.36 -78.075,168.36 -78.07,168.36 -78.065,168.36 -78.06,168.36 -78.055,168.36 -78.05,168.36 -78.045,168.36 -78.04,168.36 -78.035,168.36 -78.03))"] |
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Weather data from LARISSA / SCAR Inlet Rapid AMIGOS and cGPS stations
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1565576 |
2018-02-13 | Scambos, Ted |
RAPID: Observing the Disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf |
Weather and instrument data from the Automated Meterology Ice Geophysics Observation System (AMIGOS) stations installed as part of the LARISSA and RAPID Scar Inlet funded grants from NSF-PLR. The data include temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, station position (coarse), and station health. | ["POLYGON((-63 -64.75,-62.6 -64.75,-62.2 -64.75,-61.8 -64.75,-61.4 -64.75,-61 -64.75,-60.6 -64.75,-60.2 -64.75,-59.8 -64.75,-59.4 -64.75,-59 -64.75,-59 -64.9,-59 -65.05,-59 -65.2,-59 -65.35,-59 -65.5,-59 -65.65,-59 -65.8,-59 -65.95,-59 -66.1,-59 -66.25,-59.4 -66.25,-59.8 -66.25,-60.2 -66.25,-60.6 -66.25,-61 -66.25,-61.4 -66.25,-61.8 -66.25,-62.2 -66.25,-62.6 -66.25,-63 -66.25,-63 -66.1,-63 -65.95,-63 -65.8,-63 -65.65,-63 -65.5,-63 -65.35,-63 -65.2,-63 -65.05,-63 -64.9,-63 -64.75))"] |
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DeMaster Compiled Larsen Ice Shelf and the West Antarctic Peninsula C14 Data
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1341669 |
2018-02-03 | DeMaster, Dave |
Using Radiochemical Data from Collapsed Ice Shelf Sediments to Understand the Nature and Timing of the Benthic Response to High-Latitude Climate Change |
This file has C-14 data from the organic matter fraction of Antarctic marine sediments, collected from the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf and the West Antarctic Peninsula | ["POLYGON((-70 -62,-68.8 -62,-67.6 -62,-66.4 -62,-65.2 -62,-64 -62,-62.8 -62,-61.6 -62,-60.4 -62,-59.2 -62,-58 -62,-58 -62.6,-58 -63.2,-58 -63.8,-58 -64.4,-58 -65,-58 -65.6,-58 -66.2,-58 -66.8,-58 -67.4,-58 -68,-59.2 -68,-60.4 -68,-61.6 -68,-62.8 -68,-64 -68,-65.2 -68,-66.4 -68,-67.6 -68,-68.8 -68,-70 -68,-70 -67.4,-70 -66.8,-70 -66.2,-70 -65.6,-70 -65,-70 -64.4,-70 -63.8,-70 -63.2,-70 -62.6,-70 -62))"] |
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Scar Inlet Terrestrial Radar Interferometry
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1565576 |
2017-12-20 | Truffer, Martin |
RAPID: Observing the Disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf |
A terrestrial radar interferometer was set up at a location overlooking a remnant of the Larsen B iceshelf and the adjacent fast ice. Images were acquired every 4 minutes with a Gamma Portable Radar Interferometer - 2. Data include images from two antennas, to allow the generation of interferometric DEMs, as well as line-of-sight displacement fields between consecutive images. The archived data are single-look complex (SLC) images, together with parameter files. | ["POLYGON((-62.2 -65.5,-62.12 -65.5,-62.04 -65.5,-61.96 -65.5,-61.88 -65.5,-61.8 -65.5,-61.72 -65.5,-61.64 -65.5,-61.56 -65.5,-61.48 -65.5,-61.4 -65.5,-61.4 -65.53,-61.4 -65.56,-61.4 -65.59,-61.4 -65.62,-61.4 -65.65,-61.4 -65.68,-61.4 -65.71,-61.4 -65.74,-61.4 -65.77,-61.4 -65.8,-61.48 -65.8,-61.56 -65.8,-61.64 -65.8,-61.72 -65.8,-61.8 -65.8,-61.88 -65.8,-61.96 -65.8,-62.04 -65.8,-62.12 -65.8,-62.2 -65.8,-62.2 -65.77,-62.2 -65.74,-62.2 -65.71,-62.2 -65.68,-62.2 -65.65,-62.2 -65.62,-62.2 -65.59,-62.2 -65.56,-62.2 -65.53,-62.2 -65.5))"] |
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LARISSA: Impact of ice-shelf loss on geochemical profiles and microbial community composition in marine sediments of the Larsen A embayment, Antarctic Peninsula
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0732917 |
2017-12-17 | McCormick, Michael |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine Ecosystems. |
Ice-shelf loss along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula over recent decades has brought new sources of carbon and energy to the marine benthos likely affecting sediment geochemistry and microbial community composition. To better understand the long-term effects of ice-shelf loss on benthic microbial communities, we conducted a five-station survey along a 160 km transect following the historic path of retreat of the Larsen A ice shelf. All microbial community sequence data is publicly available through the Metagenomics Analysis Server at Argonne National Laboratory (MG-RAST). The project title is "Impact of ice-shelf loss on geochemical profiles and microbial community composition in marine sediments of the Larsen A embayment, Antarctic Peninsula". A key word search using terms from this title at the MG-RAST portal (http://metagenomics.anl.gov/) will return the complete sample list. This submitted dataset summarizes the measured environmental parameters for these same samples (lat., long., water depth, sediment depth, pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, silicate, phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, and ammonium). | ["POLYGON((299.4 -63.1,299.92 -63.1,300.44 -63.1,300.96 -63.1,301.48 -63.1,302 -63.1,302.52 -63.1,303.04 -63.1,303.56 -63.1,304.08 -63.1,304.6 -63.1,304.6 -63.29,304.6 -63.48,304.6 -63.67,304.6 -63.86,304.6 -64.05,304.6 -64.24,304.6 -64.43,304.6 -64.62,304.6 -64.81,304.6 -65,304.08 -65,303.56 -65,303.04 -65,302.52 -65,302 -65,301.48 -65,300.96 -65,300.44 -65,299.92 -65,299.4 -65,299.4 -64.81,299.4 -64.62,299.4 -64.43,299.4 -64.24,299.4 -64.05,299.4 -63.86,299.4 -63.67,299.4 -63.48,299.4 -63.29,299.4 -63.1))"] |
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Anvers Trough Foraminifer Stable Isotope data
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1246378 |
2017-10-25 | Shevenell, Amelia |
Late Quaternary Evolution of the Lambert Glacier/Amery Ice Shelf System, Prydz Bay, Antarctica |
These are unpublished stable isotope data from a series of sediment cores collected during LMG12-11 and LMG13-11 down the axis of Anvers Trough. These records span the LMG to recent. | ["POLYGON((-65.32 -64.15,-65.309 -64.15,-65.298 -64.15,-65.287 -64.15,-65.276 -64.15,-65.265 -64.15,-65.254 -64.15,-65.243 -64.15,-65.232 -64.15,-65.221 -64.15,-65.21 -64.15,-65.21 -64.186,-65.21 -64.222,-65.21 -64.258,-65.21 -64.294,-65.21 -64.33,-65.21 -64.366,-65.21 -64.402,-65.21 -64.438,-65.21 -64.474,-65.21 -64.51,-65.221 -64.51,-65.232 -64.51,-65.243 -64.51,-65.254 -64.51,-65.265 -64.51,-65.276 -64.51,-65.287 -64.51,-65.298 -64.51,-65.309 -64.51,-65.32 -64.51,-65.32 -64.474,-65.32 -64.438,-65.32 -64.402,-65.32 -64.366,-65.32 -64.33,-65.32 -64.294,-65.32 -64.258,-65.32 -64.222,-65.32 -64.186,-65.32 -64.15))"] |
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Mean surface mass balance over Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica (1979-2014), assimilated to in situ GPR and snow height data
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0732946 |
2017-09-13 | McGrath, Daniel; Steffen, Konrad; Kuipers Munneke, Peter |
IPY: Stability of Larsen C Ice Shelf in a Warming Climate |
We produce a reconstruction of surface mass balance (SMB) (in mm w.e. per year) by adjusting the 1979-2014 RACMO2 SMB to the spatial pattern of ground-penetrating radar observations and to observations of SMB from sonic height rangers. | ["POLYGON((-66 -66,-65.4 -66,-64.8 -66,-64.2 -66,-63.6 -66,-63 -66,-62.4 -66,-61.8 -66,-61.2 -66,-60.6 -66,-60 -66,-60 -66.4,-60 -66.8,-60 -67.2,-60 -67.6,-60 -68,-60 -68.4,-60 -68.8,-60 -69.2,-60 -69.6,-60 -70,-60.6 -70,-61.2 -70,-61.8 -70,-62.4 -70,-63 -70,-63.6 -70,-64.2 -70,-64.8 -70,-65.4 -70,-66 -70,-66 -69.6,-66 -69.2,-66 -68.8,-66 -68.4,-66 -68,-66 -67.6,-66 -67.2,-66 -66.8,-66 -66.4,-66 -66))"] |
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Developing a New Paleoclimate Proxy for Polar and Alpine Glacial Regions Based on Noble Gases
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1245580 |
2017-01-30 | Castro, M. Clara |
Developing a New Paleoclimate Proxy for Polar and Alpine Glacial Regions Based on Noble Gases |
None | ["POINT(162.3667 -77.7166)", "POINT(163.1833 -77.6767)"] |
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CTD Data Acquired by R/V Xue Long in the Prydz Bay- Amery Ice Shelf Region, 2015-2017
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1443444 |
2016-05-02 | Yuan, Xiaojun |
Collaborative Research: Contribution of Prydz Bay Shelf Water to Antarctic Bottom Water Formation |
This dataset contains inventories and location maps for CTD data acquired by the icebreaker R/V Xue Long in the Prydz Bay- Amery Ice Shelf region. A total of 68 stations were acquired in February 2015 and 24 stations in March 2017, as part of a joint US/China project to study Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) formation. | ["POLYGON((65.4503 -63.5143,67.2063 -63.5143,68.9623 -63.5143,70.7183 -63.5143,72.4743 -63.5143,74.2303 -63.5143,75.9863 -63.5143,77.7423 -63.5143,79.4983 -63.5143,81.2543 -63.5143,83.0103 -63.5143,83.0103 -64.09423,83.0103 -64.67416,83.0103 -65.25409,83.0103 -65.83402,83.0103 -66.41395,83.0103 -66.99388,83.0103 -67.57381,83.0103 -68.15374,83.0103 -68.73367,83.0103 -69.3136,81.2543 -69.3136,79.4983 -69.3136,77.7423 -69.3136,75.9863 -69.3136,74.2303 -69.3136,72.4743 -69.3136,70.7183 -69.3136,68.9623 -69.3136,67.2063 -69.3136,65.4503 -69.3136,65.4503 -68.73367,65.4503 -68.15374,65.4503 -67.57381,65.4503 -66.99388,65.4503 -66.41395,65.4503 -65.83402,65.4503 -65.25409,65.4503 -64.67416,65.4503 -64.09423,65.4503 -63.5143))"] |
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Integrative Study of Marine Ice Sheet Stability and Subglacial Life Habitats - Robotic Access to Grounding-zones for Exploration and Science (RAGES)
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0839107 |
2016-01-01 | Powell, Ross |
Collaborative Research: Integrative Study of Marine Ice Sheet Stability & Subglacial Life Habitats in W Antarctica - Lake & Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (LISSARD) |
The RAGES project (Robotic Access to Grounding zones for Exploration and Science) is one of three research components of the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) integrative initiative that is being funded by the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program of NSF's Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Division. The overarching scientific objective of WISSARD is to assess the role of water beneath a West Antarctic ice stream in interlinked glaciological, geological, microbiological, geochemical, and oceanographic systems. The RAGES component of WISSARD concentrates on the stability of ice stream grounding zones (GZ), the area where the ice, ocean waters and glacial and sea floor sediment interact. Based on our present limited data and modeling efforts, GZs can be perturbed by (i) internal ice stream dynamics, (ii) filling/draining cycles of subglacial lakes, (iii) increased melting by warming ocean waters, and/or (iv) rates of subglacial sediment (till) supply to the GZ. GZs are seen as high priority targets to investigate due to their unknown contributions to ice sheet stability under future global warming scenarios. The three main science goals for RAGES are to assess: (a) West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) stability relative to the magnitudes of the four main variables listed above; (b) the degree to which grounding-zone sedimentary systems house important records of past WAIS dynamics; and (c) the importance of microbial activity and subglacial geochemical weathering in supplying nutrients to the WAIS grounding zone, the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) cavity, and the highly productive Southern Ocean that may ultimately influence global biogeochemical cycles. The RAGES field sampling plan integrates surface geophysical surveys with borehole and subglacial sampling and measurements. The boreholes provide: (1) samples of subglacial water, sediments, and basal ice for biological, geochemical, glaciological, sedimentological, and micropaleontological analyses; (2) measures of subglacial and sub-ice-shelf cavity physical and chemical conditions and their spatial variability; and (3) data on sediment types, state and change of the subglacial water discharge, oceanography, and basal ice at the grounding line and within the nearby sub-ice-shelf cavity. Unique tools to be deployed include a multisensor Sub-Ice ROVer (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and long-term, sub-ice oceanographic moorings. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognized that the greatest uncertainties in assessing future global sea-level change stem from a poor understanding of ice sheet dynamics and ice sheet vulnerability to oceanic and atmospheric warming. Disintegration of the WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) alone would contribute 3-5 m to global sea-level rise, making WAIS a focus of scientific concern due to its potential susceptibility to internal or ocean-driven instability. The overall WISSARD project will test the overarching hypothesis that active water drainage connects various subglacial environments and exerts major control on ice sheet flow, geochemistry, metabolic and phylogenetic diversity, and biogeochemical transformations. Societal Relevance: Global warming, melting of ice sheets and consequential sea-level rise are of high societal relevance. Science Resource Development: After a 9-year hiatus WISSARD will provide the US-science community with a renewed capability to access and study sub-ice sheet environments. Developing this technological infrastructure will benefit the broader science community and assets will be accessible for future use through the NSF-OPP drilling contractor. The RAGES project represents a significant advance in polar technology by incorporating the use of complex new instrumentation like the Sub-Ice ROVer and subglacial ocean/lake mooring systems. Furthermore, these projects will pioneer an approach implementing recommendations from the National Research Council committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments (2007). Education and Outreach (E/O): These activities are grouped into four categories: i) increasing student participation in polar research by fully integrating them in our research programs; ii) introducing new investigators to the polar sciences by incorporating promising young investigators in our programs, iii) promotion of K-12 teaching and learning programs by incorporating various teachers and NSTA programs, and iv) reaching a larger public audience through such venues as popular science magazines, museum based activities and videography and documentary films. In summary, WISSARD will promote scientific exploration of Antarctica by conveying to the public the excitement of accessing and studying what may be some of the last unexplored aquatic environments on Earth, and which represent a potential analogue for extraterrestrial life habitats on Europa and Mars. | ["POLYGON((-163.7 -84,-163.68 -84,-163.66 -84,-163.64 -84,-163.62 -84,-163.6 -84,-163.58 -84,-163.56 -84,-163.54 -84,-163.52 -84,-163.5 -84,-163.5 -84.05,-163.5 -84.1,-163.5 -84.15,-163.5 -84.2,-163.5 -84.25,-163.5 -84.3,-163.5 -84.35,-163.5 -84.4,-163.5 -84.45,-163.5 -84.5,-163.52 -84.5,-163.54 -84.5,-163.56 -84.5,-163.58 -84.5,-163.6 -84.5,-163.62 -84.5,-163.64 -84.5,-163.66 -84.5,-163.68 -84.5,-163.7 -84.5,-163.7 -84.45,-163.7 -84.4,-163.7 -84.35,-163.7 -84.3,-163.7 -84.25,-163.7 -84.2,-163.7 -84.15,-163.7 -84.1,-163.7 -84.05,-163.7 -84))"] |
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Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Ice Core ICP-MS data
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1042883 |
2015-09-29 | Mayewski, Paul A.; Kurbatov, Andrei V. |
Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Project (RICE): US Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry Contribution (2011- 2014) |
This data set includes three Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) ice core samples drilled on Roosevelt Island, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The RICE elements analyzed were: Sr, Cd, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Pb, Bi, U, As, Li, I, Al, S, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Na, Mg, Cu, Zn, and K verses depth. | ["POINT(-161.53 -79.39)"] |
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Borehole Temperatures at Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica
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0732730 |
2015-07-31 | Truffer, Martin; Stanton, Timothy |
Collaborative Research; IPY: Ocean-Ice Interaction in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica |
This data set is a time series of borehole temperatures at different depths from three thermistor strings deployed in three boreholes drilled through the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, Antarctica. | ["POINT(-100.5 -75.1)"] |
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Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing at Windless Bight
|
1043154 1043217 1043395 |
2015-05-05 | Tyler, Scott W.; Holland, D. M.; Zagorodnov, Victor |
Collaborative Research: Application of Distributed Temperature Sensors (DTS) for Antarctic Ice Shelves and Cavities |
Fiber-optic equipped moorings for Raman backscatter Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) were installed at Windless Bight, Antarctica in November 2011. Continuous-in-space measurements of temperature were recorded every meter along the mooring. | ["POINT(167.5333 -77.76667)"] |
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Standing Water Depth on Larsen B Ice Shelf
|
0944248 |
2014-04-29 | MacAyeal, Douglas |
Model Studies of Surface Water Behavior on Ice Shelves |
This data set addresses why surface melt water lakes on ice shelves and ice sheets are notably influential in triggering ice-shelf break-up and modulating seasonal ice flow, and are thus principle avenues by which environmental change can be transmitted to the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. A comparative analysis is performed of lake geometry and derived depth (using Landsat image reflectance) in two distinct regions, one a collapsing ice shelf and the other an ablation zone of a land terminating ice sheet, to better characterize the range of surface lake variability. | ["POLYGON((-63 -63,-62.2 -63,-61.4 -63,-60.6 -63,-59.8 -63,-59 -63,-58.2 -63,-57.4 -63,-56.6 -63,-55.8 -63,-55 -63,-55 -63.4,-55 -63.8,-55 -64.2,-55 -64.6,-55 -65,-55 -65.4,-55 -65.8,-55 -66.2,-55 -66.6,-55 -67,-55.8 -67,-56.6 -67,-57.4 -67,-58.2 -67,-59 -67,-59.8 -67,-60.6 -67,-61.4 -67,-62.2 -67,-63 -67,-63 -66.6,-63 -66.2,-63 -65.8,-63 -65.4,-63 -65,-63 -64.6,-63 -64.2,-63 -63.8,-63 -63.4,-63 -63))"] |
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Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System (LARISSA) - Marine Ecosystems
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0732983 |
2014-01-01 | Vernet, Maria |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine Ecosystems. A profound transformation in ecosystem structure and function is occurring in coastal waters of the western Weddell Sea, with the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf. This transformation appears to be yielding a redistribution of energy flow between chemoautotrophic and photosynthetic production, and to be causing the rapid demise of the extraordinary seep ecosystem discovered beneath the ice shelf. This event provides an ideal opportunity to examine fundamental aspects of ecosystem transition associated with climate change. We propose to test the following hypotheses to elucidate the transformations occurring in marine ecosystems as a consequence of the Larsen B collapse: (1) The biogeographic isolation and sub-ice shelf setting of the Larsen B seep has led to novel habitat characteristics, chemoautotrophically dependent taxa and functional adaptations. (2) Benthic communities beneath the former Larsen B ice shelf are fundamentally different from assemblages at similar depths in the Weddell sea-ice zone, and resemble oligotrophic deep-sea communities. Larsen B assemblages are undergoing rapid change. (3) The previously dark, oligotrophic waters of the Larsen B embayment now support a thriving phototrophic community, with production rates and phytoplankton composition similar to other productive areas of the Weddell Sea. To document rapid changes occurring in the Larsen B ecosystem, we will use a remotely operated vehicle, shipboard samplers, and moored sediment traps. We will characterize microbial, macrofaunal and megafaunal components of the seep community; evaluate patterns of surface productivity, export flux, and benthic faunal composition in areas previously covered by the ice shelf, and compare these areas to the open sea-ice zone. These changes will be placed within the geological, glaciological and climatological context that led to ice-shelf retreat, through companion research projects funded in concert with this effort. Together these projects will help predict the likely consequences of ice-shelf collapse to marine ecosystems in other regions of Antarctica vulnerable to climate change. The research features international collaborators from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. The broader impacts include participation of a science writer; broadcast of science segments by members of the Jim Lehrer News Hour (Public Broadcasting System); material for summer courses in environmental change; mentoring of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; and showcasing scientific activities and findings to students and public through podcasts. | ["POLYGON((-66 -62,-65.3 -62,-64.6 -62,-63.9 -62,-63.2 -62,-62.5 -62,-61.8 -62,-61.1 -62,-60.4 -62,-59.7 -62,-59 -62,-59 -62.8,-59 -63.6,-59 -64.4,-59 -65.2,-59 -66,-59 -66.8,-59 -67.6,-59 -68.4,-59 -69.2,-59 -70,-59.7 -70,-60.4 -70,-61.1 -70,-61.8 -70,-62.5 -70,-63.2 -70,-63.9 -70,-64.6 -70,-65.3 -70,-66 -70,-66 -69.2,-66 -68.4,-66 -67.6,-66 -66.8,-66 -66,-66 -65.2,-66 -64.4,-66 -63.6,-66 -62.8,-66 -62))"] |
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Ocean-Ice Interaction in the Amundsen Sea Sector of West Antarctica
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0732804 |
2014-01-01 | McPhee, Miles G. |
Collaborative Research; IPY: Ocean-Ice Interaction in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica |
The Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Integrated and System Science Program has made this award to support an interdisciplinary study of the effects of the ocean on the stability of glacial ice in the most dynamic region the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, namely the Pine Island Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. The collaborative project builds on the knowledge gained by the highly successful West Antarctic Ice Sheet program and is being jointly sponsored with NASA. Recent observations indicate a significant ice loss, equivalent to 10% of the ongoing increase in sea-level rise, in this region. These changes are largest along the coast and propagate rapidly inland, indicating the critical impact of the ocean on ice sheet stability in the region. While a broad range of remote sensing and ground-based instrumentation is available to characterize changes of the ice surface and internal structure (deformation, ice motion, melt) and the shape of the underlying sediment and rock bed, instrumentation has yet to be successfully deployed for observing boundary layer processes of the ocean cavity which underlies the floating ice shelf and where rapid melting is apparently occurring. Innovative, mini ocean sensors that can be lowered through boreholes in the ice shelf (about 500 m thick) will be developed and deployed to automatically provide ocean profiling information over at least three years. Their data will be transmitted through a conducting cable frozen in the borehole to the surface where it will be further transmitted via satellite to a laboratory in the US. Geophysical and remote sensing methods (seismic, GPS, altimetry, stereo imaging, radar profiling) will be applied to map the geometry of the ice shelf, the shape of the sub ice-shelf cavity, the ice surface geometry and deformations within the glacial ice. To integrate the seismic, glaciological and oceanographic observations, a new 3-dimensional coupled ice-ocean model is being developed which will be the first of its kind. NASA is supporting satellite based research and the deployment of a robotic-camera system to explore the environment in the ocean cavity underlying the ice shelf and NSF is supporting all other aspects of this study. Broader impacts: This project is motivated by the potential societal impacts of rapid sea level rise and should result in critically needed improvements in characterizing and predicting the behavior of coupled ocean-ice systems. It is a contribution to the International Polar Year and was endorsed by the International Council for Science as a component of the 'Multidisciplinary Study of the Amundsen Sea Embayment' proposal #258 of the honeycomb of endorsed IPY activities. The research involves substantial international partnerships with the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol in the UK. The investigators will partner with the previously funded 'Polar Palooza' education and outreach program in addition to undertaking a diverse set of outreach activities of their own. Eight graduate students and one undergraduate as well as one post doc will be integrated into this research project. | ["POINT(166.25 -77.42)"] |
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Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System (LARISSA) - Cryosphere and Oceans
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0732655 |
2013-01-01 | Thompson, Lonnie G.; Mosley-Thompson, Ellen |
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans |
Like no other region on Earth, the northern Antarctic Peninsula represents a spectacular natural laboratory of climate change and provides the opportunity to study the record of past climate and ecological shifts alongside the present-day changes in one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. This award supported the cryospheric and oceanographic components of an integrated multi-disciplinary program to address these rapid and fundamental changes now taking place in Antarctic Peninsula (AP). By making use of a marine research platform (the RV NB Palmer and on-board helicopters) and additional logistical support from the Argentine Antarctic program, the project brought together glaciologists, oceanographers, marine geologists and biologists who have worked collaboratively to address fundamental interdisciplinary questions regarding climate change. | ["POLYGON((-63 -60,-62.6 -60,-62.2 -60,-61.8 -60,-61.4 -60,-61 -60,-60.6 -60,-60.2 -60,-59.8 -60,-59.4 -60,-59 -60,-59 -60.5,-59 -61,-59 -61.5,-59 -62,-59 -62.5,-59 -63,-59 -63.5,-59 -64,-59 -64.5,-59 -65,-59.4 -65,-59.8 -65,-60.2 -65,-60.6 -65,-61 -65,-61.4 -65,-61.8 -65,-62.2 -65,-62.6 -65,-63 -65,-63 -64.5,-63 -64,-63 -63.5,-63 -63,-63 -62.5,-63 -62,-63 -61.5,-63 -61,-63 -60.5,-63 -60))"] |
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MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf
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0125754 0440670 |
2011-07-15 | Hulbe, Christina; Ledoux, Christine |
Collaborative Research: Using Fracture Patterns and Ice Thickness to Study the History and Dynamics of Grounding Line Migration and Shutdown of Kamb and Whillans Ice Streams |
This data set provides a structural feature map of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica (also known as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf). The map was developed as part of a project to study fracture propagation in the Ronne Ice Shelf, with special focus on the Evans Ice Stream. Features were digitized from the MODIS Mosaic of Antartica (MOA), a composite of individual Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectradiometer (MODIS) images taken between 20 November 2003 and 29 February 2004, with an effective resolution of 125 m. The data set includes estimates of the shelf boundary, including ice stream grounding zones, outlets of glaciers feeding the shelf, extents of islands and ice rises, and the location of the shelf front, and features observed within the shelf, including suture zones between ice streams, streaklines, fractures (crevasses and rifts), and fold-like features. Individual features can be extracted as a group of points and grouping is used to facilitate identification and plotting. Data files are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format. One image file, in Portable Document Format (.pdf), shows the data included in the dataset, plotted using MATLAB. The data set also provides a MATLAB script which can be used to plot the data. | ["POLYGON((-86.557 -74.355,-80.5124 -74.355,-74.4678 -74.355,-68.4232 -74.355,-62.3786 -74.355,-56.334 -74.355,-50.2894 -74.355,-44.2448 -74.355,-38.2002 -74.355,-32.1556 -74.355,-26.111 -74.355,-26.111 -75.3874,-26.111 -76.4198,-26.111 -77.4522,-26.111 -78.4846,-26.111 -79.517,-26.111 -80.5494,-26.111 -81.5818,-26.111 -82.6142,-26.111 -83.6466,-26.111 -84.679,-32.1556 -84.679,-38.2002 -84.679,-44.2448 -84.679,-50.2894 -84.679,-56.334 -84.679,-62.3786 -84.679,-68.4232 -84.679,-74.4678 -84.679,-80.5124 -84.679,-86.557 -84.679,-86.557 -83.6466,-86.557 -82.6142,-86.557 -81.5818,-86.557 -80.5494,-86.557 -79.517,-86.557 -78.4846,-86.557 -77.4522,-86.557 -76.4198,-86.557 -75.3874,-86.557 -74.355))"] |
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Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007
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0540915 |
2011-01-31 | Scambos, Ted; Bohlander, Jennifer; Bauer, Rob; Yermolin, Yevgeny; Thom, Jonathan |
Investigating Iceberg Evolution During Drift and Break-Up: A Proxy for Climate-Related Changes in Antarctic Ice Shelves |
This data set includes a variety of station data from two Antarctic icebergs. In 2006, researchers installed specialized weather stations called Automated Meteorological Ice Geophysical Observing Stations (AMIGOS) on two icebergs, A22A and UK211 (nicknamed Amigosberg), near Marambio Station in Antarctica.The AMIGOS stations were outfitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) sensors, cameras, and an electronic thermometer. They collected data from their installation in March 2006 until the icebergs crumbled into the ocean, in 2006 (Amigosberg) and 2007 (A22A). Available data include GPS, temperature and ablation measurements, and photographs of the station base and of flag lines extending out to the edges of the icebergs. Snow pit data from iceberg A22A is also included. This data set was collected as part of a National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Special Grant for Exploratory Research, to explore the possibility of using drfting icebergs to investigate ice shelf evolution caused by climate change. The expedition, nicknamed IceTrek, was conducted jointly with Argentine scientists. The data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) formats. | ["POLYGON((-60 -47,-55.5 -47,-51 -47,-46.5 -47,-42 -47,-37.5 -47,-33 -47,-28.5 -47,-24 -47,-19.5 -47,-15 -47,-15 -50.3,-15 -53.6,-15 -56.9,-15 -60.2,-15 -63.5,-15 -66.8,-15 -70.1,-15 -73.4,-15 -76.7,-15 -80,-19.5 -80,-24 -80,-28.5 -80,-33 -80,-37.5 -80,-42 -80,-46.5 -80,-51 -80,-55.5 -80,-60 -80,-60 -76.7,-60 -73.4,-60 -70.1,-60 -66.8,-60 -63.5,-60 -60.2,-60 -56.9,-60 -53.6,-60 -50.3,-60 -47))"] |
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SGER: Foraging Patterns of Elephant Seals in the Vicinity of the WIlkins Ice Shelf
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0840375 |
2010-01-01 | Costa, Daniel Paul; Goebel, Michael |
SGER: Foraging Patterns of Elephant Seals in the Vicinity of the WIlkins Ice Shelf |
Long-lived animals such as elephant seals may endure variation in food resources over large spatial and temporal scales. Understanding how they respond to these fluctuations requires knowledge of how their foraging behavior and habitat utilization varies over time. Advances in satellite-linked data logging have made it possible to correlate the foraging behavior of marine mammals with their physical and chemical environment and provide insight into the mechanisms controlling at-sea movements, foraging behavior and, ultimately, reproductive success of these pelagic predators. In addition, these technological advances enable marine mammals to be used as highly cost-effective platforms from which detailed oceanographic data can be collected on a scale not possible with conventional methods. The project will extend the four-year-time-series collected on the foraging behavior and habitat utilization of southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) foraging in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. It also will extend the oceanographic time-series of CTD profiles collected by the elephant seals foraging from the Livingston Island rookery. Seals have been collecting CTD profiles in the vicinity of the Wilkins Ice Shelf (WIS) since 2005. We thus have a 4 year data set that preceding and during the breakup of the WIS that occurred during March 2008. Deployment of additional tags on seals will provide a unique opportunity to collect oceanographic data after the ice shelf has collapsed. | ["POLYGON((-64 -60,-63 -60,-62 -60,-61 -60,-60 -60,-59 -60,-58 -60,-57 -60,-56 -60,-55 -60,-54 -60,-54 -60.4,-54 -60.8,-54 -61.2,-54 -61.6,-54 -62,-54 -62.4,-54 -62.8,-54 -63.2,-54 -63.6,-54 -64,-55 -64,-56 -64,-57 -64,-58 -64,-59 -64,-60 -64,-61 -64,-62 -64,-63 -64,-64 -64,-64 -63.6,-64 -63.2,-64 -62.8,-64 -62.4,-64 -62,-64 -61.6,-64 -61.2,-64 -60.8,-64 -60.4,-64 -60))"] |
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R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0603 - Paleohistory of the Larsen Ice Shelf System
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0338163 |
2010-01-01 | Domack, Eugene Walter |
Collaborative Research: Paleohistory of the Larsen Ice Shelf System: Phase II |
The NSF-supported research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer operates year-round in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, carrying out global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. This data set consists of underway data from leg NBP0603 on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. This leg started at Punta Arenas, Chile and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile. | ["POLYGON((-70.90391 -52.35262,-68.130917 -52.35262,-65.357924 -52.35262,-62.584931 -52.35262,-59.811938 -52.35262,-57.038945 -52.35262,-54.265952 -52.35262,-51.492959 -52.35262,-48.719966 -52.35262,-45.946973 -52.35262,-43.17398 -52.35262,-43.17398 -53.75776,-43.17398 -55.1629,-43.17398 -56.56804,-43.17398 -57.97318,-43.17398 -59.37832,-43.17398 -60.78346,-43.17398 -62.1886,-43.17398 -63.59374,-43.17398 -64.99888,-43.17398 -66.40402,-45.946973 -66.40402,-48.719966 -66.40402,-51.492959 -66.40402,-54.265952 -66.40402,-57.038945 -66.40402,-59.811938 -66.40402,-62.584931 -66.40402,-65.357924 -66.40402,-68.130917 -66.40402,-70.90391 -66.40402,-70.90391 -64.99888,-70.90391 -63.59374,-70.90391 -62.1886,-70.90391 -60.78346,-70.90391 -59.37832,-70.90391 -57.97318,-70.90391 -56.56804,-70.90391 -55.1629,-70.90391 -53.75776,-70.90391 -52.35262))"] |
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Ross Ice Shelf Firn Temperature, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-12-15 | Scambos, Ted; Muto, Atsu; Sergienko, Olga; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
Since November of 2006, 12 thermistors were planted in the upper 16 meters of the firn on the Ross Ice Shelf near its calving front. Temperature data are collected every 20 minutes and are transmitted via ARGOS satellite relay. Data are intended to provide a view of how firn temperatures change as the ice shelf evolves. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII format. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-178 -78)"] |
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Iceberg Firn Temperatures, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-11-28 | Thom, Jonathan; Sergienko, Olga; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
Since November of 2005, 12 thermistors were planted in the upper 2.5 meters of the firn on iceberg C16, Antarctica. Temperature data are collected every 20 minutes and are transmitted via ARGOS satellite relay. Data are intended to provide a view of how firn temperatures change as an iceberg moves north into warmer climate. | ["POINT(168 -78)"] |
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Iceberg Tiltmeter Measurements, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-11-25 | Kim, Young-Jin; Bliss, Andrew; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
Time series of tiltmeter observations (tilt about two horizontal axes in microradians) for a 34 day period on iceberg C16 while it was aground near Ross Island in late 2001 to early 2002. Data shows tilts associated with differential basal melting of the iceberg, tidal motion and short-term tilts induced by iceberg tremor phenomena triggered by collisions between B15A and C16. The sample rate was 5 seconds. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII format. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(168 -77)"] |
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Ice Shelf Rift Time-Lapse Photography, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-11-11 | Brunt, Kelly; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
From November 2004 to March 2005, on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, an automated "web cam" was operated on the southward facing lip of a large ice-shelf rift to produce a photographic record of processes active in ice-shelf rift systems. Four times each day, the camera took a photograph in four repeating directions. | ["POINT(-178 -78)"] |
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Continuous GPS (static) Data from the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-10-01 | Brunt, Kelly; King, Matthew; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
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. | ["POINT(-178 -78)"] |
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Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
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0338359 |
2005-11-16 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES (West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores) project, research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and designed to improve understanding of how the West Antarctic ice sheet influences climate and sea level change. WAISCORES investigators acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These data provide researchers with a record of natural climatic variability and anthropogenic influence on biogeochemical cycles. Because ice cores contain an archive of preindustrial air, a baseline can be established, and the extent of human impact on the climate can be ascertained. This data set includes mixing ratios of carbonyl sulfide (COS), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), and methyl bromide (CH3Br). Data samples were retrieved from the Siple C ice core, which was drilled at 81.65° S, 148.81° W in December 1995. The core site sits 620 m above sea level near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf where there is a mean annual temperature of -25.4 °C. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] |
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Antarctic Aerogeophysics Data
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9319379 9911617 9120464 9319369 |
2004-07-13 | Blankenship, Donald D.; Morse, David L.; Holt, John W.; Dalziel, Ian W. |
Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) |
The data that the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) provides include various aerogeophysical measurements taken in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf (WAIS) from 1994 to 2001. The instruments used in experiments include ice-penetrating radar, laser altimetry and magnetics, and an integrated aerogeophysical platform that includes airborne gravity with carrier-phase GPS to support kinematic differential positioning. SOAR is a part of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and provides several types of data associated with various campaigns over the years. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants: OPP-9120464, 9319369, 9319379, and 9911617. | ["POLYGON((-90 -68.73,-72 -68.73,-54 -68.73,-36 -68.73,-18 -68.73,0 -68.73,18 -68.73,36 -68.73,54 -68.73,72 -68.73,90 -68.73,90 -69.357,90 -69.984,90 -70.611,90 -71.238,90 -71.865,90 -72.492,90 -73.119,90 -73.746,90 -74.373,90 -75,72 -75,54 -75,36 -75,18 -75,0 -75,-18 -75,-36 -75,-54 -75,-72 -75,-90 -75,-90 -74.373,-90 -73.746,-90 -73.119,-90 -72.492,-90 -71.865,-90 -71.238,-90 -70.611,-90 -69.984,-90 -69.357,-90 -68.73))"] |
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Surface Elevation and Ice Thickness, Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
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0338151 |
2003-12-10 | Luyendyk, Bruce P.; Wilson, Douglas S. |
Glaciological Characteristics of the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide Deduced by a New Analysis of Ice-penetrating Radar Data |
This data set provides surface elevation and ice thickness data for a portion of the Marie Byrd Land sector of West Antarctica, including the Ford Ranges, the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, much of the Edward VII Peninsula, and the Shirase Coast region of the eastern Ross Ice Shelf. The investigators used radar sounding and laser altimetry from a Twin Otter aircraft flying at varying altitudes, at least 300 m above the surface, at an air speed of about 130 knots. Surveys were accomplished with 64 flights in December 1998 and January 1999. This research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) contract NSF OPP 9615281. | ["POLYGON((-157 -71,-154.9 -71,-152.8 -71,-150.7 -71,-148.6 -71,-146.5 -71,-144.4 -71,-142.3 -71,-140.2 -71,-138.1 -71,-136 -71,-136 -71.9,-136 -72.8,-136 -73.7,-136 -74.6,-136 -75.5,-136 -76.4,-136 -77.3,-136 -78.2,-136 -79.1,-136 -80,-138.1 -80,-140.2 -80,-142.3 -80,-144.4 -80,-146.5 -80,-148.6 -80,-150.7 -80,-152.8 -80,-154.9 -80,-157 -80,-157 -79.1,-157 -78.2,-157 -77.3,-157 -76.4,-157 -75.5,-157 -74.6,-157 -73.7,-157 -72.8,-157 -71.9,-157 -71))"] |
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Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica
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9909469 |
2003-08-01 | Scambos, Ted; Catania, Ginny; Conway, Howard; Gades, Anthony; Raymond, Charles |
Collaborative Research: History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream System as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars |
This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once in 2000, and again in 2002. Movement of the poles in that time show the ice motion velocity and direction. GPS pole positions are given in latitude and longitude, and elevations are given in meters above the WGS1984 ellipsoid. The data are presented as tables in ASCII text files. Three maps of the area are included with the data tables. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this work under grant number OPP-9909469. | ["POLYGON((-158 -82.2,-155.63 -82.2,-153.26 -82.2,-150.89 -82.2,-148.52 -82.2,-146.15 -82.2,-143.78 -82.2,-141.41 -82.2,-139.04 -82.2,-136.67 -82.2,-134.3 -82.2,-134.3 -82.33,-134.3 -82.46,-134.3 -82.59,-134.3 -82.72,-134.3 -82.85,-134.3 -82.98,-134.3 -83.11,-134.3 -83.24,-134.3 -83.37,-134.3 -83.5,-136.67 -83.5,-139.04 -83.5,-141.41 -83.5,-143.78 -83.5,-146.15 -83.5,-148.52 -83.5,-150.89 -83.5,-153.26 -83.5,-155.63 -83.5,-158 -83.5,-158 -83.37,-158 -83.24,-158 -83.11,-158 -82.98,-158 -82.85,-158 -82.72,-158 -82.59,-158 -82.46,-158 -82.33,-158 -82.2))"] |
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Roosevelt Island Bedrock and Surface Elevations
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9615347 |
2003-05-23 | Conway, Howard |
Radar Investigations of Former Shear Margins: Roosevelt Island and Ice Stream C |
This data set consists of bedrock and surface elevation readings taken by ground penetrating radar and Global Positioning System (GPS) on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf. Locations were validated by GPS readings of poles set in the surface snow. The data was collected between November and December, 1997. Data are available via ftp, and are provided in a text file with an accompanying file that provides GPS locations. Surface and bedrock elevations are given in meters above WGS84. | ["POLYGON((-161.5307 -79.3539,-161.3584 -79.3539,-161.1861 -79.3539,-161.0138 -79.3539,-160.8415 -79.3539,-160.6692 -79.3539,-160.4969 -79.3539,-160.3246 -79.3539,-160.1523 -79.3539,-159.98 -79.3539,-159.8077 -79.3539,-159.8077 -79.37757,-159.8077 -79.40124,-159.8077 -79.42491,-159.8077 -79.44858,-159.8077 -79.47225,-159.8077 -79.49592,-159.8077 -79.51959,-159.8077 -79.54326,-159.8077 -79.56693,-159.8077 -79.5906,-159.98 -79.5906,-160.1523 -79.5906,-160.3246 -79.5906,-160.4969 -79.5906,-160.6692 -79.5906,-160.8415 -79.5906,-161.0138 -79.5906,-161.1861 -79.5906,-161.3584 -79.5906,-161.5307 -79.5906,-161.5307 -79.56693,-161.5307 -79.54326,-161.5307 -79.51959,-161.5307 -79.49592,-161.5307 -79.47225,-161.5307 -79.44858,-161.5307 -79.42491,-161.5307 -79.40124,-161.5307 -79.37757,-161.5307 -79.3539))"] |
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Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data
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9615347 |
2003-05-14 | Conway, Howard |
Radar Investigations of Former Shear Margins: Roosevelt Island and Ice Stream C |
This data set measures the radioactive decay of nuclear material from Northern and Southern hemisphere nuclear testing. Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram. The data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. Data are available in text format via ftp. | ["POLYGON((-161.5667 -79.3889,-161.44836 -79.3889,-161.33002 -79.3889,-161.21168 -79.3889,-161.09334 -79.3889,-160.975 -79.3889,-160.85666 -79.3889,-160.73832 -79.3889,-160.61998 -79.3889,-160.50164 -79.3889,-160.3833 -79.3889,-160.3833 -79.41168,-160.3833 -79.43446,-160.3833 -79.45724,-160.3833 -79.48002,-160.3833 -79.5028,-160.3833 -79.52558,-160.3833 -79.54836,-160.3833 -79.57114,-160.3833 -79.59392,-160.3833 -79.6167,-160.50164 -79.6167,-160.61998 -79.6167,-160.73832 -79.6167,-160.85666 -79.6167,-160.975 -79.6167,-161.09334 -79.6167,-161.21168 -79.6167,-161.33002 -79.6167,-161.44836 -79.6167,-161.5667 -79.6167,-161.5667 -79.59392,-161.5667 -79.57114,-161.5667 -79.54836,-161.5667 -79.52558,-161.5667 -79.5028,-161.5667 -79.48002,-161.5667 -79.45724,-161.5667 -79.43446,-161.5667 -79.41168,-161.5667 -79.3889))"] |
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Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves
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None | 2001-01-01 | Scambos, Ted; Raup, Bruce H.; Bohlander, Jennifer | No project link provided | Recent 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 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. 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. | [] |
