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Processed LiDAR data from the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antarctica acquired during GAMBIT
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0632292 |
2026-04-21 | Bell, Robin; Studinger, Michael S. |
Collaborative Research: IPY: GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets |
This dataset was acquired with an airborne LiDAR during GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell). These data files are csv, xyz, and mat files of surface elevation rendered from LiDAR. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains during the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 and Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP). | ["POLYGON((65 -77.5,67.4 -77.5,69.8 -77.5,72.2 -77.5,74.6 -77.5,77 -77.5,79.4 -77.5,81.8 -77.5,84.2 -77.5,86.6 -77.5,89 -77.5,89 -78.25,89 -79,89 -79.75,89 -80.5,89 -81.25,89 -82,89 -82.75,89 -83.5,89 -84.25,89 -85,86.6 -85,84.2 -85,81.8 -85,79.4 -85,77 -85,74.6 -85,72.2 -85,69.8 -85,67.4 -85,65 -85,65 -84.25,65 -83.5,65 -82.75,65 -82,65 -81.25,65 -80.5,65 -79.75,65 -79,65 -78.25,65 -77.5))"] | ["POINT(77 -81.25)"] | false | false |
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RBG - Robb Glacier Survey
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9319379 |
2022-09-01 | Blankenship, Donald D.; Bell, Robin; Buck, W. Roger; Young, Duncan A. |
Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) |
The RGB survey is a single line flown up Robb Glacier. Laser altimetry, ice-penetrating radar, gravity and magnetic field intensity data were collected. This work was funded by NSF-OPP 9319379 with the project title: Collaborative Research: Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains (Pensacola-Pole Transect). Principal Investigators were D.D. Blankenship, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, and R.E. Bell and W.R. Buck, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. | ["POLYGON((150 -81.9,152.1 -81.9,154.2 -81.9,156.3 -81.9,158.4 -81.9,160.5 -81.9,162.6 -81.9,164.7 -81.9,166.8 -81.9,168.9 -81.9,171 -81.9,171 -82.06,171 -82.22,171 -82.38000000000001,171 -82.54,171 -82.7,171 -82.86,171 -83.02,171 -83.18,171 -83.34,171 -83.5,168.9 -83.5,166.8 -83.5,164.7 -83.5,162.6 -83.5,160.5 -83.5,158.4 -83.5,156.3 -83.5,154.2 -83.5,152.1 -83.5,150 -83.5,150 -83.34,150 -83.18,150 -83.02,150 -82.86,150 -82.7,150 -82.54,150 -82.38000000000001,150 -82.22,150 -82.06,150 -81.9))"] | ["POINT(160.5 -82.7)"] | false | false |
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Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica
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8919147 |
2004-03-17 | Blankenship, Donald D.; Finn, Carol A.; Morse, David L.; Bell, Robin; Peters, M. E.; Kempf, Scott D.; Hodge, S. M.; Behrendt, J. C.; Brozena, J. M.; Studinger, Michael S. |
Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Southeastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ), Antarctica |
Ice surface elevation and ice thickness data are available for a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The investigators utilized a laser altimeter and ice-penetrating radar mounted to a Twin Otter aircraft to survey the ice sheet. Ice surface elevations and ice thickness data, derived from laser altimetry and radar sounding results, are available in ASCII format via ftp. <br/> <br/>These data are a result of the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Southeastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ) experiments of the 1990s. <br/>The CASERTZ geophysical surveys were aimed at understanding geological controls on ice streams of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, ultimately to help assess the potential for ice sheet collapse. Blankenship et al. (2001) used ice surface elevations and ice thicknesses (reported here) to calculate driving stresses across the ice sheet and thus to identify regions of rapid basal movement by ice streams. | ["POLYGON((-134 -80,-131 -80,-128 -80,-125 -80,-122 -80,-119 -80,-116 -80,-113 -80,-110 -80,-107 -80,-104 -80,-104 -80.4,-104 -80.8,-104 -81.2,-104 -81.6,-104 -82,-104 -82.4,-104 -82.8,-104 -83.2,-104 -83.6,-104 -84,-107 -84,-110 -84,-113 -84,-116 -84,-119 -84,-122 -84,-125 -84,-128 -84,-131 -84,-134 -84,-134 -83.6,-134 -83.2,-134 -82.8,-134 -82.4,-134 -82,-134 -81.6,-134 -81.2,-134 -80.8,-134 -80.4,-134 -80))"] | ["POINT(-119 -82)"] | false | false |
