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P; Jingxue, Guo; Bo, Sun", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Southern Plateau Ice-sheet Characterization and Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (SPICECAP)", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010115", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Southern Plateau Ice-sheet Characterization and Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (SPICECAP)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Titan Dome, East Antarctica, Aerogephysical Survey", "uid": "601437", "west": 122.0}, {"awards": "1443690 Young, Duncan", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((110 -68,113 -68,116 -68,119 -68,122 -68,125 -68,128 -68,131 -68,134 -68,137 -68,140 -68,140 -68.7,140 -69.4,140 -70.1,140 -70.8,140 -71.5,140 -72.2,140 -72.9,140 -73.6,140 -74.3,140 -75,137 -75,134 -75,131 -75,128 -75,125 -75,122 -75,119 -75,116 -75,113 -75,110 -75,110 -74.3,110 -73.6,110 -72.9,110 -72.2,110 -71.5,110 -70.8,110 -70.1,110 -69.4,110 -68.7,110 -68))"], "date_created": "Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These aerogeophysical data were collected during the seventh ICECAP field season in 2015-16, and interpreted as part of the SPICECAP project. They consist of 7 survey flights using a BT-67 Basler and the ICECAP aergeophysical suite. The flights were based out of Australia\u0027s Casey Station and France/Italy\u0027s Concordia Station in East Antarctica, as part of a focused survey of the \u0027Little Dome C\u0027, a region with a suspected 1.5 Ma ice core record. The Level 2 data here consist of ice thickness, bed elevation and surface and bed reflectivity data, bed specularity content data, unleveled magnetic anomaly data, unleveled gravity anomaly data, and laser altimetry. Formats are self documented text files parallel those used by ICECAP (found in the Operation IceBridge archive at the National Snow and Ice Data Center), GIMBLE (found at USAP-DC), EAGLE-ICECAPII (found at the Australian Antarctic Data Center) and David Glacier (found on Zenodo.org), with summary maps of included data in PNG format.", "east": 140.0, "geometry": ["POINT(125 -71.5)"], "keywords": "Aerogeophysics; Antarctica; Bed Elevation; Bed Reflectivity; Epica Dome C; Ice Thickness", "locations": "Epica Dome C; Antarctica", "north": -68.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Young, Duncan A.; Roberts, Jason; Blankenship, Donald D.; van Ommen, Tas; Richter, Thomas; Greenbaum, Jamin; Cavitte, Marie G. P; Beem, Lucas H.; Quartini, Enrica; Tozer, Carly; Ng, Gregory; Habbal, Feras; Kempf, Scott D.; Ritz, Catherine", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Southern Plateau Ice-sheet Characterization and Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (SPICECAP)", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010115", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Southern Plateau Ice-sheet Characterization and Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (SPICECAP)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Dome C Ice Core", "south": -75.0, "title": "ICECAP: High resolution survey of the Little Dome C region in support of the IPICS Old Ice goal", "uid": "601355", "west": 110.0}, {"awards": "9978236 Bell, Robin; 9911617 Blankenship, Donald", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((101.5 -75.5,102.15 -75.5,102.8 -75.5,103.45 -75.5,104.1 -75.5,104.75 -75.5,105.4 -75.5,106.05 -75.5,106.7 -75.5,107.35 -75.5,108 -75.5,108 -75.85,108 -76.2,108 -76.55,108 -76.9,108 -77.25,108 -77.6,108 -77.95,108 -78.3,108 -78.65,108 -79,107.35 -79,106.7 -79,106.05 -79,105.4 -79,104.75 -79,104.1 -79,103.45 -79,102.8 -79,102.15 -79,101.5 -79,101.5 -78.65,101.5 -78.3,101.5 -77.95,101.5 -77.6,101.5 -77.25,101.5 -76.9,101.5 -76.55,101.5 -76.2,101.5 -75.85,101.5 -75.5))"], "date_created": "Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Bedrock Elevation Data acquired during the SOAR Twin Otter expedition SOAR-LVS (2000)\r\nThis data set was during SOAR Twin Otter expedition SOAR-LVS conducted in 2000 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell; Investigator(s): Dr. Michael Studinger). These data files are of ASCII format and include Bedrock Elevation data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): SOAR-Lake Vostok Survey (LVS) and Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work", "east": 108.0, "geometry": ["POINT(104.75 -77.25)"], "keywords": "Airborne Laser Altimeters; Airborne Laser Altimetry; Airborne Radar; Airplane; Antarctica; Bed Elevation; Bedrock Elevation; Digital Elevation Model; East Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Sheet; Lake Vostok; Radar; Radar Echo Sounder; SOAR", "locations": "East Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Antarctica", "north": -75.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences; Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Studinger, Michael S.; Bell, Robin", "project_titles": "Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR); Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work\r\n", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010097", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work\r\n"}, {"proj_uid": "p0000125", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -79.0, "title": "SOAR-Lake Vostok Survey bed elevation data", "uid": "601299", "west": 101.5}, {"awards": "1341717 Ackley, Stephen", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -71,-178.3 -71,-176.6 -71,-174.9 -71,-173.2 -71,-171.5 -71,-169.8 -71,-168.1 -71,-166.4 -71,-164.7 -71,-163 -71,-163 -71.7,-163 -72.4,-163 -73.1,-163 -73.8,-163 -74.5,-163 -75.2,-163 -75.9,-163 -76.6,-163 -77.3,-163 -78,-164.7 -78,-166.4 -78,-168.1 -78,-169.8 -78,-171.5 -78,-173.2 -78,-174.9 -78,-176.6 -78,-178.3 -78,180 -78,178.4 -78,176.8 -78,175.2 -78,173.6 -78,172 -78,170.4 -78,168.8 -78,167.2 -78,165.6 -78,164 -78,164 -77.3,164 -76.6,164 -75.9,164 -75.2,164 -74.5,164 -73.8,164 -73.1,164 -72.4,164 -71.7,164 -71,165.6 -71,167.2 -71,168.8 -71,170.4 -71,172 -71,173.6 -71,175.2 -71,176.8 -71,178.4 -71,-180 -71))"], "date_created": "Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The PIPERS LiDAR swath data set contains LiDAR measurements taken over the Ross Sea in Antarctica.\r\nThe PIPERS project flew for two consecutive years during November with the IcePod. A total of three flights were flown.", "east": 164.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-179.5 -74.5)"], "keywords": "Aerogeophysics; Airborne Laser Altimetry; Antarctica; LIDAR; PIPERS; Ross Sea; Sea Ice", "locations": "Ross Sea; Antarctica", "north": -71.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Integrated System Science", "persons": "Bell, Robin", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Seasonal Sea Ice Production in the Ross Sea, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Seasonal Sea Ice Production in the Ross Sea, Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -78.0, "title": "PIPERS airborne lidar", "uid": "601188", "west": -163.0}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -62,180 -64,180 -66,180 -68,180 -70,180 -72,180 -74,180 -76,180 -78,180 -80,144 -80,108 -80,72 -80,36 -80,0 -80,-36 -80,-72 -80,-108 -80,-144 -80,-180 -80,-180 -78,-180 -76,-180 -74,-180 -72,-180 -70,-180 -68,-180 -66,-180 -64,-180 -62,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set provides grounding line and hydrostatic line locations for the Antarctic coastline and islands around Antarctica. The data are derived using customized software to combine data from Landsat-7 imagery and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) laser altimetry, which were primarily collected between 1999 to 2003. The data set also includes elevations along each line, selected from six candidate digital elevation models. The data were developed as part of the Antarctic Surface Accumulation and Ice Discharge (ASAID) project. \r\n\r\nFunding trough NASA grant 509496.02.08.01.81\r\nData are provided in both ASCII text (.txt) and shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .shx) formats.", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; ASAID; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Grounding Line Hydrostatic Line; Oceans", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Bindschadler, Robert; Choi, Hyeungu", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -80.0, "title": "High-resolution Image-derived Grounding and Hydrostatic Lines for the Antarctic Ice Sheet", "uid": "609489", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "0636724 Blankenship, Donald; 0230197 Holt, John", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-130 -75,-126.5 -75,-123 -75,-119.5 -75,-116 -75,-112.5 -75,-109 -75,-105.5 -75,-102 -75,-98.5 -75,-95 -75,-95 -75.5,-95 -76,-95 -76.5,-95 -77,-95 -77.5,-95 -78,-95 -78.5,-95 -79,-95 -79.5,-95 -80,-98.5 -80,-102 -80,-105.5 -80,-109 -80,-112.5 -80,-116 -80,-119.5 -80,-123 -80,-126.5 -80,-130 -80,-130 -79.5,-130 -79,-130 -78.5,-130 -78,-130 -77.5,-130 -77,-130 -76.5,-130 -76,-130 -75.5,-130 -75))"], "date_created": "Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes airborne altimetry collected over the catchment and main trunk of Thwaites Glacier, one of Antarctica\u0027s most active ice streams. The airborne altimetry comprises 35,000 line-kilometers sampled at 20 meters along track. The full dataset has an internal error of \u00b120 cm; a primary subset has an error of \u00b18 cm. We find a +20 cm bias with Geoscience Laser Altimeter System data over a flat interior region. These data will serve as an additional temporal reference for the evolution of Thwaites Glacier surface, as well as aid the construction of future high resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM). Line data are available in space-delimited ASCII format and are available via FTP.", "east": -95.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.5 -77.5)"], "keywords": "AGASEA; Airborne Altimetry; Antarctica; Elevation; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Thwaites Glacier", "locations": "Thwaites Glacier; Antarctica", "north": -75.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Young, Duncan A.; Kempf, Scott D.; Blankenship, Donald D.; Holt, John W.; Morse, David L.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000174", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -80.0, "title": "Airborne Laser Altimetry of the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica", "uid": "609334", "west": -130.0}, {"awards": "9319369 Blankenship, Donald; 9911617 Blankenship, Donald; 9319379 Blankenship, Donald; 9120464 Blankenship, Donald", "bounds_geometry": ["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))"], "date_created": "Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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. \n\nThe 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.\n\nSOAR 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.", "east": 90.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-180 -71.865)"], "keywords": "Airborne Radar; Antarctica; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Navigation; Potential Field; SOAR; Solid Earth", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -68.73, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Blankenship, Donald D.; Morse, David L.; Holt, John W.; Dalziel, Ian W.", "project_titles": "Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR)", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000125", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -75.0, "title": "Antarctic Aerogeophysics Data", "uid": "609240", "west": -90.0}, {"awards": "8919147 Elliot, David", "bounds_geometry": ["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))"], "date_created": "Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Ice surface elevation and ice thickness data are available for a\nportion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The investigators utilized a\nlaser altimeter and ice-penetrating radar mounted to a Twin Otter\naircraft to survey the ice sheet. Ice surface elevations and ice\nthickness data, derived from laser altimetry and radar sounding\nresults, are available in ASCII format via ftp.\n\nThese data are a result of the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the\nSoutheastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ) experiments of the 1990s.\nThe CASERTZ geophysical surveys were aimed at understanding geological\ncontrols on ice streams of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, ultimately to\nhelp assess the potential for ice sheet collapse. Blankenship et\nal. (2001) used ice surface elevations and ice thicknesses (reported\nhere) to calculate driving stresses across the ice sheet and thus to identify regions of rapid basal movement by ice streams.", "east": -104.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-119 -82)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Elevation; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ross Embayment; West Antarctica", "locations": "Ross Embayment; West Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -80.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Blankenship, Donald D.; Finn, C. A.; Morse, David L.; Peters, M. E.; Kempf, Scott D.; Hodge, S. M.; Behrendt, J. C.; Brozena, J. M.; Studinger, Michael S.; Bell, Robin", "project_titles": "Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Southeastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ), Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000056", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Southeastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ), Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -84.0, "title": "Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica", "uid": "609099", "west": -134.0}, {"awards": "0338151 Raymond, Charles", "bounds_geometry": ["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))"], "date_created": "Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.", "east": -136.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-146.5 -75.5)"], "keywords": "Airborne Radar; Airplane; Antarctica; Elevation; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Marie Byrd Land", "locations": "Marie Byrd Land; Antarctica", "north": -71.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Luyendyk, Bruce P.; Wilson, Douglas S.", "project_titles": "Glaciological Characteristics of the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide Deduced by a New Analysis of Ice-penetrating Radar Data", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000017", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Glaciological Characteristics of the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide Deduced by a New Analysis of Ice-penetrating Radar Data"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -80.0, "title": "Surface Elevation and Ice Thickness, Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica", "uid": "609119", "west": -157.0}]

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