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Here, we take a different approach of carefully synthesizing different data sets to infer changes in the configurations of van der Veen and Mercer Ice Streams on the Siple Coast over the past 3000 years from englacial features encoded in ice-penetrating radar data. Englacial radar data from Conway Ridge reveal smooth, surface conformal layers overlying disrupted stratigraphy that suggest the van der Veen Ice Stream was 40 km wider over 3000 years ago. Englacial layer dating indicates that the ice stream narrowed to its present configuration between $\\sim3000$ and $\\sim1000$ years ago. Similarly disrupted stratigraphy and buried crevasses suggest that ice flowing from Mercer to Whillans Ice Stream across the northwestern tip of the ridge slowed shortly after. Using an ice-flow model capable of simulating shear margin migration, we evaluate whether small changes in ice thickness can lead to large changes in shear margin location. Our results suggest that the tip of Conway Ridge is sensitive to thinning and thickening, and that when the basal strength at the tip of the ridge increases with the height above flotation, the ice sheet shear margins can change quickly.", "east": -130.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-140 -84.25)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Siple Coast", "locations": "Siple Coast; Antarctica", "north": -83.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hoffman, Andrew; Conway, Howard; Christianson, Knut", "project_titles": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010470", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -85.0, "title": "Impulse HF radar data from Conway Ridge", "uid": "601810", "west": -150.0}, {"awards": "2317097 Venturelli, Ryan", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-99.793 -74.857,-99.7882 -74.857,-99.7834 -74.857,-99.77860000000001 -74.857,-99.77380000000001 -74.857,-99.769 -74.857,-99.7642 -74.857,-99.7594 -74.857,-99.75460000000001 -74.857,-99.74980000000001 -74.857,-99.745 -74.857,-99.745 -74.8583,-99.745 -74.8596,-99.745 -74.8609,-99.745 -74.8622,-99.745 -74.8635,-99.745 -74.8648,-99.745 -74.8661,-99.745 -74.8674,-99.745 -74.8687,-99.745 -74.87,-99.74980000000001 -74.87,-99.75460000000001 -74.87,-99.7594 -74.87,-99.7642 -74.87,-99.769 -74.87,-99.77380000000001 -74.87,-99.77860000000001 -74.87,-99.7834 -74.87,-99.7882 -74.87,-99.793 -74.87,-99.793 -74.8687,-99.793 -74.8674,-99.793 -74.8661,-99.793 -74.8648,-99.793 -74.8635,-99.793 -74.8622,-99.793 -74.8609,-99.793 -74.8596,-99.793 -74.8583,-99.793 -74.857))"], "date_created": "Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains unprocessed radar profiles collected with a GSSI 200 MHz Hyperstacking antenna near Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica. This data was collected to estimate depth-to-bedrock along a subglacial ridge line at depths between 20 - 120 meters. 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Only data collected in AGASEA is contained in this specific product.\r\nThis data set is linked to PH.D thesis Muldoon, G. 2018 \"West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat during the Last Interglacial\"Spatial and temporal distributions of accumulation rates on the catchment of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica\", University of Texas at Austin\r\n https://doi.org/10.15781/T23B5WS0D\r\nThe internal radar horizon (IRH) was traced semi-automatically by Gail R. Muldoon using Haliburtons\u0027s Landmark software and picker, in a combination of 2D focused and unfocused data.\r\nDepths were calculated using a 2 way velocity in ice of 84.5 m/microsecond, and no firn correction. \r\n\r\nIsochron age is 4711 (+/- 246 ) years. \r\n\r\nFunding for this dataset as provided by NSF grants and The G. 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Data acquisition took place during the 2018/2019 Antarctic summer field season. 27 MT stations were collected at Whillans Subglacial Lake (SLW) and 16 stations were obtained at its hypothesized downstream outlet to the ocean, Whillans Grounding Zone (WGZ). The MT responses are provided as text files in the .zmm format output by the MT data processing code, but have also been converted to the more widely used .edi text file format for convenience. All sensor orientations are listed as geomagnetic azimuths, which for this region are substantially different than the corresponding geographic azimuths.", "east": -153.0575, "geometry": ["POINT(-158.35175 -84.29955)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Stream; Magnetotelluric; Subglacial; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Whillans Ice Stream; Antarctica", "north": -84.186, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Gustafson, Chloe; Key, Kerry; Siegfried, Matthew; Fricker, Helen", "project_titles": "Mapping Antarctic Subglacial Water with Novel Electromagnetic Techniques", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010300", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Mapping Antarctic Subglacial Water with Novel Electromagnetic Techniques"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -84.4131, "title": "Wideband magnetotelluric responses from Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica", "uid": "601526", "west": -163.646}, {"awards": "0636719 Joughin, Ian; 0636970 Tulaczyk, Slawek", "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 -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))"], "date_created": "Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains lake boundaries, volume changes, and gridded elevations for 124 active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA\u0027s Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. 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The data set includes the corresponding shear wave velocity model produced by joint inversion of these dispersion curves. This investigators developed a new crust and upper mantle model directly beneath the seismic stations used in this study. Data are in NetCDF and GeoCSV formats. The Python code used to generate the NetCDF files from the GeoCSV files is also contained in the data set.", "east": -98.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-116.25 -79.25)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Crust; Moho; Seismic Tomography; Seismology; Seismometer; Shear Wave Velocity; Surface Wave Dispersion; West Antarctica", "locations": "West Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -75.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Mikesell, Dylan", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Monitoring Antarctic Ice Sheet Changes with Ambient Seismic Noise Methods", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010155", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Monitoring Antarctic Ice Sheet Changes with Ambient Seismic Noise Methods"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "POLENET", "south": -83.5, "title": "2D shear-wave velocity model across the West Antarctic Rift System from POLENET-ANET seismic data", "uid": "601423", "west": -134.5}, {"awards": null, "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-163.61187 -84.33543)"], "date_created": "Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains total organic carbon (%TOC) and carbon isotopic data (\u03b4\u00b9\u00b3C, \u0394\u00b9\u2074C) from sediments retrieved from the Whillans Ice Stream grounding zone during the 2015 Antarctic field season. All %TOC and sediment preparations were done at the University of South Florida. Radiocarbon measurements were done at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) laboratory. 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Specific motivation (and model parameters) comes from quasi-periodic slow slip events on the Whillans Ice Plain in West Antarctica. We quantify the influence of layer thickness on sliding stability, specifically whether steady loading of the system produces steady sliding or sequences of stick-slip events. This dataset contains input files from different parts of parameter space to demonstrate different styles of slip (steady sliding, slow slip sequences, and fast slip sequences).", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Computer Model; Glaciology; Model Data; Shear Stress; Solid Earth; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Whillans Ice Stream; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Abrahams, Lauren", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Characterizing Brittle Failure and Fracture Propagation in Fast Ice Sliding with Dynamic Rupture Models based on Whillans Ice Stream Seismic/Geodetic Data", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010138", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Characterizing Brittle Failure and Fracture Propagation in Fast Ice Sliding with Dynamic Rupture Models based on Whillans Ice Stream Seismic/Geodetic Data"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Earthquake Sequence Dynamics at the Interface Between an Elastic Layer and Underlying Half-Space in Antiplane Shear", "uid": "601320", "west": null}, {"awards": "1142167 Pettit, Erin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-180 -90)"], "date_created": "Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Acoustic Televiewer measures borehole shape and tilt. These data were collected to study detailed borehole deformation with respect to ice properties to expand our understanding of the flow law for ice. 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Due its remote location and heavy sea ice, the continental shelf in front of the Totten Glacier had not been comprehensively surveyed prior to this study. Satellite observations indicate that the Totten ice drainage system is thinning, and it has been hypothesized that this thinning is in response to undermelting by warm ocean waters over the continental shelf. While this process is observed elsewhere in Antarctica (e.g. the rapidly retreating Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica), the Totten Glacier system is potentially Antarcticas most important glacial drainage system due to its large size; it is three times larger than any system in West Antarctica. \u003c/br\u003eThe main goals of this proposal were: \u003c/br\u003eTo generate multibeam bathymetric maps of the continental shelf proximal to the Totten Glacier system to understand the recent regional glacial history and to document the pathways, if any, for circumpolar deep water to move onto the shelf. \u003c/br\u003eTo conduct a physical oceanographic survey of the region proximal to the Totten Glacier system, to determine the presence, if any, of warm ocean waters over the continental shelf.\u003c/br\u003eTo conduct a seismic survey of the continental shelf to assess the long-term evolution of the glacial system in the Aurora Subglacial Basin.\u003c/br\u003eTo collect marine sediment cores to determine the regional deglacial to Holocene climate history and the influence of warm circumpolar deep water.", "east": 146.0, "geometry": ["POINT(131.5 -66.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Diatom; NBP1402; Totten Glacier", "locations": "Totten Glacier; Antarctica", "north": -66.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Integrated System Science", "persons": "NBP1402 science party; Leventer, Amy", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000008", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -67.0, "title": "NBP1402 diatom data", "uid": "601258", "west": 117.0}, {"awards": "0839059 Powell, Ross", "bounds_geometry": ["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))"], "date_created": "Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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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Their origin, as well as the origin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) along the inland side of the TAMs, have been widely debated, and a key constraint to distinguish between competing models is the underlying crustal structure. Previous investigations have examined this structure but have primarily focused on a small region of the central TAMs near Ross Island, providing little along-strike constraint. In this study, we use data from the new Transantarctic Mountains Northern Network and from five stations operated by the Korea Polar Research Institute to investigate the crustal structure beneath a previously unexplored portion of the TAMs. Using S-wave receiver functions and Rayleigh wave phase velocities, crustal thickness and average crustal shear velocity (\uf8e5Vs) are resolved within \u00b14 km and \u00b10.1 km/s, respectively. The crust thickens from ~20 km near the Ross Sea coast to ~46 km beneath the northern TAMs, which is somewhat thicker than that imaged in previous studies beneath the central TAMs. The crust thins to ~41 km beneath the WSB.\uf8e5Vs ranges from ~3.1-3.9 km/s, with slower velocities near the coast. Our findings are consistent with a flexural origin for the TAMs and WSB, where these features result from broad flexure of the East Antarctic lithosphere and uplift along its western edge due to thermal conduction from hotter mantle beneath West Antarctica. Locally thicker crust may explain the ~1 km of additional topography in the northern TAMs compared to the central TAMs.", "east": 170.0, "geometry": ["POINT(160 -73.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains", "locations": "Transantarctic Mountains; Antarctica", "north": -72.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Hansen, Samantha", "project_titles": "CAREER: Deciphering the Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains and the Wilkes Subglacial Basin", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000300", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "CAREER: Deciphering the Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains and the Wilkes Subglacial Basin"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -75.0, "title": "Crustal Structure beneath the Northern Transantarctic Mountains and Wilkes Subglacial Basin: Implications for Tectonic Origins", "uid": "601194", "west": 150.0}, {"awards": "1644159 Jacobs, Stanley", "bounds_geometry": ["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))"], "date_created": "Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.", "east": -110.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.5 -74)"], "keywords": "Amundsen Sea; Antarctica; Dotson Ice Shelf; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ocean Properties; Oceans; Physical Oceanography; West Antarctica", "locations": "West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarctica", "north": -73.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences", "persons": "Dutrieux, Pierre; Jacobs, Stanley; Jenkins, Adrian; Stammerjohn, Sharon", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -74.5, "title": "CTDP/LADCP profile data along Dotson ice shelf calving front from 2000 to 2016", "uid": "601105", "west": -115.0}, {"awards": "1043528 Alley, Richard", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"], "date_created": "Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset includes all surface, snowpit, crust, AWS, and near-surface thermistor data used for analyses and publication \"Surface formation, preservation, and history of low-porosity crusts at the WAIS Divide site, West Antarctica\" DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1-2018", "east": -112.085, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; AWS; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Meteorology; Physical Properties; Snow Pit; Temperature; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core; Weatherstation", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.467, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences", "persons": "Fegyveresi, John; Alley, Richard", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Continued Study of Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core; Collaborative Research: Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000038", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core"}, {"proj_uid": "p0000027", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Continued Study of Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.467, "title": "WAIS Divide Surface and Snow-pit Data, 2009-2013", "uid": "601079", "west": -112.085}, {"awards": "0636740 Kreutz, Karl", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"], "date_created": "Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "We present several related datasets from a 2012 snow pit and a 2013 firn core collected near the WAIS Divide field camp in West Antarctica. The data include soluble ions (sodium and non-sea-salt sulfate) and dust particle concentrations, as well as major oxide geochemistry of tephra grains isolated from snow samples. 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The WAIS Divide drilling project, a multi-institution project to obtain a continuous high resolution ice core record from central West Antarctica, reached a depth of 2560 m in early 2010; it is expected to take one or two more field seasons to reach the ice sheet bed (~3300 m), plus an additional four seasons for borehole logging and other activities including proposed replicate coring. The current proposal requests support to complete analyses on the WAIS Divide core to the base, where the age will be ~100,000 years or more. These analyses will form the basis for the investigation of a number of outstanding questions in climate and glaciology during the last glacial period, focused on the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the relationship of West Antarctic climate to that of the Northern polar regions, the tropical Pacific, and the rest of the globe, on time scales ranging from years to tens of thousands of years. One new aspect of this work is the growing expertise at the University of Washington in climate modeling with isotope-tracer-enabled general circulation models, which will aid in the interpretation of the data. Another major new aspect is the completion and use of a high-resolution, semi-automated sampling system at the University of Colorado, which will permit the continuous analysis of isotope ratios via laser spectroscopy, at an effective resolution of ~2 cm or less, providing inter-annual time resolution for most of the core. Because continuous flow analyses of stable ice isotopes is a relatively new measurement, we will complement them with parallel measurements, every ~10-20 m, using traditional discrete sampling and analysis by mass spectrometry at the University of Washington. The intellectual merit and the overarching goal of the work are to see Inland WAIS become the reference ice isotope record for West Antarctica. The broader impacts of the work are that the data generated in this project pertain directly to policy-relevant and immediate questions of the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and thus past and future changes in sea level, as well as the nature of climate change in the high southern latitudes. The project will also contribute to the development of modern isotope analysis techniques using laser spectroscopy, with applications well beyond ice cores. The project will involve a graduate student and postdoc who will work with both P.I.s, and spend time at both institutions. 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The intellectual merit of this project is that measurements of cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock hold promise for resolving the questions of whether the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed completely in the past, whether it is prone to repeated large deglaciations, and if so, what is their magnitude and frequency. Such studies will require careful choice of targets, to locate sites where bedrock geology is favorable, cosmogenic nuclide records are likely to have been protected from subglacial erosion, and the local ice-surface response is indicative of large-scale ice sheet behavior. The broader impacts of this work include helping to determine whether subglacial surfaces in West Antarctica were ever exposed to cosmic rays, which will provide unambiguous evidence for or against a smaller ice sheet in the past. This is an important step towards establishing whether the WAIS is vulnerable to collapse in future, and will ultimately help to address uncertainty in forecasting sea level change. The results will also provide ground truth for models of ice-sheet dynamics and long-term ice sheet evolution, and will help researchers use these models to identify paleoclimate conditions responsible for WAIS deglaciation. 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The work will improve the quantification of long-term mass change rates over Antarctica using GRACE gravity data with a longer record and newer generation(s) of products and will develop advanced numerical forward modeling techniques that can accurately correct leakage effects associated with GRACE data processing, and significantly improve spatial resolution of GRACE mass rate estimates over Antarctica. The work will also contribute to a better understanding of crustal uplift rates due to postglacial rebound (PGR) and present day ice load change over Antarctica via PGR models, GPS measurements, and combined analysis of GRACE and ICESat elevation changes. Inter-annual variations of ice mass over Antarctica will be investigated at continental and catchment scales and connections to regional climate change will be studied. 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The project will also develop advanced borehole instruments to replace current logging tools, which require optical sources, detectors and power cables to be submerged in borehole fluid and lowered into the ice sheet at temperatures of -50oC. The use of telecommunications fiber will allow all sources and detectors to remain at the surface and enable low-noise signal processing techniques such as lock-in amplification that increase signal integrity and reduce needed power. Further, fiber logging systems would be much smaller and more flexible than current tools and capable of navigating most boreholes without a heavy winch. In order to assess fabric in situ and test fiber-optic borehole tools, field measurements will be made at WAIS Divide and a deep log will also be made at Siple Dome, both in West Antarctica. If successful, the broader impacts of the proposed research would include the development of new analytical methods and lightweight logging tools for ice drilling research that can operate in boreholes drilled in ice. Eventually the work could result in the development of better prehistoric records of glacier flow, atmospheric particulates, precipitation, and climate forcing. The project encompasses a broad base of theoretical, experimental, and design work, which makes it ideal for training graduate students and advanced undergraduates. 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This project capitalizes on previous investments in field sampling. Analytical tools applied to single mineral grains extracted from existing collections of glacial till will generate ?fingerprints? of East Antarctic outlet glaciers and West Antarctic till to refine paleo-ice flow models for the Ross Embayment during the last glacial maximum, older records from ANDRILL cores, and to assess IRD sources in the Southern Ocean. New provenance tracers will include a suite of geochronological methods that together provide greater insights into the orogenic and erosional history the region. This project will include U/Pb of detrital zircons, (U-Th)/He on a subset of the U/Pb dated zircons, as well as Ar-Ar of detrital hornblende, mica and feldspars.\nBroader Impacts: This research will train one M.S. student at IUPUI, a Ph.D. student at Columbia, and several undergraduates at both institutions. Graduate students involved in the project will be involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers. Incorporation of research discoveries will be brought into the classroom by providing concrete examples and exercises at the appropriate level. Licht and Columbia graduate student E. Pierce are developing outreach projects with local secondary school teachers to investigate the provenance of glacial materials in their local areas. 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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. 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The investigators will partner with the previously funded \u0027Polar Palooza\u0027 education and outreach program in addition to undertaking a diverse set of outreach activities of their own. 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The data set includes ice thickness, ice sheet bed elevation, and ice sheet surface elevation, derived from ice-penetrating radar and aircraft GPS positions. The data are spaced on a 15 km by 15 km grid over the entire catchment of the glacier, and sampled at approximately 15 meters along track. 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In Antarctica, the instrumental record of climate is particularly short (~40 years except in a few isolated locations on the coast), and ice core proxy data are the only means available for extending this record into the past. The use of stable isotopes of water (18-O/16-O and D/H ratios) from ice cores as proxies for temperature is well established for both very short (i.e. seasonal) and long timescales (centuries, millennia). Using multivariate regression methods and shallow ice cores from West Antarctica, a reconstruction of Antarctic climate over the last ~150 years has been developed which suggests the continent has been warming, on average, at a rate of ~0.2 K/century. Further improving these reconstructions is the chief motivation for further extending the US ITASE project. Ten to fifteen shallow (~100 m) from Victoria Land, East Antarctica will be obtained and analyzed. The core will be collected along a traverse route beginning at Taylor Dome and ending at the South Pole. Age-depth relationships for the cores will be determined through a combination of stable isotopes, visual stratigraphy and seasonal chemical signatures and marker horizons. Reconstructions of Antarctic climate obtained from these cores will be incorporated into the global network of paleoclimate information, which has been important in science, policy and educational contexts. 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In total, forty six (46) ice samples, approximately 10-15 cm in length, were analyzed in this study. 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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": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"], "date_created": "Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is an analysis of methyl chloride (CH3Cl) and methyl bromide (CH3Br) in Antarctic ice core samples. Investigators reported mixing ratios of methyl chloride gas extracted from samples taken from the South Pole Remote Earth Science and Seismological Observatory (SPRESSO) core, drilled as part of the International Trans Antarctic Science Expedition (ITASE). This data covers an age range of 2159 - 140 years before present (Y.B.P.) where the year 2000 was used as present. Investigators analyzed trace gases in ice core samples from Siple Dome, West Antarctica (dry-drilled C core and deep, fluid-drilled A core) and from South Pole, Antarctica (300 m dry drilled SPRESSO core). Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP.", "east": -144.39, "geometry": ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core; Ice Core Records; ITASE; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; South Pole; SPRESSO; SPRESSO Ice Core", "locations": "South Pole; Antarctica", "north": -89.93, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat; Williams, Margaret; Tatum, Cheryl", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -89.93, "title": "Antarctic Ice Cores: Methyl Chloride and Methyl Bromide", "uid": "609313", "west": -144.39}, {"awards": "9615502 Harrison, William", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.822 -81.655)", "POINT(-148.693 -81.595)"], "date_created": "Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "At the Siple Dome area of Antarctica, much of the ice flow is vertical, which causes vertical ice deformation. To measure this phenomenon, the investigators used a method known as vertical strain rate. This project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation (NSF).\n\nThis data set consists of a table of long-term average strain rates measured between 1999 and 2002 at Siple Dome, Antarctica. The measurements were taken in hot-water boreholes by bridge gauges. Data are available in tab-delimited ASCII text format or PDF via FTP.", "east": -148.693, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.822 -81.655)", "POINT(-148.693 -81.595)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geodesy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; Strain; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.595, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Harrison, William; Morack, James; Waddington, Edwin D.; Pettit, Erin; Zumberge, Mark; Elsberg, Daniel", "project_titles": "Ice Dynamics, the Flow Law, and Vertical Strain at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000601", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ice Dynamics, the Flow Law, and Vertical Strain at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.655, "title": "Vertical Strain at Siple Dome, Antarctica, 1999-2002", "uid": "609214", "west": -148.822}, {"awards": "9526566 Bindschadler, Robert", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-174.45 -82.52)", "POINT(160.41 -74.21)", "POINT(-84 -75.9)", "POINT(-119.4 -80.01)"], "date_created": "Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes daily, monthly, and yearly mean surface air temperatures for four interior West Antarctic sites between 1978 and 1997. Data include air surface temperatures measured at the Byrd, Lettau, Lynn, and Siple Station automatic weather stations. In addition, because weather stations in Antarctica are difficult to maintain, and resulting multi-decade records are often incomplete, the investigators also calculated surface temperatures from satellite passive microwave brightness temperatures. Calibration of 37-GHz vertically polarized brightness temperature data during periods of known air temperature, using emissivity modeling, allowed the investigators to replace data gaps with calibrated brightness temperatures.\n\nMS Excel data files and GIF images derived from the data are available via ftp from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.", "east": 160.41, "geometry": ["POINT(-174.45 -82.52)", "POINT(160.41 -74.21)", "POINT(-84 -75.9)", "POINT(-119.4 -80.01)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Automated Weather Station; Meteorology; Temperature; West Antarctica", "locations": "West Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -74.21, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Shuman, Christopher A.; Stearns, Charles R.", "project_titles": "Passive Microwave Remote Sensing for Paleoclimate Indicators at Siple Dome, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000191", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Passive Microwave Remote Sensing for Paleoclimate Indicators at Siple Dome, Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -82.52, "title": "Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records", "uid": "609097", "west": -174.45}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "date_created": "Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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. \n\nThis 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\u00b0 S, 148.81\u00b0 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 \u00b0C.\n\nData are available via FTP.", "east": -148.81, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.65, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.65, "title": "Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)", "uid": "609279", "west": -148.81}, {"awards": "9316564 Mayewski, Paul", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)"], "date_created": "Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) project provides a high-resolution record of atmospheric chemical deposition taken from several ice cores and snow pits located at sites within or immediately adjacent to the Ross Ice Drainage System. 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These surfaces have been exposed by ice retreat since the last glacial maximum, approximately 10,500 years ago. However, the majority of samples contain nuclide concentrations indicating much longer and more complicated exposure histories. The primary data are concentrations of the cosmic-ray-produced nuclides Be-10 and Al-26 measured in quartz, and Cl-36 measured in K-feldspar, sample locations, and the duration of recent exposure inferred from measurements on co-existing glacial erratics. In addition, the data set contains detailed information about the sites and samples, chemical compositions of the minerals analyzed and compositions of the host rocks, as required to compute nuclide production rates. 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Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. 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The core was drilled during the 1994/1995 field season. Dating of the core was accomplished using annual signals preserved in several chemical species, beta activity profiles, and volcanic horizons. 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Investigators used a mass spectrometer to measure methanesulfonate. Measurements are given as MSA concentration at various depths. Estimated age of the ice at each depth is also given.\n\nThis project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. 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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}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-120 -80,-118.5 -80,-117 -80,-115.5 -80,-114 -80,-112.5 -80,-111 -80,-109.5 -80,-108 -80,-106.5 -80,-105 -80,-105 -80.5,-105 -81,-105 -81.5,-105 -82,-105 -82.5,-105 -83,-105 -83.5,-105 -84,-105 -84.5,-105 -85,-106.5 -85,-108 -85,-109.5 -85,-111 -85,-112.5 -85,-114 -85,-115.5 -85,-117 -85,-118.5 -85,-120 -85,-120 -84.5,-120 -84,-120 -83.5,-120 -83,-120 -82.5,-120 -82,-120 -81.5,-120 -81,-120 -80.5,-120 -80))"], "date_created": "Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Glaciochemical and accumulation rate records developed from four ice cores in central West Antarctica are used to reconstruct former atmospheric circulation patterns in this region for the last 40 years with extended records (150-250 years) at two sites. The sites lie on a 200 km traverse from 82 degrees 22 minutes south, 119 degrees 17 minutes west to 81 degrees 22 minutes south, 107 degrees 17 minutes west, gaining elevation from 950 to 1930 m. The glaciochemical records represent the major ionic species present in Antarctic snow: sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, nitrate, and sulfate.", "east": -105.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.5 -82.5)"], "keywords": "Accumulation Rate; Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; West Antarctica", "locations": "West Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -80.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Reusch, David", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -85.0, "title": "Central West Antarctic Glaciochemistry from Ice Cores", "uid": "609093", "west": -120.0}, {"awards": "9420648 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nNereson\u0027s \u0027Age Versus Depth\u0027 plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. Let., 23(22): 3163-3166.).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Nereson, Nadine A.", "project_titles": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000058", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales", "uid": "609130", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set provides measurements of stable isotopes of water and deuterium excess for the Siple Dome ice cores. The shallow cores from Siple Dome were analyzed for isotopes with sub-annual temporal detail.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Steig, Eric J.; White, James", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes", "uid": "609134", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0512971 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nBrooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Methane Record", "uid": "609124", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0126286 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nLamorey measured the density of the shallow Siple Dome cores B - I. One-meter sections of the ice core were weighed on a balance beam in the field. The volume was determined by measuring the diameter and length of the core. The data consists of tab-delimited text files of density measurements and a sonic velocity profile, and a .gif format density-versus-depth plot. Data are available via FTP.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000159", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Shallow Core Density Data", "uid": "609129", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527262 Gow, Anthony", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set includes annual layer data for Siple Dome ice cores A, B, and C, based on stratigraphy; thin-section images, and fabric data. The study included the analysis of more than 2500 crystallographic c-axes conducted on 50 thin sections from the main PICO core.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Gow, Tony; Meese, Deb", "project_titles": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000064", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609128", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9615554 Fitzpatrick, Joan", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set comprises low-resolution (72 dpi) jpg images of thin sections from the Siple Dome ice core. The images were acquired during the 1997/1998 field season, from both the SDM-A, or main 13.2-cm, core and from the hot water core recovered by Hermann Englehardt. The data set includes both vertical and horizontal thin sections. With one exception, all images were recorded in cross-polarized light. Two examples of archived high-resolution (275 dpi) images are provided for direct comparison of the low- and high-resolution images.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Fitzpatrick, Joan", "project_titles": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000011", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome", "uid": "609127", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527373 Dunbar, Nelia", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(158.7889 -77.95)", "POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set includes backscattered electron images of tephra samples extracted from the Siple and Taylor Dome ice cores, as well as electron microprobe analyses of glass shards in cases where significant, compositionally-consistent glass populations were present. The data set also includes data on the amount of volcanically derived sulfate deposited on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and recorded in the Siple Dome ice core.", "east": 158.7889, "geometry": ["POINT(158.7889 -77.95)", "POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; Tephra; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "WAIS; Antarctica", "north": -77.95, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Zielinski, Gregory; Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000065", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Taylor Dome Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609126", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526420 Taylor, Kendrick", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nTaylor measured the electrical conductivity (ECM) and Complex Conductivity (CC), a measure of the total ions in the ice, in the main Siple Dome ice core. Measurements were taken along the core from a depth of 0 m to 800 m. The project also analyzed shallower cores for ECM and dielectric properties (DEP). (DEP is also a measure of the total ions in the ice, but with lower spatial resolution than the CC.) Albedo measurements where made on the shallow cores and the main core to a depth of 391 m. 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WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003eO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. 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These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81\u00b0 40\u0027 S and 148\u00b0 49\u0027 W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp.\n\nThe following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. 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It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar.\n\nData in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994\u201395 and 1996\u201397. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. 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Dataset Title/Abstract/Map | NSF Award(s) | Date Created | PIs / Scientists | Project Links | Abstract | Bounds Geometry | Geometry | Selected | Visible |
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Impulse HF radar data from Conway Ridge
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0087144 |
2024-07-22 | Hoffman, Andrew; Conway, Howard; Christianson, Knut |
Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica |
Marine ice sheets are low-pass filters of climate variability that take centuries to adjust to interior and near-terminus changes in mass balance. Constraining these century-scale changes from satellite observations that span only the last 40 years is challenging. Here, we take a different approach of carefully synthesizing different data sets to infer changes in the configurations of van der Veen and Mercer Ice Streams on the Siple Coast over the past 3000 years from englacial features encoded in ice-penetrating radar data. Englacial radar data from Conway Ridge reveal smooth, surface conformal layers overlying disrupted stratigraphy that suggest the van der Veen Ice Stream was 40 km wider over 3000 years ago. Englacial layer dating indicates that the ice stream narrowed to its present configuration between $\sim3000$ and $\sim1000$ years ago. Similarly disrupted stratigraphy and buried crevasses suggest that ice flowing from Mercer to Whillans Ice Stream across the northwestern tip of the ridge slowed shortly after. Using an ice-flow model capable of simulating shear margin migration, we evaluate whether small changes in ice thickness can lead to large changes in shear margin location. Our results suggest that the tip of Conway Ridge is sensitive to thinning and thickening, and that when the basal strength at the tip of the ridge increases with the height above flotation, the ice sheet shear margins can change quickly. | ["POLYGON((-150 -83.5,-148 -83.5,-146 -83.5,-144 -83.5,-142 -83.5,-140 -83.5,-138 -83.5,-136 -83.5,-134 -83.5,-132 -83.5,-130 -83.5,-130 -83.65,-130 -83.8,-130 -83.95,-130 -84.1,-130 -84.25,-130 -84.4,-130 -84.55,-130 -84.7,-130 -84.85,-130 -85,-132 -85,-134 -85,-136 -85,-138 -85,-140 -85,-142 -85,-144 -85,-146 -85,-148 -85,-150 -85,-150 -84.85,-150 -84.7,-150 -84.55,-150 -84.4,-150 -84.25,-150 -84.1,-150 -83.95,-150 -83.8,-150 -83.65,-150 -83.5))"] | ["POINT(-140 -84.25)"] | false | false |
200 MHz ground-penetrating radar from Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica
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2317097 |
2023-03-24 | Braddock, Scott |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
This data set contains unprocessed radar profiles collected with a GSSI 200 MHz Hyperstacking antenna near Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica. This data was collected to estimate depth-to-bedrock along a subglacial ridge line at depths between 20 - 120 meters. | ["POLYGON((-99.793 -74.857,-99.7882 -74.857,-99.7834 -74.857,-99.77860000000001 -74.857,-99.77380000000001 -74.857,-99.769 -74.857,-99.7642 -74.857,-99.7594 -74.857,-99.75460000000001 -74.857,-99.74980000000001 -74.857,-99.745 -74.857,-99.745 -74.8583,-99.745 -74.8596,-99.745 -74.8609,-99.745 -74.8622,-99.745 -74.8635,-99.745 -74.8648,-99.745 -74.8661,-99.745 -74.8674,-99.745 -74.8687,-99.745 -74.87,-99.74980000000001 -74.87,-99.75460000000001 -74.87,-99.7594 -74.87,-99.7642 -74.87,-99.769 -74.87,-99.77380000000001 -74.87,-99.77860000000001 -74.87,-99.7834 -74.87,-99.7882 -74.87,-99.793 -74.87,-99.793 -74.8687,-99.793 -74.8674,-99.793 -74.8661,-99.793 -74.8648,-99.793 -74.8635,-99.793 -74.8622,-99.793 -74.8609,-99.793 -74.8596,-99.793 -74.8583,-99.793 -74.857))"] | ["POINT(-99.769 -74.8635)"] | false | false |
AGASEA 4.7 ka Englacial Isochron over the Thwaites Glacier Catchment
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1043761 0230197 0636724 2127606 |
2023-03-15 | Muldoon, Gail R.; Young, Duncan A.; Jackson, Charles; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (AGASEA) Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System Geophysical Investigations of Marie Byrd Land Lithospheric Evolution (GIMBLE) |
This file contains internal radar horizon 1 (lm-MERGE-lay9-grg) for West Antarctica, collected during the SOAR/CASERTZ (1991-1996), SOAR/DVD (1999), ATRS (2001), AGASEA (2004-05) and GIMBLE (2013-2014) expeditions. Only data collected in AGASEA is contained in this specific product. This data set is linked to PH.D thesis Muldoon, G. 2018 "West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat during the Last Interglacial"Spatial and temporal distributions of accumulation rates on the catchment of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica", University of Texas at Austin https://doi.org/10.15781/T23B5WS0D The internal radar horizon (IRH) was traced semi-automatically by Gail R. Muldoon using Haliburtons's Landmark software and picker, in a combination of 2D focused and unfocused data. Depths were calculated using a 2 way velocity in ice of 84.5 m/microsecond, and no firn correction. Isochron age is 4711 (+/- 246 ) years. Funding for this dataset as provided by NSF grants and The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation. | ["POLYGON((-136 -74,-131.9 -74,-127.8 -74,-123.7 -74,-119.6 -74,-115.5 -74,-111.4 -74,-107.30000000000001 -74,-103.2 -74,-99.1 -74,-95 -74,-95 -74.7,-95 -75.4,-95 -76.1,-95 -76.8,-95 -77.5,-95 -78.2,-95 -78.9,-95 -79.6,-95 -80.3,-95 -81,-99.1 -81,-103.2 -81,-107.3 -81,-111.4 -81,-115.5 -81,-119.6 -81,-123.69999999999999 -81,-127.8 -81,-131.9 -81,-136 -81,-136 -80.3,-136 -79.6,-136 -78.9,-136 -78.2,-136 -77.5,-136 -76.8,-136 -76.1,-136 -75.4,-136 -74.7,-136 -74))"] | ["POINT(-115.5 -77.5)"] | false | false |
Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene
|
1807522 1043092 |
2022-09-01 | Jones, Tyler R. |
Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes of Ice in the Transition and Glacial Sections of the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core Collaborative Research: Targeted resampling of deep polar ice cores using information theory |
We analyzed a continuous record of water-isotope ratios from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core to reveal summer and winter temperature changes through the last 11,000 years. | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Surface Energy Flux
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1744954 |
2022-03-18 | Lubin, Dan; Ghiz, Madison |
Surface Energy Balance on West Antarctica and the Ross Ice Shelf |
This data set comprises radiative and turbulent flux components of the surface energy balance at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, measured between 21 December 2019 and 19 January 2020. Radiative fluxes were measured by Kipp & Zonen pyranometers and pyrgeometers. A Campbell Scientific open path eddy covariance system measured sensible and latent heat fluxes. An Apogee infrared sensor measured surface skin temperature. Sky conditions were observed using an ALCOR System digital all-sky camera. A StellarNet shortwave spectroradiometer system measured downwelling spectral irradiance in the wavelength range 350-1700 nm. | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | false | false |
Wideband magnetotelluric responses from Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica
|
1643917 |
2022-02-25 | Gustafson, Chloe; Key, Kerry; Siegfried, Matthew; Fricker, Helen |
Mapping Antarctic Subglacial Water with Novel Electromagnetic Techniques |
This archive contains magnetotelluric (MT) responses estimated from MT time series data that were collected to study subglacial groundwater beneath Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Data acquisition took place during the 2018/2019 Antarctic summer field season. 27 MT stations were collected at Whillans Subglacial Lake (SLW) and 16 stations were obtained at its hypothesized downstream outlet to the ocean, Whillans Grounding Zone (WGZ). The MT responses are provided as text files in the .zmm format output by the MT data processing code, but have also been converted to the more widely used .edi text file format for convenience. All sensor orientations are listed as geomagnetic azimuths, which for this region are substantially different than the corresponding geographic azimuths. | ["POLYGON((-163.646 -84.186,-162.58715 -84.186,-161.5283 -84.186,-160.46945 -84.186,-159.4106 -84.186,-158.35175 -84.186,-157.2929 -84.186,-156.23405 -84.186,-155.1752 -84.186,-154.11635 -84.186,-153.0575 -84.186,-153.0575 -84.20871,-153.0575 -84.23142,-153.0575 -84.25413,-153.0575 -84.27684,-153.0575 -84.29955,-153.0575 -84.32226,-153.0575 -84.34497,-153.0575 -84.36768,-153.0575 -84.39039,-153.0575 -84.4131,-154.11635 -84.4131,-155.1752 -84.4131,-156.23405 -84.4131,-157.2929 -84.4131,-158.35175 -84.4131,-159.4106 -84.4131,-160.46945 -84.4131,-161.5283 -84.4131,-162.58715 -84.4131,-163.646 -84.4131,-163.646 -84.39039,-163.646 -84.36768,-163.646 -84.34497,-163.646 -84.32226,-163.646 -84.29955,-163.646 -84.27684,-163.646 -84.25413,-163.646 -84.23142,-163.646 -84.20871,-163.646 -84.186))"] | ["POINT(-158.35175 -84.29955)"] | false | false |
Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry
|
0636719 0636970 |
2021-04-21 | Smith, Ben; Joughin, Ian; Tulaczyk, Slawek; Fricker, Helen |
Collaborative Research: Elevation Change Anomalies in West Antarctica and Dynamics of Subglacial Water Transport Beneath Ice Streams and their Tributaries |
This data set contains lake boundaries, volume changes, and gridded elevations for 124 active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. The data are provided in Keyhole Markup Language (KML), comma-separated values (CSV), and GEOTiff formats. | ["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))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
2D shear-wave velocity model across the West Antarctic Rift System from POLENET-ANET seismic data
|
1643795 |
2021-01-15 | Mikesell, Dylan |
Collaborative Research: Monitoring Antarctic Ice Sheet Changes with Ambient Seismic Noise Methods |
This data set includes observations of Rayleigh and Love wave group and phase velocity dispersion curves from ambient noise crosscorrelation functions. The data set includes the corresponding shear wave velocity model produced by joint inversion of these dispersion curves. This investigators developed a new crust and upper mantle model directly beneath the seismic stations used in this study. Data are in NetCDF and GeoCSV formats. The Python code used to generate the NetCDF files from the GeoCSV files is also contained in the data set. | ["POLYGON((-134.5 -75,-130.85 -75,-127.2 -75,-123.55 -75,-119.9 -75,-116.25 -75,-112.6 -75,-108.95 -75,-105.3 -75,-101.65 -75,-98 -75,-98 -75.85,-98 -76.7,-98 -77.55,-98 -78.4,-98 -79.25,-98 -80.1,-98 -80.95,-98 -81.8,-98 -82.65,-98 -83.5,-101.65 -83.5,-105.3 -83.5,-108.95 -83.5,-112.6 -83.5,-116.25 -83.5,-119.9 -83.5,-123.55 -83.5,-127.2 -83.5,-130.85 -83.5,-134.5 -83.5,-134.5 -82.65,-134.5 -81.8,-134.5 -80.95,-134.5 -80.1,-134.5 -79.25,-134.5 -78.4,-134.5 -77.55,-134.5 -76.7,-134.5 -75.85,-134.5 -75))"] | ["POINT(-116.25 -79.25)"] | false | false |
Isotopic data from Whillans Ice Stream grounding zone, West Antarctica
|
None | 2020-07-15 | Venturelli, Ryan A |
Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated Study of Carbon Cycling in Hydrologically-active Subglacial Environments |
This dataset contains total organic carbon (%TOC) and carbon isotopic data (δ¹³C, Δ¹⁴C) from sediments retrieved from the Whillans Ice Stream grounding zone during the 2015 Antarctic field season. All %TOC and sediment preparations were done at the University of South Florida. Radiocarbon measurements were done at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) laboratory. | ["POINT(-163.61187 -84.33543)"] | ["POINT(-163.61187 -84.33543)"] | false | false |
Ohio Range Subglacial rock core cosmogenic nuclide data
|
1341658 |
2020-06-28 | Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy |
Constraining Plio-Pleistocene West Antarctic Ice Sheet Behavior from the Ohio Range and Scott Glacier |
The data set consists of cosmogenic berrylium-10 and aluminum-26, along with neon-21, in a set of 4 rock-cores obtained from the Ohio Range, West Antarctica. The rock cores were obtained using the WInkie drill. The depth to the cores varies from 12 meters to 28 meters. The recovered rock cores analyzed for the cosmogenic isotopes varies from 22 cm long to 50 cm long. The data include the following formation: sample details, cosmogenic berrylium-10, aluminum-26 and upper bounds for cosmogenic 21 (since samples have nucleogenic 21) and the step heating data for neon. The data are in Mircrosoft excel format. | ["POLYGON((-116.46 -84.78,-116.452 -84.78,-116.444 -84.78,-116.436 -84.78,-116.428 -84.78,-116.42 -84.78,-116.412 -84.78,-116.404 -84.78,-116.396 -84.78,-116.388 -84.78,-116.38 -84.78,-116.38 -84.781,-116.38 -84.782,-116.38 -84.783,-116.38 -84.784,-116.38 -84.785,-116.38 -84.786,-116.38 -84.787,-116.38 -84.788,-116.38 -84.789,-116.38 -84.79,-116.388 -84.79,-116.396 -84.79,-116.404 -84.79,-116.412 -84.79,-116.42 -84.79,-116.428 -84.79,-116.436 -84.79,-116.444 -84.79,-116.452 -84.79,-116.46 -84.79,-116.46 -84.789,-116.46 -84.788,-116.46 -84.787,-116.46 -84.786,-116.46 -84.785,-116.46 -84.784,-116.46 -84.783,-116.46 -84.782,-116.46 -84.781,-116.46 -84.78))"] | ["POINT(-116.42 -84.785)"] | false | false |
ApRES Firn Density Study
|
1142167 |
2020-05-15 | Pettit, Erin |
Collaborative Research: VeLveT Ice - eVoLution of Fabric and Texture in Ice at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica |
We tested the ability of phase sensitive radar (ApRES) to detect firn density profile towards developing a simpler, non destructive, faster method than firn coring. | ["POLYGON((-112.3 -79.2,-112.22 -79.2,-112.14 -79.2,-112.06 -79.2,-111.98 -79.2,-111.9 -79.2,-111.82 -79.2,-111.74 -79.2,-111.66 -79.2,-111.58 -79.2,-111.5 -79.2,-111.5 -79.23,-111.5 -79.26,-111.5 -79.29,-111.5 -79.32,-111.5 -79.35,-111.5 -79.38,-111.5 -79.41,-111.5 -79.44,-111.5 -79.47,-111.5 -79.5,-111.58 -79.5,-111.66 -79.5,-111.74 -79.5,-111.82 -79.5,-111.9 -79.5,-111.98 -79.5,-112.06 -79.5,-112.14 -79.5,-112.22 -79.5,-112.3 -79.5,-112.3 -79.47,-112.3 -79.44,-112.3 -79.41,-112.3 -79.38,-112.3 -79.35,-112.3 -79.32,-112.3 -79.29,-112.3 -79.26,-112.3 -79.23,-112.3 -79.2))"] | ["POINT(-111.9 -79.35)"] | false | false |
ApRES Vertical Strain Study
|
1142167 |
2020-05-15 | Pettit, Erin |
Collaborative Research: VeLveT Ice - eVoLution of Fabric and Texture in Ice at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica |
We tested the ability of phase sensitive radar (ApRES) to detect vertical strain throughout the depth of an ice sheet 3400m thick. | ["POLYGON((-112.3 -79.2,-112.22 -79.2,-112.14 -79.2,-112.06 -79.2,-111.98 -79.2,-111.9 -79.2,-111.82 -79.2,-111.74 -79.2,-111.66 -79.2,-111.58 -79.2,-111.5 -79.2,-111.5 -79.23,-111.5 -79.26,-111.5 -79.29,-111.5 -79.32,-111.5 -79.35,-111.5 -79.38,-111.5 -79.41,-111.5 -79.44,-111.5 -79.47,-111.5 -79.5,-111.58 -79.5,-111.66 -79.5,-111.74 -79.5,-111.82 -79.5,-111.9 -79.5,-111.98 -79.5,-112.06 -79.5,-112.14 -79.5,-112.22 -79.5,-112.3 -79.5,-112.3 -79.47,-112.3 -79.44,-112.3 -79.41,-112.3 -79.38,-112.3 -79.35,-112.3 -79.32,-112.3 -79.29,-112.3 -79.26,-112.3 -79.23,-112.3 -79.2))"] | ["POINT(-111.9 -79.35)"] | false | false |
Earthquake Sequence Dynamics at the Interface Between an Elastic Layer and Underlying Half-Space in Antiplane Shear
|
1542885 1656518 |
2020-05-11 | Abrahams, Lauren |
Collaborative Research: Characterizing Brittle Failure and Fracture Propagation in Fast Ice Sliding with Dynamic Rupture Models based on Whillans Ice Stream Seismic/Geodetic Data |
We quantify sliding stability and rupture styles for a horizontal interface between an elastic layer and stiffer elastic half-space with a free surface on top and rate-and-state friction on the interface. Specific motivation (and model parameters) comes from quasi-periodic slow slip events on the Whillans Ice Plain in West Antarctica. We quantify the influence of layer thickness on sliding stability, specifically whether steady loading of the system produces steady sliding or sequences of stick-slip events. This dataset contains input files from different parts of parameter space to demonstrate different styles of slip (steady sliding, slow slip sequences, and fast slip sequences). | [] | [] | false | false |
South Pole (SPICEcore) Borehole Deformation
|
1142167 |
2020-05-04 | Pettit, Erin |
Collaborative Research: VeLveT Ice - eVoLution of Fabric and Texture in Ice at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica |
Acoustic Televiewer measures borehole shape and tilt. These data were collected to study detailed borehole deformation with respect to ice properties to expand our understanding of the flow law for ice. | ["POINT(-180 -90)"] | ["POINT(-180 -90)"] | false | false |
Bottom Photographs from the Antarctic Peninsula acquired during R/V Laurence M. Gould expedition LMG1703
|
1341496 1558448 |
2020-04-30 | Girton, James |
Collaborative Research: Pathways of Circumpolar Deep Water to West Antarctica from Profiling Float and Satellite Measurements |
This data set was acquired with a Nikon Camera on a towed YoYo camera platform during R/V Laurence M. Gould expedition LMG1703 conducted in 2017. The data are on Jpeg format | ["POLYGON((-65 -62,-64.55 -62,-64.1 -62,-63.65 -62,-63.2 -62,-62.75 -62,-62.3 -62,-61.85 -62,-61.4 -62,-60.95 -62,-60.5 -62,-60.5 -62.35,-60.5 -62.7,-60.5 -63.05,-60.5 -63.4,-60.5 -63.75,-60.5 -64.1,-60.5 -64.45,-60.5 -64.8,-60.5 -65.15,-60.5 -65.5,-60.95 -65.5,-61.4 -65.5,-61.85 -65.5,-62.3 -65.5,-62.75 -65.5,-63.2 -65.5,-63.65 -65.5,-64.1 -65.5,-64.55 -65.5,-65 -65.5,-65 -65.15,-65 -64.8,-65 -64.45,-65 -64.1,-65 -63.75,-65 -63.4,-65 -63.05,-65 -62.7,-65 -62.35,-65 -62))"] | ["POINT(-62.75 -63.75)"] | false | false |
NBP1402 diatom data
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1143836 |
2020-02-27 | NBP1402 science party; Leventer, Amy |
Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics |
Totten Glacier is the termination of the largest marine-based portion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Aurora Subglacial Basin. Yet little is known about the glacial evolution of the catchment and the factors influencing its present and past behavior. Due its remote location and heavy sea ice, the continental shelf in front of the Totten Glacier had not been comprehensively surveyed prior to this study. Satellite observations indicate that the Totten ice drainage system is thinning, and it has been hypothesized that this thinning is in response to undermelting by warm ocean waters over the continental shelf. While this process is observed elsewhere in Antarctica (e.g. the rapidly retreating Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica), the Totten Glacier system is potentially Antarcticas most important glacial drainage system due to its large size; it is three times larger than any system in West Antarctica. </br>The main goals of this proposal were: </br>To generate multibeam bathymetric maps of the continental shelf proximal to the Totten Glacier system to understand the recent regional glacial history and to document the pathways, if any, for circumpolar deep water to move onto the shelf. </br>To conduct a physical oceanographic survey of the region proximal to the Totten Glacier system, to determine the presence, if any, of warm ocean waters over the continental shelf.</br>To conduct a seismic survey of the continental shelf to assess the long-term evolution of the glacial system in the Aurora Subglacial Basin.</br>To collect marine sediment cores to determine the regional deglacial to Holocene climate history and the influence of warm circumpolar deep water. | ["POLYGON((117 -66,119.9 -66,122.8 -66,125.7 -66,128.6 -66,131.5 -66,134.4 -66,137.3 -66,140.2 -66,143.1 -66,146 -66,146 -66.1,146 -66.2,146 -66.3,146 -66.4,146 -66.5,146 -66.6,146 -66.7,146 -66.8,146 -66.9,146 -67,143.1 -67,140.2 -67,137.3 -67,134.4 -67,131.5 -67,128.6 -67,125.7 -67,122.8 -67,119.9 -67,117 -67,117 -66.9,117 -66.8,117 -66.7,117 -66.6,117 -66.5,117 -66.4,117 -66.3,117 -66.2,117 -66.1,117 -66))"] | ["POINT(131.5 -66.5)"] | false | false |
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))"] | ["POINT(-150 -82.5)"] | false | false |
Automatic Weather Station Pine Island Glacier
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0732869 1739003 |
2019-10-15 | Mojica Moncada, Jhon F.; Holland, David |
Collaborative Research; IPY: Ocean-Ice Interaction in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica |
Automatic Weather Station, located on Pine Island Glacier. Data set from 2008-2015. | ["POLYGON((-100 -75,-99.9 -75,-99.8 -75,-99.7 -75,-99.6 -75,-99.5 -75,-99.4 -75,-99.3 -75,-99.2 -75,-99.1 -75,-99 -75,-99 -75.05,-99 -75.1,-99 -75.15,-99 -75.2,-99 -75.25,-99 -75.3,-99 -75.35,-99 -75.4,-99 -75.45,-99 -75.5,-99.1 -75.5,-99.2 -75.5,-99.3 -75.5,-99.4 -75.5,-99.5 -75.5,-99.6 -75.5,-99.7 -75.5,-99.8 -75.5,-99.9 -75.5,-100 -75.5,-100 -75.45,-100 -75.4,-100 -75.35,-100 -75.3,-100 -75.25,-100 -75.2,-100 -75.15,-100 -75.1,-100 -75.05,-100 -75))"] | ["POINT(-99.5 -75.25)"] | false | false |
Crustal Structure beneath the Northern Transantarctic Mountains and Wilkes Subglacial Basin: Implications for Tectonic Origins
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1148982 |
2019-07-31 | Hansen, Samantha |
CAREER: Deciphering the Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains and the Wilkes Subglacial Basin |
The Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) are the largest non-collisional mountain range on Earth. Their origin, as well as the origin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) along the inland side of the TAMs, have been widely debated, and a key constraint to distinguish between competing models is the underlying crustal structure. Previous investigations have examined this structure but have primarily focused on a small region of the central TAMs near Ross Island, providing little along-strike constraint. In this study, we use data from the new Transantarctic Mountains Northern Network and from five stations operated by the Korea Polar Research Institute to investigate the crustal structure beneath a previously unexplored portion of the TAMs. Using S-wave receiver functions and Rayleigh wave phase velocities, crustal thickness and average crustal shear velocity (Vs) are resolved within ±4 km and ±0.1 km/s, respectively. The crust thickens from ~20 km near the Ross Sea coast to ~46 km beneath the northern TAMs, which is somewhat thicker than that imaged in previous studies beneath the central TAMs. The crust thins to ~41 km beneath the WSB.Vs ranges from ~3.1-3.9 km/s, with slower velocities near the coast. Our findings are consistent with a flexural origin for the TAMs and WSB, where these features result from broad flexure of the East Antarctic lithosphere and uplift along its western edge due to thermal conduction from hotter mantle beneath West Antarctica. Locally thicker crust may explain the ~1 km of additional topography in the northern TAMs compared to the central TAMs. | ["POLYGON((150 -72,152 -72,154 -72,156 -72,158 -72,160 -72,162 -72,164 -72,166 -72,168 -72,170 -72,170 -72.3,170 -72.6,170 -72.9,170 -73.2,170 -73.5,170 -73.8,170 -74.1,170 -74.4,170 -74.7,170 -75,168 -75,166 -75,164 -75,162 -75,160 -75,158 -75,156 -75,154 -75,152 -75,150 -75,150 -74.7,150 -74.4,150 -74.1,150 -73.8,150 -73.5,150 -73.2,150 -72.9,150 -72.6,150 -72.3,150 -72))"] | ["POINT(160 -73.5)"] | false | false |
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))"] | ["POINT(-112.5 -74)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Surface and Snow-pit Data, 2009-2013
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1043528 |
2018-01-16 | Fegyveresi, John; Alley, Richard |
Collaborative Research: Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core Collaborative Research: Continued Study of Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core |
This dataset includes all surface, snowpit, crust, AWS, and near-surface thermistor data used for analyses and publication "Surface formation, preservation, and history of low-porosity crusts at the WAIS Divide site, West Antarctica" DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1-2018 | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | false | false |
Snowpit evidence of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle (Chile) eruption in West Antarctica
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0636740 |
2017-07-11 | Koffman, Bess; Kreutz, Karl |
Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core |
We present several related datasets from a 2012 snow pit and a 2013 firn core collected near the WAIS Divide field camp in West Antarctica. The data include soluble ions (sodium and non-sea-salt sulfate) and dust particle concentrations, as well as major oxide geochemistry of tephra grains isolated from snow samples. Based on these data, we found evidence of deposition from the 2011 Puyehue Cordon-Caulle (Chile) volcanic eruption at WAIS Divide. | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Chronology from Intermediate Core WDC05Q
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0538427 |
2017-03-28 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from 0 to ~130 m depth of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05Q from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Chronology from Intermediate Core WDC05A
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0538427 |
2017-03-28 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from 0 to ~130 m depth of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05A from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from Intermediate Core WDC05A
|
0538427 |
2017-03-23 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from the firn portion (0 to ~70 m depth) of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05A from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from Intermediate Core WDC05Q
|
0538427 |
2017-03-23 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from 0 to ~130 m depth of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05Q from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from 1.5 to 577 m
|
0538427 |
2017-03-23 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from ~1.5 to ~577 m depth in the recently collected WAIS Divide deep ice core from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from 1300 to 3404 m
|
1142166 |
2017-03-22 | McConnell, Joseph |
Collaborative Research: Investigating Upper Pleistocene Rapid Climate Change using Continuous, Ultra-High-Resolution Aerosol and Gas Measurements in the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze ~3 cm by ~3 cm longitudinal samples from ~1300 to ~3404 m depth in the recently collected WAIS Divide deep ice core from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
Accumulation Rates from the WAIS Divide Ice Core
|
0944197 |
2017-02-21 | Fudge, T. J.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Conway, Howard; Buizert, Christo |
Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core |
These data are the accumulation rate history for the WAIS Divide ice core in central West Antarctica. The data are in two parts: 1) the annual accumulation rates for the past ~31ka and 2) the firn gas-based accumulation rates from 31-67ka. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
Magnetic anomaly data over central Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica (GIMBLE.GMGEO2)
|
1043761 |
2017-02-20 | Young, Duncan A.; Holt, John W.; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Geophysical Investigations of Marie Byrd Land Lithospheric Evolution (GIMBLE) |
GIMBLE was proposed as the first systematic aerogeophysical investigation of the subglacial massif underlying central Marie Byrd Land. Aerogeophysically configured Baslers conducted 14 flights from Byrd Surface Camp and WAIS Divide Camp over two field seasons (January 2013 and December 2014). Airborne ice penetrating radar, gravity and magnetics were the primary datasets collected. Level 2 data represent geolocated geophysical properties (e.g ice thickness), derived from Level 1B measurements (e.g. radar echo delay). Dataset structures are based on those used for Operation Ice Bridge, and are line based data in ASCII space delimited .txt files, with a header delimited by leading "#" characters documenting column assignment and metadata. Georefering data is contained in .met files. GIMBLE.GMGEO2 contains line based data (in ASCII space delimited txt files) relating to magnetic anomaly. The raw data was obtained by a tail mounted Geometrics G-823A magnetometer. No heading correction, cross over correction, continuation or base correction have been applied. Data with significant geomagnetic activity (restricted to 07-Dec-2014 and 23-Dec-2014) were removed. | ["POLYGON((-156 -74.5,-151.4 -74.5,-146.8 -74.5,-142.2 -74.5,-137.6 -74.5,-133 -74.5,-128.4 -74.5,-123.8 -74.5,-119.2 -74.5,-114.6 -74.5,-110 -74.5,-110 -75.05,-110 -75.6,-110 -76.15,-110 -76.7,-110 -77.25,-110 -77.8,-110 -78.35,-110 -78.9,-110 -79.45,-110 -80,-114.6 -80,-119.2 -80,-123.8 -80,-128.4 -80,-133 -80,-137.6 -80,-142.2 -80,-146.8 -80,-151.4 -80,-156 -80,-156 -79.45,-156 -78.9,-156 -78.35,-156 -77.8,-156 -77.25,-156 -76.7,-156 -76.15,-156 -75.6,-156 -75.05,-156 -74.5))"] | ["POINT(-133 -77.25)"] | false | false |
Gravity disturbance data over central Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica (GIMBLE.GGCMG2)
|
1043761 |
2017-02-20 | Young, Duncan A.; Holt, John W.; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Geophysical Investigations of Marie Byrd Land Lithospheric Evolution (GIMBLE) |
GIMBLE was proposed as the first systematic aerogeophysical investigation of the subglacial massif underlying central Marie Byrd Land. Aerogeophysically configured Baslers conducted 14 flights from Byrd Surface Camp and WAIS Divide Camp over two field seasons (January 2013 and December 2014). Airborne ice penetrating radar, gravity and magnetics were the primary datasets collected. Level 2 data represent geolocated geophysical properties (e.g ice thickness), derived from Level 1B measurements (e.g. radar echo delay). Dataset structures are based on those used for Operation Ice Bridge, and are line based data in ASCII space delimited .txt files, with a header delimited by leading "#" characters documenting column assignment and metadata. Georefering data is contained in .met files. GIMBLE.GGCMG2 contains line based data relating to gravity disturbance, processed from raw acceleration and position data by propriety software from Gravimetric Technologies and Novatel. The raw data was obtained a Canadian MicroGravity GT-1A gravimeter in ICP5, and a GT-2A gravimeter in ICP6. Data reduction was led by T. Richter. | ["POLYGON((-156 -74.5,-151.4 -74.5,-146.8 -74.5,-142.2 -74.5,-137.6 -74.5,-133 -74.5,-128.4 -74.5,-123.8 -74.5,-119.2 -74.5,-114.6 -74.5,-110 -74.5,-110 -75.05,-110 -75.6,-110 -76.15,-110 -76.7,-110 -77.25,-110 -77.8,-110 -78.35,-110 -78.9,-110 -79.45,-110 -80,-114.6 -80,-119.2 -80,-123.8 -80,-128.4 -80,-133 -80,-137.6 -80,-142.2 -80,-146.8 -80,-151.4 -80,-156 -80,-156 -79.45,-156 -78.9,-156 -78.35,-156 -77.8,-156 -77.25,-156 -76.7,-156 -76.15,-156 -75.6,-156 -75.05,-156 -74.5))"] | ["POINT(-133 -77.25)"] | false | false |
Ice thickness and related data over central Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica (GIMBLE.GR2HI2)
|
1043761 |
2017-02-20 | Young, Duncan A.; Holt, John W.; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Geophysical Investigations of Marie Byrd Land Lithospheric Evolution (GIMBLE) |
GIMBLE was proposed as the first systematic aerogeophysical investigation of the subglacial massif underlying central Marie Byrd Land. Aerogeophysically configured Baslers conducted 14 flights from Byrd Surface Camp and WAIS Divide Camp over two field seasons (January 2013 and December 2014). Airborne ice penetrating radar, gravity and magnetics were the primary datasets collected. Level 2 data represent geolocated geophysical properties (e.g ice thickness), derived from Level 1B measurements (e.g. radar echo delay). Dataset structures are based on those used for Operation Ice Bridge, and are line based data in ASCII space delimited .txt files, with a header delimited by leading "#" characters documenting column assignment and metadata. Georefering data is contained in .met files. GIMBLE.GR2HI2 contains line based data (in ASCII space delimited txt files) relating to ice thickness, bed elevation and bed reflectivity, extracted from 1-D focused radargrams by semiautomatic interpretation. Data was acquired using HiCARS2 in ICP5, and MARFA in ICP6. Some data loss occurred in ICP6 (in particular F10,F11, and F14), limiting the lines that were focused. Data reduction was led by D. Young and S. Kempf. | ["POLYGON((-156 -74.5,-151.4 -74.5,-146.8 -74.5,-142.2 -74.5,-137.6 -74.5,-133 -74.5,-128.4 -74.5,-123.8 -74.5,-119.2 -74.5,-114.6 -74.5,-110 -74.5,-110 -75.05,-110 -75.6,-110 -76.15,-110 -76.7,-110 -77.25,-110 -77.8,-110 -78.35,-110 -78.9,-110 -79.45,-110 -80,-114.6 -80,-119.2 -80,-123.8 -80,-128.4 -80,-133 -80,-137.6 -80,-142.2 -80,-146.8 -80,-151.4 -80,-156 -80,-156 -79.45,-156 -78.9,-156 -78.35,-156 -77.8,-156 -77.25,-156 -76.7,-156 -76.15,-156 -75.6,-156 -75.05,-156 -74.5))"] | ["POINT(-133 -77.25)"] | false | false |
Stable Isotopes of Ice in the Transition and Glacial Sections of the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core
|
1043167 |
2016-01-01 | White, James; Morris, Valerie; Vaughn, Bruce; Jones, Tyler R. |
Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes of Ice in the Transition and Glacial Sections of the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core |
This award supports a project to contribute one of the cornerstone analyses, stable isotopes of ice (Delta-D, Delta-O18) to the ongoing West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS) deep ice core. The WAIS Divide drilling project, a multi-institution project to obtain a continuous high resolution ice core record from central West Antarctica, reached a depth of 2560 m in early 2010; it is expected to take one or two more field seasons to reach the ice sheet bed (~3300 m), plus an additional four seasons for borehole logging and other activities including proposed replicate coring. The current proposal requests support to complete analyses on the WAIS Divide core to the base, where the age will be ~100,000 years or more. These analyses will form the basis for the investigation of a number of outstanding questions in climate and glaciology during the last glacial period, focused on the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the relationship of West Antarctic climate to that of the Northern polar regions, the tropical Pacific, and the rest of the globe, on time scales ranging from years to tens of thousands of years. One new aspect of this work is the growing expertise at the University of Washington in climate modeling with isotope-tracer-enabled general circulation models, which will aid in the interpretation of the data. Another major new aspect is the completion and use of a high-resolution, semi-automated sampling system at the University of Colorado, which will permit the continuous analysis of isotope ratios via laser spectroscopy, at an effective resolution of ~2 cm or less, providing inter-annual time resolution for most of the core. Because continuous flow analyses of stable ice isotopes is a relatively new measurement, we will complement them with parallel measurements, every ~10-20 m, using traditional discrete sampling and analysis by mass spectrometry at the University of Washington. The intellectual merit and the overarching goal of the work are to see Inland WAIS become the reference ice isotope record for West Antarctica. The broader impacts of the work are that the data generated in this project pertain directly to policy-relevant and immediate questions of the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and thus past and future changes in sea level, as well as the nature of climate change in the high southern latitudes. The project will also contribute to the development of modern isotope analysis techniques using laser spectroscopy, with applications well beyond ice cores. The project will involve a graduate student and postdoc who will work with both P.I.s, and spend time at both institutions. Data will be made available rapidly through the Antarctic Glaciological Data Center, for use by other researchers and the public. | ["POINT(-112.08 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(-112.08 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Glacial-interglacial History of West Antarctic Nunataks and Site Reconnaissance for Subglacial Bedrock Sampling
|
1142162 |
2016-01-01 | Stone, John |
Glacial-interglacial History of West Antarctic Nunataks and Site Reconnaissance for Subglacial Bedrock Sampling |
This award supports a reconnaissance geological and radar-sounding study of promising sites in West Antarctica for a future project to measure cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock. Field work will take place in the Whitmore Mountains, close to the WAIS divide, and on the Nash and Pirrit Hills, downflow from the divide in the Weddell Sea drainage. At each site geological indicators of higher (and lower) ice levels in the past will be mapped and evidence of subglacial erosion or its absence will be documented. Elevation transects of both glacial erratics and adjacent bedrock samples will be collected to establish the timing of recent deglaciation at the sites and provide a complement to similar measurements on material from depth transects obtained by future subglacial drilling. At each site, bedrock ridges will be traced into the subsurface with closely-spaced ice-penetrating radar surveys, using a combination of instruments and frequencies to obtain the highest possible surface detail. Collectively the results will define prospective sites for subglacial sampling, and maximize the potential information to be obtained from such samples in future studies. The intellectual merit of this project is that measurements of cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock hold promise for resolving the questions of whether the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed completely in the past, whether it is prone to repeated large deglaciations, and if so, what is their magnitude and frequency. Such studies will require careful choice of targets, to locate sites where bedrock geology is favorable, cosmogenic nuclide records are likely to have been protected from subglacial erosion, and the local ice-surface response is indicative of large-scale ice sheet behavior. The broader impacts of this work include helping to determine whether subglacial surfaces in West Antarctica were ever exposed to cosmic rays, which will provide unambiguous evidence for or against a smaller ice sheet in the past. This is an important step towards establishing whether the WAIS is vulnerable to collapse in future, and will ultimately help to address uncertainty in forecasting sea level change. The results will also provide ground truth for models of ice-sheet dynamics and long-term ice sheet evolution, and will help researchers use these models to identify paleoclimate conditions responsible for WAIS deglaciation. The education and training of students (both undergraduate and graduate students) will play an important role in the project, which will involve Antarctic fieldwork, technically challenging labwork, data collection and interpretation, and communication of the outcome to scientists and the general public. | ["POLYGON((-104.14 -81.07,-102.24 -81.07,-100.34 -81.07,-98.44 -81.07,-96.54 -81.07,-94.64 -81.07,-92.74 -81.07,-90.84 -81.07,-88.94 -81.07,-87.04 -81.07,-85.14 -81.07,-85.14 -81.207,-85.14 -81.344,-85.14 -81.481,-85.14 -81.618,-85.14 -81.755,-85.14 -81.892,-85.14 -82.029,-85.14 -82.166,-85.14 -82.303,-85.14 -82.44,-87.04 -82.44,-88.94 -82.44,-90.84 -82.44,-92.74 -82.44,-94.64 -82.44,-96.54 -82.44,-98.44 -82.44,-100.34 -82.44,-102.24 -82.44,-104.14 -82.44,-104.14 -82.303,-104.14 -82.166,-104.14 -82.029,-104.14 -81.892,-104.14 -81.755,-104.14 -81.618,-104.14 -81.481,-104.14 -81.344,-104.14 -81.207,-104.14 -81.07))"] | ["POINT(-94.64 -81.755)"] | false | false |
Long-Term and Interannual Variability of Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance From Satellite Gravimetry and Other Geodetic Measurements
|
1043750 |
2016-01-01 | Chen, Jianli |
Collaborative Research: Long-Term and Interannual Variability of Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance From Satellite Gravimetry and Other Geodetic Measurements |
This award supports a project to improve the estimate of long-term and inter-annual variability of Antarctic ice sheet mass balance at continental, regional, and catchment scales, using satellite gravity measurements from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and other geodetic measurements. The work will improve the quantification of long-term mass change rates over Antarctica using GRACE gravity data with a longer record and newer generation(s) of products and will develop advanced numerical forward modeling techniques that can accurately correct leakage effects associated with GRACE data processing, and significantly improve spatial resolution of GRACE mass rate estimates over Antarctica. The work will also contribute to a better understanding of crustal uplift rates due to postglacial rebound (PGR) and present day ice load change over Antarctica via PGR models, GPS measurements, and combined analysis of GRACE and ICESat elevation changes. Inter-annual variations of ice mass over Antarctica will be investigated at continental and catchment scales and connections to regional climate change will be studied. The major deliverables from this study will be improved assessments of ice mass balance for the entire Antarctic ice sheet and potential contribution to global mean sea level rise. The work will also provide estimates of regional ice mass change rates over Antarctica, with a focus along the coast in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, the Peninsula in West Antarctica, and in Wilkes Land and Victoria Land in East Antarctica. Estimates of inter-annual ice mass change over Antarctica at various spatial scales, and assessments of uncertainty of GRACE ice rate estimates and PGR models errors over Antarctica will also be made. The intellectual merits of the proposed investigation include 1) providing improved assessments of Antarctic ice mass balance at different temporal and spatial scales with unprecedented accuracy, an important contribution to broad areas of polar science research; 2) combining high accuracy GPS vertical uplift measurements and PGR models to better quantify long-term crust uplift effects that are not distinguishable from ice mass changes by GRACE; and 3) unifying the work of several investigations at the forefront of quantifying ice sheet and glacier mass balance and crustal uplift based on a variety of modern space geodetic observations. The broader impacts include the fact that the project will actively involve student participation and training, through the support of two graduate students. In addition the project will contribute to general education and public outreach (E/PO) activities and the results from this investigation will help inspire future geoscientists and promote public awareness of significant manifestations of climate change. | ["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))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Mount Moulton Isotopes and Other Ice Core Data
|
0230316 |
2015-11-24 | Steig, Eric J.; White, James; Popp, Trevor |
Collaborative Research: Refining a 500-kry Climate Record From the Moulton Blue Ice Field in West Antarctica |
This data set consists of water isotope ratios from the Mt. Moulton ice-trench record, as well as data from the Taylor Dome, EPICA Dome C, Talos Dome, Vostok, and EPICA Dronning Maud Land ice cores. | ["POINT(-134.43 -74.04)"] | ["POINT(-134.43 -74.04)"] | false | false |
Borehole Temperatures at Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica
|
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)"] | ["POINT(-100.5 -75.1)"] | false | false |
Optical Fabric and Fiber Logging of Glacial Ice (1142010)
|
1142010 |
2015-01-01 | Talghader, Joseph |
Optical Fabric and Fiber Logging of Glacial Ice |
This award supports a project to combine the expertise of both glaciologists and optical engineers to develop polarization- preserving optical scattering techniques for borehole tools to identify changes in high-resolution crystal structure (fabric) and dust content of glacial ice. The intellectual merit of this work is that the fabric and impurity content of the ice contain details on climate, volcanic activity and ice flow history. Such fabric measurements are currently taken by slicing an ice core into sections after it has started to depressurize which is an extremely time-intensive process that damages the core and does not always preserve the properties of ice in its in-situ state. In addition the ice core usually must be consumed in order to measure the components of the dust. The fabric measurements of this study utilize the concept that singly-scattered light in ice preserves most of its polarization when it is backscattered once from bubbles or dust; therefore, changes to the polarization of singly-backscattered light must originate with the birefringence. Measurements based on this concept will enable this program to obtain continuous records of fabric and correlate them to chronology and dust content. The project will also develop advanced borehole instruments to replace current logging tools, which require optical sources, detectors and power cables to be submerged in borehole fluid and lowered into the ice sheet at temperatures of -50oC. The use of telecommunications fiber will allow all sources and detectors to remain at the surface and enable low-noise signal processing techniques such as lock-in amplification that increase signal integrity and reduce needed power. Further, fiber logging systems would be much smaller and more flexible than current tools and capable of navigating most boreholes without a heavy winch. In order to assess fabric in situ and test fiber-optic borehole tools, field measurements will be made at WAIS Divide and a deep log will also be made at Siple Dome, both in West Antarctica. If successful, the broader impacts of the proposed research would include the development of new analytical methods and lightweight logging tools for ice drilling research that can operate in boreholes drilled in ice. Eventually the work could result in the development of better prehistoric records of glacier flow, atmospheric particulates, precipitation, and climate forcing. The project encompasses a broad base of theoretical, experimental, and design work, which makes it ideal for training graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Collaboration with schools and classroom teachers will help bring aspects of optics, climate, and polar science to an existing Middle School curriculum. | ["POLYGON((-148.81 -79.42,-145.111 -79.42,-141.412 -79.42,-137.713 -79.42,-134.014 -79.42,-130.315 -79.42,-126.616 -79.42,-122.917 -79.42,-119.218 -79.42,-115.519 -79.42,-111.82 -79.42,-111.82 -79.643,-111.82 -79.866,-111.82 -80.089,-111.82 -80.312,-111.82 -80.535,-111.82 -80.758,-111.82 -80.981,-111.82 -81.204,-111.82 -81.427,-111.82 -81.65,-115.519 -81.65,-119.218 -81.65,-122.917 -81.65,-126.616 -81.65,-130.315 -81.65,-134.014 -81.65,-137.713 -81.65,-141.412 -81.65,-145.111 -81.65,-148.81 -81.65,-148.81 -81.427,-148.81 -81.204,-148.81 -80.981,-148.81 -80.758,-148.81 -80.535,-148.81 -80.312,-148.81 -80.089,-148.81 -79.866,-148.81 -79.643,-148.81 -79.42))"] | ["POINT(-130.315 -80.535)"] | false | false |
Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System
|
0732844 0632198 0758274 |
2014-11-03 | Parizek, Byron R.; Blankenship, Donald D.; Dupont, Todd K.; Holt, John W. |
IPY: Flow Dynamics of the Amundsen Sea Glaciers: Thwaites and Pine Island. Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System |
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East Antarctic outlet glacier contributions to the Ross Sea from chronology of detrital grains
|
1043619 |
2014-01-01 | Hemming, Sidney R. |
Collaborative Research: East Antarctic outlet glacier contributions to the Ross Sea from chronology of detrital grains |
Intellectual Merit: The PIs proposed a provenance study of glacial deposits in the Ross Embayment that will provide a broad scale geochronologic survey of detrital minerals in till to help characterize bedrock beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet and constrain Antarctica?s glacial history. This project capitalizes on previous investments in field sampling. Analytical tools applied to single mineral grains extracted from existing collections of glacial till will generate ?fingerprints? of East Antarctic outlet glaciers and West Antarctic till to refine paleo-ice flow models for the Ross Embayment during the last glacial maximum, older records from ANDRILL cores, and to assess IRD sources in the Southern Ocean. New provenance tracers will include a suite of geochronological methods that together provide greater insights into the orogenic and erosional history the region. This project will include U/Pb of detrital zircons, (U-Th)/He on a subset of the U/Pb dated zircons, as well as Ar-Ar of detrital hornblende, mica and feldspars. Broader Impacts: This research will train one M.S. student at IUPUI, a Ph.D. student at Columbia, and several undergraduates at both institutions. Graduate students involved in the project will be involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers. Incorporation of research discoveries will be brought into the classroom by providing concrete examples and exercises at the appropriate level. Licht and Columbia graduate student E. Pierce are developing outreach projects with local secondary school teachers to investigate the provenance of glacial materials in their local areas. The research will have broad applicability to many fields. | ["POLYGON((-180 -63.997,-179.7982 -63.997,-179.5964 -63.997,-179.3946 -63.997,-179.1928 -63.997,-178.991 -63.997,-178.7892 -63.997,-178.5874 -63.997,-178.3856 -63.997,-178.1838 -63.997,-177.982 -63.997,-177.982 -66.3324,-177.982 -68.6678,-177.982 -71.0032,-177.982 -73.3386,-177.982 -75.674,-177.982 -78.0094,-177.982 -80.3448,-177.982 -82.6802,-177.982 -85.0156,-177.982 -87.351,-178.1838 -87.351,-178.3856 -87.351,-178.5874 -87.351,-178.7892 -87.351,-178.991 -87.351,-179.1928 -87.351,-179.3946 -87.351,-179.5964 -87.351,-179.7982 -87.351,180 -87.351,172.54273 -87.351,165.08546 -87.351,157.62819 -87.351,150.17092 -87.351,142.71365 -87.351,135.25638 -87.351,127.79911 -87.351,120.34184 -87.351,112.88457 -87.351,105.4273 -87.351,105.4273 -85.0156,105.4273 -82.6802,105.4273 -80.3448,105.4273 -78.0094,105.4273 -75.674,105.4273 -73.3386,105.4273 -71.0032,105.4273 -68.6678,105.4273 -66.3324,105.4273 -63.997,112.88457 -63.997,120.34184 -63.997,127.79911 -63.997,135.25638 -63.997,142.71365 -63.997,150.17092 -63.997,157.62819 -63.997,165.08546 -63.997,172.54273 -63.997,-180 -63.997))"] | ["POINT(143.72265 -75.674)"] | false | false |
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)"] | ["POINT(166.25 -77.42)"] | false | false |
West Antarctica Ice Core and Climate Model Data
|
0837988 |
2013-03-13 | Steig, Eric J. |
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Climate Reconstruction Utilizing the US ITASE Ice Core Array (2009- 2012) |
This data set includes ice core water isotope data from Antarctic ice cores covering the last 200 to 2000 years. | ["POLYGON((-180 -65,-144 -65,-108 -65,-72 -65,-36 -65,0 -65,36 -65,72 -65,108 -65,144 -65,180 -65,180 -67.5,180 -70,180 -72.5,180 -75,180 -77.5,180 -80,180 -82.5,180 -85,180 -87.5,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87.5,-180 -85,-180 -82.5,-180 -80,-180 -77.5,-180 -75,-180 -72.5,-180 -70,-180 -67.5,-180 -65))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Videos of Basal Ice in Boreholes on the Kamb Ice Stream in West Antarctica
|
9615420 |
2013-02-14 | Engelhardt, Hermann |
Basal Conditions of Ice Stream D and Related Borehole Studies of Antarctic Ice Stream Mechanics |
This data set is a collection of video data of basal ice taken in a borehole on the Kamb Ice Stream in West Antarctica. Ice streams are an expression of the inherent instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and their behavior is a key control on the overall ice-sheet mass balance. Understanding the response of the ice sheet in a warming climate requires a thorough understanding of the internal dynamics of ice streams, in addition to the relevant ice-atmosphere and ice-ocean interactions in the region. The basal environment of the ice streams and of many glaciers is a key scientific interest, including conditions, mainly basal sliding, that lead to fast flow of the ice. The purpose of this data set is to present a review of the full range of original video recordings from the basal ice of the Kamb Ice Stream. Direct observations at the ice-stream bed are a crucial complement to modeling efforts predicting future scenarios in a warming climate. | ["POINT(-136.404633 -82.39955)"] | ["POINT(-136.404633 -82.39955)"] | false | false |
Coastal and Terminus History of the Eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, 1972 - 2011
|
0739654 |
2012-05-30 | Macgregor, Joseph A.; Catania, Ginny; Markowski, Michael; Andrews, Alan G. |
Collaborative Research: Ice-flow history of the Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica |
This data set provides a coastline history of the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment and terminus histories of its outlet glaciers derived from those coastlines. These outlet glaciers include Smith, Haynes, Thwaites, and Pine Island Glaciers. The coastlines were derived from detailed tracing of Landsat imagery between late 1972 and late 2011 (at a scale of 1:50,000). The data set also uses some additional data from other sources. The terminus histories are calculated as the intersections between these coastlines and 1996 flowlines. Data are available via FTP in ESRI shapefile and comma separated value (.csv) formats. | ["POLYGON((-110 -74,-109 -74,-108 -74,-107 -74,-106 -74,-105 -74,-104 -74,-103 -74,-102 -74,-101 -74,-100 -74,-100 -74.2,-100 -74.4,-100 -74.6,-100 -74.8,-100 -75,-100 -75.2,-100 -75.4,-100 -75.6,-100 -75.8,-100 -76,-101 -76,-102 -76,-103 -76,-104 -76,-105 -76,-106 -76,-107 -76,-108 -76,-109 -76,-110 -76,-110 -75.8,-110 -75.6,-110 -75.4,-110 -75.2,-110 -75,-110 -74.8,-110 -74.6,-110 -74.4,-110 -74.2,-110 -74))"] | ["POINT(-105 -75)"] | false | false |
Subglacial water flow paths under Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
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0636724 |
2012-05-21 | Carter, Sasha P.; Young, Duncan A.; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System |
This data set contains subglacial water flow paths beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, interpreted from ice thickness and bed elevation measurements collected between 7 December 2004 and 31 January 2005 by the Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Embayment (AGASEA) expedition. Data consist of an ASCII text file with geographical coordinates, hydraulic head, and bed and surface elevations, and a corresponding .pdf map. Data are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-120 -75,-117 -75,-114 -75,-111 -75,-108 -75,-105 -75,-102 -75,-99 -75,-96 -75,-93 -75,-90 -75,-90 -75.5,-90 -76,-90 -76.5,-90 -77,-90 -77.5,-90 -78,-90 -78.5,-90 -79,-90 -79.5,-90 -80,-93 -80,-96 -80,-99 -80,-102 -80,-105 -80,-108 -80,-111 -80,-114 -80,-117 -80,-120 -80,-120 -79.5,-120 -79,-120 -78.5,-120 -78,-120 -77.5,-120 -77,-120 -76.5,-120 -76,-120 -75.5,-120 -75))"] | ["POINT(-105 -77.5)"] | false | false |
AGASEA Ice Thickness Profile Data from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica
|
0636724 |
2012-05-03 | Blankenship, Donald D.; Young, Duncan A.; Holt, John W.; Kempf, Scott D. |
Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System |
This data set contains line-based radar-derived ice thickness and bed elevation data, collected as part of the Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Embayment (AGASEA) expedition, which took place over Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica from 2004 to 2005. The data set includes ice thickness, ice sheet bed elevation, and ice sheet surface elevation, derived from ice-penetrating radar and aircraft GPS positions. The data are spaced on a 15 km by 15 km grid over the entire catchment of the glacier, and sampled at approximately 15 meters along track. Most of the radar data used for this dataset has been processed using a 1-D focusing algorithm, to reduce the along track resolution to tens of meters, to improve boundary conditions for ice sheet models. Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII format. | ["POLYGON((-125 -73,-121.5 -73,-118 -73,-114.5 -73,-111 -73,-107.5 -73,-104 -73,-100.5 -73,-97 -73,-93.5 -73,-90 -73,-90 -74,-90 -75,-90 -76,-90 -77,-90 -78,-90 -79,-90 -80,-90 -81,-90 -82,-90 -83,-93.5 -83,-97 -83,-100.5 -83,-104 -83,-107.5 -83,-111 -83,-114.5 -83,-118 -83,-121.5 -83,-125 -83,-125 -82,-125 -81,-125 -80,-125 -79,-125 -78,-125 -77,-125 -76,-125 -75,-125 -74,-125 -73))"] | ["POINT(-107.5 -78)"] | false | false |
Rift Mechanisms and Thermal Regime of the Lithosphere across Beardmore Glacier Region, Central Transantarctic Mountains, from Magnetotelluric Measurements
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0838914 |
2012-01-01 | Wannamaker, Philip |
Rift Mechanisms and Thermal Regime of the Lithosphere across Beardmore Glacier Region, Central Transantarctic Mountains, from Magnetotelluric Measurements |
The investigators will examine competing hypotheses for the mechanism of extension and creation of the Transantarctic Mountains, and evolution of the thermal regimes of rifted West Antarctica and stable East Antarctica using magnetotelluric (MT) profiles. Surrounded almost entirely by ocean ridges, Antarctica is a special tectonic situation because of the need to make accommodation space for rifting in the Transantarctic region. In the MT method, temporal variations in the Earth's natural electromagnetic field are used as source fields to probe the electrical resistivity structure in the depth range of 1 to 200 km, or more. Geophysical methods, such as MT, are appropriate in Antarctica because of the predominance of thick ice cover over most of the Continent and the difficult operating environment. The proposed effort will consist of approximately 50 sites over a distance approaching 500 km with a 10 km average spacing, oriented normal to the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), in the Beardmore glacier area. High quality MT soundings will be collected over thick ice sheets using a custom electrode preamp design, updated from previous Antarctic projects. Data acquisition will take place over two field seasons. The primary goals are three-fold: to establish the location of the deeper tectonic transition between East and West Antarctica that may be offset from the physiographic transition at the surface, using deep resistivity structure distinguish between modes of extensional upwelling and magmatism that may be vertically non-uniform, depth and magnitude of quasi-layered deep crustal low resistivity, particularly below West Antarctica, will be used to estimate crustal heat flux into the ice sheet base. | ["POLYGON((141.01732 -82.13,144.910279 -82.13,148.803238 -82.13,152.696197 -82.13,156.589156 -82.13,160.482115 -82.13,164.375074 -82.13,168.268033 -82.13,172.160992 -82.13,176.053951 -82.13,179.94691 -82.13,179.94691 -82.351835,179.94691 -82.57367,179.94691 -82.795505,179.94691 -83.01734,179.94691 -83.239175,179.94691 -83.46101,179.94691 -83.682845,179.94691 -83.90468,179.94691 -84.126515,179.94691 -84.34835,176.053951 -84.34835,172.160992 -84.34835,168.268033 -84.34835,164.375074 -84.34835,160.482115 -84.34835,156.589156 -84.34835,152.696197 -84.34835,148.803238 -84.34835,144.910279 -84.34835,141.01732 -84.34835,141.01732 -84.126515,141.01732 -83.90468,141.01732 -83.682845,141.01732 -83.46101,141.01732 -83.239175,141.01732 -83.01734,141.01732 -82.795505,141.01732 -82.57367,141.01732 -82.351835,141.01732 -82.13))"] | ["POINT(160.482115 -83.239175)"] | false | false |
GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
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0440847 |
2011-09-01 | Matsuoka, Kenichi; Power, Donovan; Rasmussen, Al |
Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods |
This data set includes ice flow velocities and strain configurations, from GPS measurements on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide. Ninety markers installed in the firn were measured during two consecutive field seasons running from 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. The markers were located in 150 by 60 km area, with smaller clusters of five markers located within about 10 km of each other. Consecutive GPS measurements were used to derive velocity for each marker. Strain configurations were estimated by differentiating a linear fit of the data at each marker cluster. Data are available via FTP as ASCII text (.txt ) files in comma separated value format. | ["POLYGON((-115.457 -78.7489,-114.8241 -78.7489,-114.1912 -78.7489,-113.5583 -78.7489,-112.9254 -78.7489,-112.2925 -78.7489,-111.6596 -78.7489,-111.0267 -78.7489,-110.3938 -78.7489,-109.7609 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.83802,-109.128 -78.92714,-109.128 -79.01626,-109.128 -79.10538,-109.128 -79.1945,-109.128 -79.28362,-109.128 -79.37274,-109.128 -79.46186,-109.128 -79.55098,-109.128 -79.6401,-109.7609 -79.6401,-110.3938 -79.6401,-111.0267 -79.6401,-111.6596 -79.6401,-112.2925 -79.6401,-112.9254 -79.6401,-113.5583 -79.6401,-114.1912 -79.6401,-114.8241 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.55098,-115.457 -79.46186,-115.457 -79.37274,-115.457 -79.28362,-115.457 -79.1945,-115.457 -79.10538,-115.457 -79.01626,-115.457 -78.92714,-115.457 -78.83802,-115.457 -78.7489))"] | ["POINT(-112.2925 -79.1945)"] | false | false |
Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
|
0440847 |
2011-08-30 | Matsuoka, Kenichi; Power, Donovan; Fujita, Shuji; Raymond, Charles |
Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods |
This dataset contains ground-based, co-polarized radar data collected using pulse-modulated 60 MHz and 179 MHz radar at 19 sites around a deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS Divide). At each site, the radar data were collected at 12 orientations of the radar polarization plane for three radar pulse widths: 250 nsec, 500 nsec, and 1000 nsec. Useful signals were received from depths roughly between 200 m and 2000 m. Ice flow velocities and strain configurations were measured at most of these radar survey sites, and these ice motion data are also provided at NSIDC (GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica). Data are available via FTP in MATLAB (.mat) format. | ["POLYGON((-115.457 -78.7489,-114.8241 -78.7489,-114.1912 -78.7489,-113.5583 -78.7489,-112.9254 -78.7489,-112.2925 -78.7489,-111.6596 -78.7489,-111.0267 -78.7489,-110.3938 -78.7489,-109.7609 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.83802,-109.128 -78.92714,-109.128 -79.01626,-109.128 -79.10538,-109.128 -79.1945,-109.128 -79.28362,-109.128 -79.37274,-109.128 -79.46186,-109.128 -79.55098,-109.128 -79.6401,-109.7609 -79.6401,-110.3938 -79.6401,-111.0267 -79.6401,-111.6596 -79.6401,-112.2925 -79.6401,-112.9254 -79.6401,-113.5583 -79.6401,-114.1912 -79.6401,-114.8241 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.55098,-115.457 -79.46186,-115.457 -79.37274,-115.457 -79.28362,-115.457 -79.1945,-115.457 -79.10538,-115.457 -79.01626,-115.457 -78.92714,-115.457 -78.83802,-115.457 -78.7489))"] | ["POINT(-112.2925 -79.1945)"] | false | false |
Englacial Layers and Attenuation Rates across the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice-Flow Divide (WAIS Divide), West Antarctica
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0338151 |
2010-06-15 | Raymond, Charles; Matsuoka, Kenichi |
Glaciological Characteristics of the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide Deduced by a New Analysis of Ice-penetrating Radar Data |
This data set contains the results of a model study of spatial variations of ice temperature and subglacial conditions using available ice-penetrating radar data around a future deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide of West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The model data are based on radar data collected by the Support Office of Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) at the University of Texas, and the University of Washington, in 2000. The data include values for attenuation estimates for individual radar profiles. Data are available via FTP in MATLAB (.mat) and Portable Document (.pdf) formats. | ["POINT(-112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(-112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Ice Flow History of the Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
|
0739372 |
2010-05-01 | Conway, Howard; Fudge, T. J.; Catania, Ginny |
Collaborative Research: Ice-flow history of the Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica |
This data set contains past flow lines of Thwaites Glacier. The flow lines were identified using layer patterns tracked between parallel radar layers, from a radar profile of the Thwaites Glacier catchment. The radar data was run and processed by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. The flow lines were identified from distinct layer patterns tracked between parallel radar layers. Data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format. | ["POLYGON((-123 -76,-120.65 -76,-118.3 -76,-115.95 -76,-113.6 -76,-111.25 -76,-108.9 -76,-106.55 -76,-104.2 -76,-101.85 -76,-99.5 -76,-99.5 -76.37,-99.5 -76.74,-99.5 -77.11,-99.5 -77.48,-99.5 -77.85,-99.5 -78.22,-99.5 -78.59,-99.5 -78.96,-99.5 -79.33,-99.5 -79.7,-101.85 -79.7,-104.2 -79.7,-106.55 -79.7,-108.9 -79.7,-111.25 -79.7,-113.6 -79.7,-115.95 -79.7,-118.3 -79.7,-120.65 -79.7,-123 -79.7,-123 -79.33,-123 -78.96,-123 -78.59,-123 -78.22,-123 -77.85,-123 -77.48,-123 -77.11,-123 -76.74,-123 -76.37,-123 -76))"] | ["POINT(-111.25 -77.85)"] | false | false |
Atmospheric Mixing Ratios of Hydroperoxides above the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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9814810 |
2009-06-16 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger; Frey, Markus |
Hydrogen Peroxide, Formaldehyde, and Sub-Annual Snow Accumulation in West Antarctica: Participation in West Antarctic Traverse |
This data set contains atmospheric mixing ratios of hydrogen peroxide and methylhydroperoxide at 21 sites on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) were obtained from 2000 to 2003 during the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) deployments. Sample location from the WAIS region (76-90ºS / 84-124ºW) were approximately 100-300 km apart and correspond to US ITASE ice core sites. At each site, ambient air from 1 m above the snow surface was sampled between two to five days. Atmospheric hydroperoxides (ROOH) were continuously scrubbed from the sample air with a glass coil scrubber and subsequently quantified using a fluorescence detection method. Data are available via FTP as ASCII text files (.txt). | ["POLYGON((-124 -76,-120 -76,-116 -76,-112 -76,-108 -76,-104 -76,-100 -76,-96 -76,-92 -76,-88 -76,-84 -76,-84 -77.4,-84 -78.8,-84 -80.2,-84 -81.6,-84 -83,-84 -84.4,-84 -85.8,-84 -87.2,-84 -88.6,-84 -90,-88 -90,-92 -90,-96 -90,-100 -90,-104 -90,-108 -90,-112 -90,-116 -90,-120 -90,-124 -90,-124 -88.6,-124 -87.2,-124 -85.8,-124 -84.4,-124 -83,-124 -81.6,-124 -80.2,-124 -78.8,-124 -77.4,-124 -76))"] | ["POINT(-104 -83)"] | false | false |
Twenty-Three Century-scale Ice Core Records of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) from West Antarctica
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9814810 |
2009-06-01 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger; Frey, Markus |
Hydrogen Peroxide, Formaldehyde, and Sub-Annual Snow Accumulation in West Antarctica: Participation in West Antarctic Traverse |
This data set contains sub-annually resolved concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), snow, firn and ice from 23 sites on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). | ["POLYGON((-124 -76,-120 -76,-116 -76,-112 -76,-108 -76,-104 -76,-100 -76,-96 -76,-92 -76,-88 -76,-84 -76,-84 -77.4,-84 -78.8,-84 -80.2,-84 -81.6,-84 -83,-84 -84.4,-84 -85.8,-84 -87.2,-84 -88.6,-84 -90,-88 -90,-92 -90,-96 -90,-100 -90,-104 -90,-108 -90,-112 -90,-116 -90,-120 -90,-124 -90,-124 -88.6,-124 -87.2,-124 -85.8,-124 -84.4,-124 -83,-124 -81.6,-124 -80.2,-124 -78.8,-124 -77.4,-124 -76))"] | ["POINT(-104 -83)"] | false | false |
Glaciological Investigations of the Bulge and Trunk of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica
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0337567 |
2009-03-26 | Jacobel, Robert |
Collaborative Research: Is Ice Stream C Restarting? Glaciological Investigations of the 'Bulge' and the Trunk of Ice Stream C, West Antartica |
This data set contains radar data from the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS), formerly known as Ice Stream C, in West Antarctica. The project was part of a larger study to assess the likelihood of ice stream reactivation. Parameters include latitude, longitude, distance along profile, ice thickness pick, bright layer depth, and surface elevation, from approximately 1600 km of ground-based radar traverses recorded during the 2004 and 2005 Antarctic field seasons. Data are available via FTP as ASCII text files (.txt). Profile location maps and sample profile sections are available as Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) image files. The data are also available as binary data on DVD, upon request. | ["POLYGON((-140 -82,-139 -82,-138 -82,-137 -82,-136 -82,-135 -82,-134 -82,-133 -82,-132 -82,-131 -82,-130 -82,-130 -82.1,-130 -82.2,-130 -82.3,-130 -82.4,-130 -82.5,-130 -82.6,-130 -82.7,-130 -82.8,-130 -82.9,-130 -83,-131 -83,-132 -83,-133 -83,-134 -83,-135 -83,-136 -83,-137 -83,-138 -83,-139 -83,-140 -83,-140 -82.9,-140 -82.8,-140 -82.7,-140 -82.6,-140 -82.5,-140 -82.4,-140 -82.3,-140 -82.2,-140 -82.1,-140 -82))"] | ["POINT(-135 -82.5)"] | false | false |
Stable Isotope Studies at East Antarctic US ITASE Sites
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0440414 |
2009-01-01 | Steig, Eric J. |
Stable Isotope Studies at East Antarctic US ITASE Sites |
This award supports a project to obtain stable isotope profiles from shallow (<100 m) ice cores from East Antarctica, to add to the growing database of environmental proxy data collected under the auspices of the "ITASE" (International TransAntarctic Scientific Expedition) program. In Antarctica, the instrumental record of climate is particularly short (~40 years except in a few isolated locations on the coast), and ice core proxy data are the only means available for extending this record into the past. The use of stable isotopes of water (18-O/16-O and D/H ratios) from ice cores as proxies for temperature is well established for both very short (i.e. seasonal) and long timescales (centuries, millennia). Using multivariate regression methods and shallow ice cores from West Antarctica, a reconstruction of Antarctic climate over the last ~150 years has been developed which suggests the continent has been warming, on average, at a rate of ~0.2 K/century. Further improving these reconstructions is the chief motivation for further extending the US ITASE project. Ten to fifteen shallow (~100 m) from Victoria Land, East Antarctica will be obtained and analyzed. The core will be collected along a traverse route beginning at Taylor Dome and ending at the South Pole. Age-depth relationships for the cores will be determined through a combination of stable isotopes, visual stratigraphy and seasonal chemical signatures and marker horizons. Reconstructions of Antarctic climate obtained from these cores will be incorporated into the global network of paleoclimate information, which has been important in science, policy and educational contexts. The project will include graduate student and postdoctoral training and field experience. | ["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))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Methyl Chloride Measurements from the Siple Dome A Deep Core, Antarctica
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0636953 |
2008-10-22 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat; Williams, Margaret |
Methyl Chloride, Methyl Bromide, and Carbonyl Sulfide in Deep Antarctic Ice Cores |
This data set is an analysis of methyl chloride concentration measured in air extracted from ice core samples from the Siple Dome A deep core in West Antarctica. In total, forty six (46) ice samples, approximately 10-15 cm in length, were analyzed in this study. Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | false | false |
Airborne Laser Altimetry of the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica
|
0230197 0636724 |
2008-01-01 | Young, Duncan A.; Kempf, Scott D.; Blankenship, Donald D.; Holt, John W.; Morse, David L. |
Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System |
This data set includes airborne altimetry collected over the catchment and main trunk of Thwaites Glacier, one of Antarctica's 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 ±20 cm; a primary subset has an error of ±8 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. | ["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))"] | ["POINT(-112.5 -77.5)"] | false | false |
Antarctic Ice Cores: Methyl Chloride and Methyl Bromide
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0338359 |
2007-11-10 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat; Williams, Margaret; Tatum, Cheryl |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is an analysis of methyl chloride (CH3Cl) and methyl bromide (CH3Br) in Antarctic ice core samples. Investigators reported mixing ratios of methyl chloride gas extracted from samples taken from the South Pole Remote Earth Science and Seismological Observatory (SPRESSO) core, drilled as part of the International Trans Antarctic Science Expedition (ITASE). This data covers an age range of 2159 - 140 years before present (Y.B.P.) where the year 2000 was used as present. Investigators analyzed trace gases in ice core samples from Siple Dome, West Antarctica (dry-drilled C core and deep, fluid-drilled A core) and from South Pole, Antarctica (300 m dry drilled SPRESSO core). Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"] | ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"] | false | false |
Vertical Strain at Siple Dome, Antarctica, 1999-2002
|
9615502 |
2007-02-22 | Harrison, William; Morack, James; Waddington, Edwin D.; Pettit, Erin; Zumberge, Mark; Elsberg, Daniel |
Ice Dynamics, the Flow Law, and Vertical Strain at Siple Dome |
At the Siple Dome area of Antarctica, much of the ice flow is vertical, which causes vertical ice deformation. To measure this phenomenon, the investigators used a method known as vertical strain rate. This project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation (NSF). This data set consists of a table of long-term average strain rates measured between 1999 and 2002 at Siple Dome, Antarctica. The measurements were taken in hot-water boreholes by bridge gauges. Data are available in tab-delimited ASCII text format or PDF via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.822 -81.655)", "POINT(-148.693 -81.595)"] | ["POINT(-148.822 -81.655)", "POINT(-148.693 -81.595)"] | false | false |
Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records
|
9526566 |
2006-11-28 | Shuman, Christopher A.; Stearns, Charles R. |
Passive Microwave Remote Sensing for Paleoclimate Indicators at Siple Dome, Antarctica |
This data set includes daily, monthly, and yearly mean surface air temperatures for four interior West Antarctic sites between 1978 and 1997. Data include air surface temperatures measured at the Byrd, Lettau, Lynn, and Siple Station automatic weather stations. In addition, because weather stations in Antarctica are difficult to maintain, and resulting multi-decade records are often incomplete, the investigators also calculated surface temperatures from satellite passive microwave brightness temperatures. Calibration of 37-GHz vertically polarized brightness temperature data during periods of known air temperature, using emissivity modeling, allowed the investigators to replace data gaps with calibrated brightness temperatures. MS Excel data files and GIF images derived from the data are available via ftp from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. | ["POINT(-174.45 -82.52)", "POINT(160.41 -74.21)", "POINT(-84 -75.9)", "POINT(-119.4 -80.01)"] | ["POINT(-174.45 -82.52)", "POINT(160.41 -74.21)", "POINT(-84 -75.9)", "POINT(-119.4 -80.01)"] | false | false |
Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
|
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)"] | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | false | false |
Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Glaciochemical Analysis
|
9316564 |
2005-05-09 | Mayewski, Paul A.; Kreutz, Karl; Twickler, Mark; Whitlow, Sallie; Meeker, Loren D. |
Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability |
The Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) project provides a high-resolution record of atmospheric chemical deposition taken from several ice cores and snow pits located at sites within or immediately adjacent to the Ross Ice Drainage System. Three sites were visited during a 1995 traverse in inland West Antarctica. The traverse was 158 km, trending 26° from Byrd Surface Camp. The core from site A (78°44'S, 116°20'W) is 148 m deep, the core from site B (79°27.66'S, 118°02.68'W) is 60 m deep, and the core from site C (80°00.85'S, 119°33.73'W) is 60 m deep. Glaciochemical analysis focuses on the major ions deposited from the antarctic atmosphere, including Na (sodium), NH4 (ammonium), K (potassium), Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Cl (chloride), NO3 (nitrate), and SO4 (sulfate). Chemical analysis also includes methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and nssSO4 (non-sea salt sulfate). The data are available by FTP in ASCII text format and Excel files. | ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)"] | ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)"] | false | false |
Ice Thickness and Internal Layer Depth Along the 2001 and 2002 US ITASE Traverses
|
9814574 |
2005-04-08 | Jacobel, Robert |
Radar Studies of Internal Stratigraphy and Bedrock Topography along the US ITASE Traverse |
Ice thickness and internal layer depth data were collected with a ground-based, ice-penetrating radar study as part of the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) traverse in West Antarctica from 01 November 2001 to 10 January 2003. Longitude, latitude, ice thickness, and depth to a prominent internal reflector were collected at approximately 12 m intervals. Ice thickness values are reported for approximately 90% of the traverse, and internal layer depth values are reported for approximately 80% of the traverse. Data are avaialble in ASCII and JPEG formats via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-120 -80,-115.6 -80,-111.2 -80,-106.8 -80,-102.4 -80,-98 -80,-93.6 -80,-89.2 -80,-84.8 -80,-80.4 -80,-76 -80,-76 -81,-76 -82,-76 -83,-76 -84,-76 -85,-76 -86,-76 -87,-76 -88,-76 -89,-76 -90,-80.4 -90,-84.8 -90,-89.2 -90,-93.6 -90,-98 -90,-102.4 -90,-106.8 -90,-111.2 -90,-115.6 -90,-120 -90,-120 -89,-120 -88,-120 -87,-120 -86,-120 -85,-120 -84,-120 -83,-120 -82,-120 -81,-120 -80))"] | ["POINT(-98 -85)"] | false | false |
US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE): GPR Profiles and Accumulation Mapping
|
0088035 0229573 0096299 0196441 |
2005-04-06 | Spikes, Vandy Blue; Hamilton, Gordon S.; Mayewski, Paul A.; Arcone, Steven; Kaspari, Susan |
High Resolution Radar Profiling of the Snow and Ice Stratigraphy beneath the ITASE Traverses, West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
Snow accumulation rates typically show high variability over short distances. This data set contains accumulation rates derived from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) used to detect isochronal layers in the firn in West Antarctica. These layers were then dated using results from ice core analyses. These data show that accumulation rates along this profile have decreased in recent decades. The radar profile extends between two ice core sites taken along one of the US-ITASE traverse routes. | ["POLYGON((-123.993 -77.6832,-123.6019 -77.6832,-123.2108 -77.6832,-122.8197 -77.6832,-122.4286 -77.6832,-122.0375 -77.6832,-121.6464 -77.6832,-121.2553 -77.6832,-120.8642 -77.6832,-120.4731 -77.6832,-120.082 -77.6832,-120.082 -77.7232,-120.082 -77.7632,-120.082 -77.8032,-120.082 -77.8432,-120.082 -77.8832,-120.082 -77.9232,-120.082 -77.9632,-120.082 -78.0032,-120.082 -78.0432,-120.082 -78.0832,-120.4731 -78.0832,-120.8642 -78.0832,-121.2553 -78.0832,-121.6464 -78.0832,-122.0375 -78.0832,-122.4286 -78.0832,-122.8197 -78.0832,-123.2108 -78.0832,-123.6019 -78.0832,-123.993 -78.0832,-123.993 -78.0432,-123.993 -78.0032,-123.993 -77.9632,-123.993 -77.9232,-123.993 -77.8832,-123.993 -77.8432,-123.993 -77.8032,-123.993 -77.7632,-123.993 -77.7232,-123.993 -77.6832))"] | ["POINT(-122.0375 -77.8832)"] | false | false |
Cosmogenic nuclide data for bedrock samples from the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
|
None | 2005-04-06 | Stone, John | No project link provided | This data set consists of cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in samples from bedrock surfaces in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. These surfaces have been exposed by ice retreat since the last glacial maximum, approximately 10,500 years ago. However, the majority of samples contain nuclide concentrations indicating much longer and more complicated exposure histories. The primary data are concentrations of the cosmic-ray-produced nuclides Be-10 and Al-26 measured in quartz, and Cl-36 measured in K-feldspar, sample locations, and the duration of recent exposure inferred from measurements on co-existing glacial erratics. In addition, the data set contains detailed information about the sites and samples, chemical compositions of the minerals analyzed and compositions of the host rocks, as required to compute nuclide production rates. This information is provided so that the data can be re-interpreted if nuclide production rates or correction factors are revised in future. | [] | [] | false | false |
Margin Migration Rates and Dynamics: Siple Coast Ice Streams
|
0086997 |
2005-03-17 | Truffer, Martin; Echelmeyer, Keith A. |
Margin Migration Rates and Margin Dynamics of the Siple Coast Ice Streams |
This product, based on prior data collected under NSF-OPP grant 8716604 (Echelmeyer and Harrison) and NSF-OPP grant 9117911 (Harrison), includes ice velocity data between stations S17 and UpB on the Upper Whillans Ice Stream, Siple Coast, West Antarctica, from January 1994 to January 1995. Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. Data are in ASCII and Excel formats, and are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-140.7 -83.2,-140.12 -83.2,-139.54 -83.2,-138.96 -83.2,-138.38 -83.2,-137.8 -83.2,-137.22 -83.2,-136.64 -83.2,-136.06 -83.2,-135.48 -83.2,-134.9 -83.2,-134.9 -83.27,-134.9 -83.34,-134.9 -83.41,-134.9 -83.48,-134.9 -83.55,-134.9 -83.62,-134.9 -83.69,-134.9 -83.76,-134.9 -83.83,-134.9 -83.9,-135.48 -83.9,-136.06 -83.9,-136.64 -83.9,-137.22 -83.9,-137.8 -83.9,-138.38 -83.9,-138.96 -83.9,-139.54 -83.9,-140.12 -83.9,-140.7 -83.9,-140.7 -83.83,-140.7 -83.76,-140.7 -83.69,-140.7 -83.62,-140.7 -83.55,-140.7 -83.48,-140.7 -83.41,-140.7 -83.34,-140.7 -83.27,-140.7 -83.2))"] | ["POINT(-137.8 -83.55)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Ice Core Chemistry and Ion Data
|
9316564 |
2004-08-26 | Blunier, Thomas; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Brook, Edward J.; Kreutz, Karl; Mayewski, Paul A.; Dunbar, Nelia |
Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability |
This data set includes chemistry and ion data collected from a 150 m core recovered from Siple Dome, West Antarctica. The core was drilled during the 1994/1995 field season. Dating of the core was accomplished using annual signals preserved in several chemical species, beta activity profiles, and volcanic horizons. The resulting depth/age scale indicates an age of 1890 A.D. at 24 m, and 850 A.D. at 150 m depth. | [] | [] | false | false |
Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica
|
8919147 |
2004-03-17 | 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 |
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. These data are a result of the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Southeastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ) experiments of the 1990s. 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 |
Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core
|
9615333 |
2004-03-09 | Saltzman, Eric; Dioumaeva, Irina; Finley, Brandon |
Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core |
This data set is a continuous, high-resolution record of biogenic sulfur (methanesulfonate, known as MSA and CH3SO3-) in the 1000 m deep Siple Dome A (SDMA) core, covering 100,000 to 20 years BP. The analysis was done on between August 2002 and November 2003 at the University of California, Irvine. Investigators used a mass spectrometer to measure methanesulfonate. Measurements are given as MSA concentration at various depths. Estimated age of the ice at each depth is also given. This project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF). | ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"] | ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"] | false | false |
Surface Elevation and Ice Thickness, Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
|
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))"] | ["POINT(-146.5 -75.5)"] | false | false |
Central West Antarctic Glaciochemistry from Ice Cores
|
None | 2003-10-16 | Reusch, David | No project link provided | Glaciochemical and accumulation rate records developed from four ice cores in central West Antarctica are used to reconstruct former atmospheric circulation patterns in this region for the last 40 years with extended records (150-250 years) at two sites. The sites lie on a 200 km traverse from 82 degrees 22 minutes south, 119 degrees 17 minutes west to 81 degrees 22 minutes south, 107 degrees 17 minutes west, gaining elevation from 950 to 1930 m. The glaciochemical records represent the major ionic species present in Antarctic snow: sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, nitrate, and sulfate. | ["POLYGON((-120 -80,-118.5 -80,-117 -80,-115.5 -80,-114 -80,-112.5 -80,-111 -80,-109.5 -80,-108 -80,-106.5 -80,-105 -80,-105 -80.5,-105 -81,-105 -81.5,-105 -82,-105 -82.5,-105 -83,-105 -83.5,-105 -84,-105 -84.5,-105 -85,-106.5 -85,-108 -85,-109.5 -85,-111 -85,-112.5 -85,-114 -85,-115.5 -85,-117 -85,-118.5 -85,-120 -85,-120 -84.5,-120 -84,-120 -83.5,-120 -83,-120 -82.5,-120 -82,-120 -81.5,-120 -81,-120 -80.5,-120 -80))"] | ["POINT(-112.5 -82.5)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales
|
9420648 |
2003-09-09 | Nereson, Nadine A. |
Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Nereson's 'Age Versus Depth' plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. Let., 23(22): 3163-3166.). | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes
|
None | 2003-08-18 | Steig, Eric J.; White, James | No project link provided | This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set provides measurements of stable isotopes of water and deuterium excess for the Siple Dome ice cores. The shallow cores from Siple Dome were analyzed for isotopes with sub-annual temporal detail. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Methane Record
|
0512971 |
2003-08-18 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Brooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP). | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Shallow Core Density Data
|
0126286 |
2003-05-14 | Lamorey, Gregg W. |
Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Lamorey measured the density of the shallow Siple Dome cores B - I. One-meter sections of the ice core were weighed on a balance beam in the field. The volume was determined by measuring the diameter and length of the core. The data consists of tab-delimited text files of density measurements and a sonic velocity profile, and a .gif format density-versus-depth plot. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores
|
9527262 |
2003-05-14 | Gow, Tony; Meese, Deb |
Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes annual layer data for Siple Dome ice cores A, B, and C, based on stratigraphy; thin-section images, and fabric data. The study included the analysis of more than 2500 crystallographic c-axes conducted on 50 thin sections from the main PICO core. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome
|
9615554 |
2003-05-14 | Fitzpatrick, Joan |
Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set comprises low-resolution (72 dpi) jpg images of thin sections from the Siple Dome ice core. The images were acquired during the 1997/1998 field season, from both the SDM-A, or main 13.2-cm, core and from the hot water core recovered by Hermann Englehardt. The data set includes both vertical and horizontal thin sections. With one exception, all images were recorded in cross-polarized light. Two examples of archived high-resolution (275 dpi) images are provided for direct comparison of the low- and high-resolution images. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
|
9527373 |
2003-05-14 | Zielinski, Gregory; Dunbar, Nelia |
Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes backscattered electron images of tephra samples extracted from the Siple and Taylor Dome ice cores, as well as electron microprobe analyses of glass shards in cases where significant, compositionally-consistent glass populations were present. The data set also includes data on the amount of volcanically derived sulfate deposited on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and recorded in the Siple Dome ice core. | ["POINT(158.7889 -77.95)", "POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(158.7889 -77.95)", "POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data
|
9526420 |
2003-05-08 | Taylor, Kendrick C. |
Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Taylor measured the electrical conductivity (ECM) and Complex Conductivity (CC), a measure of the total ions in the ice, in the main Siple Dome ice core. Measurements were taken along the core from a depth of 0 m to 800 m. The project also analyzed shallower cores for ECM and dielectric properties (DEP). (DEP is also a measure of the total ions in the ice, but with lower spatial resolution than the CC.) Albedo measurements where made on the shallow cores and the main core to a depth of 391 m. The data set includes images showing the electrical conductivity of a vertical section of the core. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica
|
9526572 |
2002-07-11 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger |
Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
WAISCORES Snow Pit Chemistry, Antarctica
|
9526449 |
2002-07-11 | Kreutz, Karl; Mayewski, Paul A. |
Siple Dome Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry and Regional Survey - A Contribution to the WAIS Initiative |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for Siple Dome snow pits B, E, F, G, H, and 1 through 6. Samples were analyzed for soluble ion content via suppressed ion chromatography. Each pit was sampled at 2 cm resolution for ion chemistry using clean procedures, and sampled again at 3 cm resolution for density calculations. Snow pit names and locations correspond to the 1996 to 1997 season shallow core sites. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII text (.dat) file format. | ["POLYGON((-149.11 -81.05,-149.05 -81.05,-148.99 -81.05,-148.93 -81.05,-148.87 -81.05,-148.81 -81.05,-148.75 -81.05,-148.69 -81.05,-148.63 -81.05,-148.57 -81.05,-148.51 -81.05,-148.51 -81.11,-148.51 -81.17,-148.51 -81.23,-148.51 -81.29,-148.51 -81.35,-148.51 -81.41,-148.51 -81.47,-148.51 -81.53,-148.51 -81.59,-148.51 -81.65,-148.57 -81.65,-148.63 -81.65,-148.69 -81.65,-148.75 -81.65,-148.81 -81.65,-148.87 -81.65,-148.93 -81.65,-148.99 -81.65,-149.05 -81.65,-149.11 -81.65,-149.11 -81.59,-149.11 -81.53,-149.11 -81.47,-149.11 -81.41,-149.11 -81.35,-149.11 -81.29,-149.11 -81.23,-149.11 -81.17,-149.11 -81.11,-149.11 -81.05))"] | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.35)"] | false | false |
Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples
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0338359 |
2002-07-10 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica
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None | 2002-01-01 | Lamorey, Gregg W. | No project link provided | The WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs' West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81° 40' S and 148° 49' W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp. The following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica
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9222121 9318121 |
2001-12-01 | Anandakrishnan, Sridhar |
Microearthquake Monitoring of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: A Sensor for Sticky Spots |
Ice velocity data from ice stream C, including the body of the ice stream and its area of onset, are available. The investigator calculated velocities from precise ice displacement measurements made with a geodetic-quality Global Positioning System (GPS). These ice displacement measurements accompanied seismic experiments aimed at understanding controls on the flow of ice streams in west Antarctica. An understanding of ice stream flow is essential to predicting the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change. Data are available in ASCII format via ftp. | ["POLYGON((-152.598 -81.8039,-149.8369 -81.8039,-147.0758 -81.8039,-144.3147 -81.8039,-141.5536 -81.8039,-138.7925 -81.8039,-136.0314 -81.8039,-133.2703 -81.8039,-130.5092 -81.8039,-127.7481 -81.8039,-124.987 -81.8039,-124.987 -81.90464,-124.987 -82.00538,-124.987 -82.10612,-124.987 -82.20686,-124.987 -82.3076,-124.987 -82.40834,-124.987 -82.50908,-124.987 -82.60982,-124.987 -82.71056,-124.987 -82.8113,-127.7481 -82.8113,-130.5092 -82.8113,-133.2703 -82.8113,-136.0314 -82.8113,-138.7925 -82.8113,-141.5536 -82.8113,-144.3147 -82.8113,-147.0758 -82.8113,-149.8369 -82.8113,-152.598 -82.8113,-152.598 -82.71056,-152.598 -82.60982,-152.598 -82.50908,-152.598 -82.40834,-152.598 -82.3076,-152.598 -82.20686,-152.598 -82.10612,-152.598 -82.00538,-152.598 -81.90464,-152.598 -81.8039))", "POLYGON((-121.644 -82.2764,-121.4814 -82.2764,-121.3188 -82.2764,-121.1562 -82.2764,-120.9936 -82.2764,-120.831 -82.2764,-120.6684 -82.2764,-120.5058 -82.2764,-120.3432 -82.2764,-120.1806 -82.2764,-120.018 -82.2764,-120.018 -82.28496,-120.018 -82.29352,-120.018 -82.30208,-120.018 -82.31064,-120.018 -82.3192,-120.018 -82.32776,-120.018 -82.33632,-120.018 -82.34488,-120.018 -82.35344,-120.018 -82.362,-120.1806 -82.362,-120.3432 -82.362,-120.5058 -82.362,-120.6684 -82.362,-120.831 -82.362,-120.9936 -82.362,-121.1562 -82.362,-121.3188 -82.362,-121.4814 -82.362,-121.644 -82.362,-121.644 -82.35344,-121.644 -82.34488,-121.644 -82.33632,-121.644 -82.32776,-121.644 -82.3192,-121.644 -82.31064,-121.644 -82.30208,-121.644 -82.29352,-121.644 -82.28496,-121.644 -82.2764))"] | ["POINT(-138.7925 -82.3076)", "POINT(-120.831 -82.3192)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History 1994, 1996
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9316338 |
1999-01-01 | Jacobel, Robert |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History |
The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This project supported glaciological studies of Siple Dome and its surroundings between Ice Streams C and D, via two major goals. First, it sought to characterize the dynamic environment and ice stratigraphy of Siple Dome and its surroundings, with the specific mission of assessing Siple Dome as a potential deep core site; and second, to determine whether the configuration of ice stream flow in the region has changed over time. Both goals are relevant to understanding the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), its history, and potential future behavior. This project was a collaboration between Saint Olaf College, the University of Washington, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994–95 and 1996–97. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. Related images and charts are available as Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) files. | ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"] | ["POINT(-150 -82)"] | false | false |
Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores
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9526374 |
1997-01-01 | Alley, Richard |
Physical Properties of the Siple Dome Deep Ice Core |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes melt layers and annual layer data for Siple Dome cores A through J, and upstream core C (UpC). Cores were examined on a light table after the core had been sectioned longitudinally and samples removed for isotopic, chemical, and other analyses, and after the surface had been smoothed using a planer. Major stratigraphic features were noted, such as coarse-grained and fine-grained firn at shallow depths, and coarse-bubbled and fine-bubbled ice at greater depth. Melt layers were identified as bubble-free or nearly-bubble-free zones. Core lengths ranged from 30 to 133 meters. Data in this collection were obtained in the summer of 1997. The data set is available via FTP as ACSII data (.dat), metadata (.meta) and text (.txt) files. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |