Time-lapse video of McMurdo Ice Shelf surface melting and hydrology

• Main Authors: Banwell, Alison, Macayeal, Douglas R.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2018
• Subjects: Ice Shelf; Supraglacial Meltwater; Glaciology; Photo/Video; Antarctica; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Cryosphere; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/601113

Abstract: During the Austral summer melt season of 2016-2017, an automatic camera was placed overlooking a surface lake feature on the McMurdo Ice Shelf. This camera created a time-lapse video (30 minute photograph time intervals) used to observe the filling and draining of the lake called Rift-Tip Lake located approximately 2 km from the McMurdo Ice Shelf ice front. The data was used in support of a field project to measure the flexural response of the McMurdo Ice Shelf (and ice shelves in general) to the filling and draining of supraglacial lakes. The time-lapse video begins 16 November 2016 and ends 27 January 2017.