Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica

Abstract: This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scambos, Ted, Catania, Ginny, Conway, Howard, Gades, Anthony, Raymond, Charles
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2003
Subjects:
Antarctic Glaciology
Geodetic
Geology/Geophysics - Other
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glaciers/Ice Sheet
Cryosphere
Kamb Ice Stream
US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC)
Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609141
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Summary:Abstract: This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once in 2000, and again in 2002. Movement of the poles in that time show the ice motion velocity and direction. GPS pole positions are given in latitude and longitude, and elevations are given in meters above the WGS1984 ellipsoid. The data are presented as tables in ASCII text files. Three maps of the area are included with the data tables. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this work under grant number OPP-9909469.

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