Continuous GPS (static) Data from the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Abstract: In October 2005, three geodetic GPS receivers were deployed on the Ross Ice Shelf near the ice front to observe short-term fluctuations in ice-shelf velocity associated with tidal forcing and other phenomena. Two stations were placed on either side of a large rift that is expected to event...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macayeal, Douglas R., Brunt, Kelly, King, Matthew
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2008
Subjects:
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Antarctic Glaciology
Geodesy
Geology/Geophysics - Other
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glaciers/Ice Sheet
Southern Ocean
Cryosphere
Ross Ice Shelf
US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC)
Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Iceberg*
Online Access:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609347
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Summary:Abstract: In October 2005, three geodetic GPS receivers were deployed on the Ross Ice Shelf near the ice front to observe short-term fluctuations in ice-shelf velocity associated with tidal forcing and other phenomena. Two stations were placed on either side of a large rift that is expected to eventually create the next iceberg to calve from the Ross Ice Shelf (called "Nascent Iceberg"). One station was established at a location near station R13, occupied in 1979 during the RIGGS project (Thomas et al., 1984), to determine if the near-ice-front part of the Ross Ice Shelf has significantly changed its long-term flow since the late 1970s.

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