High-resolution Image-derived Grounding and Hydrostatic Lines for the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Abstract: This data set provides grounding line and hydrostatic line locations for the Antarctic coastline and islands around Antarctica. The data are derived using customized software to combine data from Landsat-7 imagery and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) laser altimetry, which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bindschadler, Robert, Choi, Hyeungu
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2011
Subjects:
Antarctic Glaciology
ASAID
Grounding Line Hydrostatic Line
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glaciers/Ice Sheet
Cryosphere
Oceans
US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC)
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609489
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Summary:Abstract: This data set provides grounding line and hydrostatic line locations for the Antarctic coastline and islands around Antarctica. The data are derived using customized software to combine data from Landsat-7 imagery and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) laser altimetry, which were primarily collected between 1999 to 2003. The data set also includes elevations along each line, selected from six candidate digital elevation models. The data were developed as part of the Antarctic Surface Accumulation and Ice Discharge (ASAID) project. Data are available via FTP, provided in both ASCII text (.txt) and shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .shx) formats.

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