Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems.
Progress Code: completed Statement: The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report: Variations to work plan or objectives: The only variation has been to geographically extend Objective 3 to analyse the potentially significant impa...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::2817717 2024-09-15T17:47:42+00:00 Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) CONNELL, DAVE J. (author) MASSOM, ROB (collaborator) MASSOM, ROB (hasPrincipalInvestigator) Massom, R. (originator) Spatial: westlimit=-180.0; southlimit=-70.0; eastlimit=180.0; northlimit=-63.0 Temporal: From 2008-09-30 to 2011-03-31 https://researchdata.edu.au/remote-sensing-near-shelves-ecosystems/2817717 unknown Australian Ocean Data Network https://researchdata.edu.au/remote-sensing-near-shelves-ecosystems/2817717 ASAC_3024 AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE EXTENT SEA ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS remote sensing Emperor Penguin Fast Ice Ice Shelf ICESAT > Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite RADARSAT-1 SATELLITES RADARSAT-2 ICESAT-2 > Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > dataset ftands 2024-08-06T01:58:58Z Progress Code: completed Statement: The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report: Variations to work plan or objectives: The only variation has been to geographically extend Objective 3 to analyse the potentially significant impact of very thick fast ice on the dynamic and calving behaviour of the floating Mertz Glacier Tongue (see Section 1.1 above). It is anticipated that this extension will enhance the project, by highlighting a previously overlooked yet potentially important process affecting floating glacier tongue/ice shelf breakup, whereby strong coupling between very thick perennial sea ice and continental ice provides stability in certain ice sheet margin regions. It also enhances the link with AAS Project #2698 (PI: Warner), on which Dr Massom is a Co-I ("Antarctica - past, present, and future: exploring the dynamic interactions of ice sheet and ice shelves within the global climate system through computer modeling"). Field work: This is predominantly a remote sensing-based project. However, in situ and airborne observations of fast ice acquired during SIPEX (V1 2007/8) by other projects on which the PI (Massom) is a Co-I (#2901 and 3030) may prove to be useful in helping to interpret satellite laser altimeter-based estimates of fast ice thickness. Moreover, and given its extreme age and thickness, possible biological importance and glaciological significance (see 3 below), the region of perennial fast ice to the immediate east of the Mertz Glacier tongue is a prime candidate for a future multi-disciplinary field measurement campaign. Such measurements would address current major unknowns affecting our satellite altimeter-based estimates of the fast ice thickness, including snow cover thickness and density and ice density. Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3024. Public The proposed research will derive improved estimates of East Antarctic fast-ice extent and thickness, and their variability, from satellite data. ... Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Mertz Glacier Sea ice Southern Ocean Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE EXTENT SEA ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS remote sensing Emperor Penguin Fast Ice Ice Shelf ICESAT > Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite RADARSAT-1 SATELLITES RADARSAT-2 ICESAT-2 > Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE EXTENT SEA ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS remote sensing Emperor Penguin Fast Ice Ice Shelf ICESAT > Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite RADARSAT-1 SATELLITES RADARSAT-2 ICESAT-2 > Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE EXTENT SEA ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS remote sensing Emperor Penguin Fast Ice Ice Shelf ICESAT > Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite RADARSAT-1 SATELLITES RADARSAT-2 ICESAT-2 > Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > |
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Progress Code: completed Statement: The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report: Variations to work plan or objectives: The only variation has been to geographically extend Objective 3 to analyse the potentially significant impact of very thick fast ice on the dynamic and calving behaviour of the floating Mertz Glacier Tongue (see Section 1.1 above). It is anticipated that this extension will enhance the project, by highlighting a previously overlooked yet potentially important process affecting floating glacier tongue/ice shelf breakup, whereby strong coupling between very thick perennial sea ice and continental ice provides stability in certain ice sheet margin regions. It also enhances the link with AAS Project #2698 (PI: Warner), on which Dr Massom is a Co-I ("Antarctica - past, present, and future: exploring the dynamic interactions of ice sheet and ice shelves within the global climate system through computer modeling"). Field work: This is predominantly a remote sensing-based project. However, in situ and airborne observations of fast ice acquired during SIPEX (V1 2007/8) by other projects on which the PI (Massom) is a Co-I (#2901 and 3030) may prove to be useful in helping to interpret satellite laser altimeter-based estimates of fast ice thickness. Moreover, and given its extreme age and thickness, possible biological importance and glaciological significance (see 3 below), the region of perennial fast ice to the immediate east of the Mertz Glacier tongue is a prime candidate for a future multi-disciplinary field measurement campaign. Such measurements would address current major unknowns affecting our satellite altimeter-based estimates of the fast ice thickness, including snow cover thickness and density and ice density. Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3024. Public The proposed research will derive improved estimates of East Antarctic fast-ice extent and thickness, and their variability, from satellite data. ... |
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AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) CONNELL, DAVE J. (author) MASSOM, ROB (collaborator) MASSOM, ROB (hasPrincipalInvestigator) Massom, R. (originator) |
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Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
title_short |
Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
title_full |
Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
title_fullStr |
Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. |
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remote sensing of near-coastal antarctic sea ice and its impacts on ice shelves and ecosystems. |
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Australian Ocean Data Network |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/remote-sensing-near-shelves-ecosystems/2817717 |
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Spatial: westlimit=-180.0; southlimit=-70.0; eastlimit=180.0; northlimit=-63.0 Temporal: From 2008-09-30 to 2011-03-31 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Mertz Glacier Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Mertz Glacier Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/remote-sensing-near-shelves-ecosystems/2817717 ASAC_3024 |
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