GLAS Validation on the Amery Ice Shelf

• Other Authors: COLEMAN, RICHARD (hasPrincipalInvestigator), COLEMAN, RICHARD (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; oceans; ICE SHEETS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION; ANTARCTICA; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS; GLAS; GPS; ICE VOLUME; SEA-LEVEL; Altimeters; GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System; Radar Altimeters; GPS > Global Positioning System; GPS RECEIVERS; ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1; ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2; Global Positioning System Satellites; ICESAT > Ice; Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite; SATELLITES; ICESAT-2 > Cloud; and land Elevation Satellite-2; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amery Ice Shelf; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Amery; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/glas-validation-amery-ice-shelf/699652; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5563D6027B56D; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1263; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1263 See the link below for public details on this project. --- Public Summary from Project --- The project will involve making a series of measurements of the ice-sheet topography using GPS static and kinematic procedures so that they can be used to calibrate/validate measurements made from the new generation of satellite geoscience laser altimeter systems (GLAS). The measurements of the ice sheet topography will be made near-simultaneously (within 8-16 days) from both GPS and laser systems (and possibly also from an aircraft laser altimeter) and used to assess the error budgets of the GLAS satellite. The overall goal of the project is to determine the seasonal and interannual variation in surface elevation of the Antarctic ice sheet. This information is essential for predicting future changes in ice volume and sea-level. See the documentation provided in the dataset for more information.