Fluctuations of Heard Island Glaciers 1947-2014

• Other Authors: DONOGHUE, SHAVAWN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HARRIS, URSULA (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HARRIS, URSULA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; inlandWaters; GLACIERS; EARTH SCIENCE; TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY; Glacier extent; SATELLITES; SPOT-1 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-1; SPOT-2 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-2; SPOT-3 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-3; SPOT-4 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-4; SPOT-5 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-5; SPOT-6 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-6; SPOT-7 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-7; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; Heard; McDonald Islands; Stephenson; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/fluctuations-heard-island-1947-2014/701068; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Heard_2016_glaciers; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Understanding of changes in the extent of the Heard Island glaciers has been derived from comparison of brief journal accounts, photographs and drawings made during the early sealing period and later, as scientists began to explore this remote island, from published reports, photographs, satellite i...