Time-lapse video of McMurdo Ice Shelf surface melting and hydrology

During the Austral summer melt season of 2016-2017, an automatic camera was placed overlooking a surface lake feature on the McMurdo Ice Shelf. This camera created a time-lapse video (30 minute photograph time intervals) used to observe the filling and draining of the lake called Rift-Tip Lake locat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banwell, Alison, Macayeal, Douglas R.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center 2018
Subjects:
Ice Shelf
Supraglacial Meltwater
Glaciology
Photo/Video
Antarctica
Glaciers/Ice Sheet
Cryosphere
Austral
McMurdo Ice Shelf
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15784/601113
http://www.usap-dc.org/view/dataset/601113
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Summary:During the Austral summer melt season of 2016-2017, an automatic camera was placed overlooking a surface lake feature on the McMurdo Ice Shelf. This camera created a time-lapse video (30 minute photograph time intervals) used to observe the filling and draining of the lake called Rift-Tip Lake located approximately 2 km from the McMurdo Ice Shelf ice front. The data was used in support of a field project to measure the flexural response of the McMurdo Ice Shelf (and ice shelves in general) to the filling and draining of supraglacial lakes. The time-lapse video begins 16 November 2016 and ends 27 January 2017.

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