Positions and dimensions of the A68 icebergs between September 2020 and April 2021 ...

• Main Authors: Smith, Roseanne, Bigg, Grant
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2023
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","ICEBERGS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","SEA ICE","ICEBERGS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","SEA ICE","ICEBERGS"; A68; Icebergs; South Georgia; satellite observations; trajectories; Centre Point; Scotia Sea; Sheffield; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/d56d9e3f-80d2-4076-9e70-24f662c0e362; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01732

This dataset contains daily positions of the A68 family of giant icebergs during their drift through the Scotia Sea and South Atlantic between 2020-09-01 and 2021-04-16. Positions were obtained using optical imagery collected by MODIS Aqua and Terra satellites. For the parent iceberg A68A, the evolv...