Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been receiving regular satellite photo coverage of the Antarctic Peninsula area since 1967. Supplied by courtesy of the United States Environmental Science Services Administration from their National Environmental Satellite Center, the photographs have been use...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:526312 2023-05-15T13:41:44+02:00 Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area Swithinbank, Charles 1970 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526312/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368 unknown Cambridge University Press Swithinbank, Charles. 1970 Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area. Polar Record, 15 (94). 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1970 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368 2023-02-04T19:49:55Z The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been receiving regular satellite photo coverage of the Antarctic Peninsula area since 1967. Supplied by courtesy of the United States Environmental Science Services Administration from their National Environmental Satellite Center, the photographs have been used principally to observe the distribution of pack ice to facilitate the passage of the Survey's ships to Antarctic stations. While they are proving of immense importance in sea ice studies, they have also been used to plot the changing position of ice fronts. In the long term the series will provide an unparalleled source of data for climatology, since cloud patterns continually reveal weather systems that cannot be identified from observations coming only from the sparse network of meteorological stations in Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica British Antarctic Survey Polar Record Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Polar Record 15 94 19 24 |
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The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been receiving regular satellite photo coverage of the Antarctic Peninsula area since 1967. Supplied by courtesy of the United States Environmental Science Services Administration from their National Environmental Satellite Center, the photographs have been used principally to observe the distribution of pack ice to facilitate the passage of the Survey's ships to Antarctic stations. While they are proving of immense importance in sea ice studies, they have also been used to plot the changing position of ice fronts. In the long term the series will provide an unparalleled source of data for climatology, since cloud patterns continually reveal weather systems that cannot be identified from observations coming only from the sparse network of meteorological stations in Antarctica. |
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Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area |
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Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area |
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Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area |
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Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area |
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Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area |
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satellite photographs of the antarctic peninsula area |
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Swithinbank, Charles. 1970 Satellite photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula Area. Polar Record, 15 (94). 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400060368> |
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