Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica
A new topographic database for King George Island, one of the most visited areas in Antarctica, is presented. Data from differential GPS surveys, gained during the summers 1997/98 and 1999/2000, were combined with up to date coastlines from a SPOT satellite image mosaic, and topographic information...
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 2024-09-15T17:47:58+00:00 Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica Braun, Matthias Holger Simões, Jefferson Cardia Vogt, Steffen Bremer, Ulisses Franz Saurer, Helmut Aquino, Francisco E LATITUDE: -62.022000 * LONGITUDE: -58.294000 2002 application/pdf, 5.5 MBytes https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 en eng PANGAEA Braun, Matthias Holger; Simões, Jefferson Cardia; Vogt, Steffen; Bremer, Ulisses Franz; Blindow, Norbert; Pfender, Marion; Saurer, Helmut; Aquino, Francisco E; Ferron, Francisco A (2001): An improved topographic database for King George Island: compilation, application and outlook. Antarctic Science, 13(1), 41-52, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102001000074 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Department of Physical Geography, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Supplement to: Braun, Matthias Holger; Simões, Jefferson Cardia; Vogt, Steffen; Bremer, Ulisses Franz; Saurer, Helmut; Aquino, Francisco E (2002): A new satellite image map of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polarforschung, 71(1-2), 47-48, hdl:10013/epic.29872.d001 IMCOAST/IMCONet Impact of climate induced glacier melt on marine coastal systems Antarctica King_George_Island King George Island Antarctic Peninsula Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158 dataset 2002 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.11470310.1017/S0954102001000074 2024-07-24T02:31:22Z A new topographic database for King George Island, one of the most visited areas in Antarctica, is presented. Data from differential GPS surveys, gained during the summers 1997/98 and 1999/2000, were combined with up to date coastlines from a SPOT satellite image mosaic, and topographic information from maps as well as from the Antarctic Digital Database. A digital terrain model (DTM) was generated using ARC/INFO GIS. From contour lines derived from the DTM and the satellite image mosaic a satellite image map was assembled. Extensive information on data accuracy, the database as well as on the criteria applied to select place names is given in the multilingual map. A lack of accurate topographic information in the eastern part of the island was identified. It was concluded that additional topographic surveying or radar interferometry should be conducted to improve the data quality in this area. In three case studies, the potential applications of the improved topographic database are demonstrated. The first two examples comprise the verification of glacier velocities and the study of glacier retreat from the various input data-sets as well as the use of the DTM for climatological modelling. The last case study focuses on the use of the new digital database as a basic GIS (Geographic Information System) layer for environmental monitoring and management on King George Island. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Science Antarctica King George Island Polarforschung Sea ice PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science ENVELOPE(-58.294000,-58.294000,-62.022000,-62.022000) |
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IMCOAST/IMCONet Impact of climate induced glacier melt on marine coastal systems Antarctica King_George_Island King George Island Antarctic Peninsula Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158 Braun, Matthias Holger Simões, Jefferson Cardia Vogt, Steffen Bremer, Ulisses Franz Saurer, Helmut Aquino, Francisco E Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica |
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IMCOAST/IMCONet Impact of climate induced glacier melt on marine coastal systems Antarctica King_George_Island King George Island Antarctic Peninsula Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158 |
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A new topographic database for King George Island, one of the most visited areas in Antarctica, is presented. Data from differential GPS surveys, gained during the summers 1997/98 and 1999/2000, were combined with up to date coastlines from a SPOT satellite image mosaic, and topographic information from maps as well as from the Antarctic Digital Database. A digital terrain model (DTM) was generated using ARC/INFO GIS. From contour lines derived from the DTM and the satellite image mosaic a satellite image map was assembled. Extensive information on data accuracy, the database as well as on the criteria applied to select place names is given in the multilingual map. A lack of accurate topographic information in the eastern part of the island was identified. It was concluded that additional topographic surveying or radar interferometry should be conducted to improve the data quality in this area. In three case studies, the potential applications of the improved topographic database are demonstrated. The first two examples comprise the verification of glacier velocities and the study of glacier retreat from the various input data-sets as well as the use of the DTM for climatological modelling. The last case study focuses on the use of the new digital database as a basic GIS (Geographic Information System) layer for environmental monitoring and management on King George Island. |
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Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica |
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Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica |
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Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica |
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Satellite image map of King George Island, Antarctica |
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Department of Physical Geography, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Supplement to: Braun, Matthias Holger; Simões, Jefferson Cardia; Vogt, Steffen; Bremer, Ulisses Franz; Saurer, Helmut; Aquino, Francisco E (2002): A new satellite image map of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polarforschung, 71(1-2), 47-48, hdl:10013/epic.29872.d001 |
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Braun, Matthias Holger; Simões, Jefferson Cardia; Vogt, Steffen; Bremer, Ulisses Franz; Blindow, Norbert; Pfender, Marion; Saurer, Helmut; Aquino, Francisco E; Ferron, Francisco A (2001): An improved topographic database for King George Island: compilation, application and outlook. Antarctic Science, 13(1), 41-52, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102001000074 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114703 |
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