[Keyword='Radio echo sounding']
Radio-echo sounding (RES) ice thickness data: Amery Ice Shelf 1988-89
Entry ID: Amery_RES_88-89

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Summary
Abstract: A Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf series of airborne (Squirrel helicopter and Twin Otter fixed wing) RES profiles were conducted over two summer seasons; 1988/89 and 1989/90. The ANARE Mk V 100 MHz digital ice radar recorded ice thicknesses continuously along nearly 10,000 km of various flight paths operating out of Mawson (67.60 S, 62.88 E), Davis (68.58 S, 77.97 E), Dovers (70.22 S, 65.87 E) or Beaver Lake (70.80 S, 68.18 E).

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The fields in this dataset are:

Mission ID
Latitude
Longitude
Ice Thickness
Surface Elevation
Water Column Thickness
Bed Elevation
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -68.0   S: -74.0   E: 82.0   W: 63.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1988-12-01
Stop Date: 1989-12-31
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AIRCRAFT Ancillary Description
Quality Gaps in the data (approximately 20% dropout) arose from loss of signal return in areas of extremely deep ice and/or internal reflections from complex structures within the ice. The ANARE Mk V 100 MHz ice radar produced peak power of 4 kW with a pulse duration of 250 ns and repetition rate of 10 kHz. A logarithmic amplifier stage was incorporated into the system. Fixed wing (Twin Otter) antenna ... View entire text
Access Constraints Raw data were recorded on 35 mm BandW film and has been scaled into spreadsheet format (MS Excel) approximately every 1 km along track. Spreadsheet (MS Excel) geocoded files.

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Originating Center
AAD
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Size: 65 kb
Distribution Format: .csv
Fees: free
Personnel
IAN ALLISON
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6226 7648
Fax: +61 3 6226 7650
Email: ian.allison at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10
Future DIF Review Date: 1999-10-07

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