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Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
Entry ID:
NSIDC-0496
Summary
Abstract:
This dataset contains ground-based, co-polarized radar data collected using pulse-modulated 60 MHz and 179 MHz radar at 19 sites around a deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS Divide). At each site, the radar data were collected at 12 orientations of the radar polarization plane for three radar pulse widths: 250 nsec, 500 nsec, and 1000 nsec. Useful signals were received from depths roughly between 200 m and 2000 m. Ice flow velocities and strain configurations were measured at most of these radar survey sites, and these ice motion data are also provided at NSIDC (GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica). Data are available via FTP in MATLAB (.mat) format.
Geographic Coverage
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Matsuoka, K.
Dataset Title:
Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
Dataset Release Date:
2011-08-30
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0496.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
2005-11-01
Stop Date:
2007-01-31
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Platform
Instrument
Access Constraints
To access to the data contact Spanish National Polar Data Centre.
Use Constraints
To access to the data contact Spanish National Polar Data Centre.
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+34913495889
Fax:
+34913495929
Email:
o.bermudez at igme.es
Contact Address:
Centro Nacional de Datos Antarticos
Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana
C/ Rios Rosas 23
City:
Madrid
Postal Code:
E-28003
Country:
SPAIN
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2008-11-19
Last DIF Revision Date:
2009-01-12
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