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Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf
Entry ID: ASAC_1164

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Summary
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Most of the snow falling on inland Antarctica drains via large ice streams and floating ice shelves to the sea where it lost by iceberg calving or as melt beneath the shelves. Ocean interaction beneath the shelves is complicated, and regions of basal refreezing as well as melt occur. These processes are important not only because they are a major component ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -69.19   S: -70.56   E: 72.64   W: 70.37
Min Depth: 100 M Max Depth: 1350 M

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-01-01
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GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
FIELD INVESTIGATION Ancillary Description
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Note - depths provided in spatial coverage are referenced back to sea level. The minimum depth asl refers to the height of the ice surface.
Access Constraints Currently only data greater than two years old is publicly available. More data will come on line as further seasonal uploads are conducted.

A summary excel file is available for download from the URL given below.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
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Data Center
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/
Dataset ID: AWS 3 hour data

Data Center Personnel
Name: MATTHEW A. LAZZARA
Phone: (608) 262-0436
Fax: (608) 263-6738
Email: amrc at ssec.wisc.edu
Email: mattl at ssec.wisc.edu
Contact Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
Space Science and Engineering Center
901 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Building
1225 West Dayton Street
City: Madison
Province or State: WI
Postal Code: 53706
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: Various
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Fees: Free
Personnel
LINDA M. KELLER
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (608) 265-2209
Fax: (608) 263-6738
Email: linda at ice.ssec.wisc.edu
Contact Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
945 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science Building
1225 West Dayton Street
City: Madison
Province or State: WI
Postal Code: 53706
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-10-12
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-01

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