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Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM04 Brancker thermistor data

Entry ID: ASAC_1164_AM04_Brancker

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Summary

Abstract: AM04 borehole drilled January 2006.
Annual data retrieved for 2006, and 2007.

Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.

New data for 2011 was added in November of 2011.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -69.9	S: -69.9	E: 70.29	W: 70.29
Min Altitude: 71.6 M
Min Depth: 600 M

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
ASAC_1164_AM04

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-01-09

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

INLAND WATERS

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

MAPS

Instrument

SEDIMENT CORERS

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

Ancillary Keywords

ARCSS Data Coordination Center

ARCSS131

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_ARCSS

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: arcss131

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Dataset ID: arcss131

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: 1 KB to 11,260 KB

Distribution Format: shapefiles

Personnel

LAURENCE C. SMITH

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (310) 825-3154

Fax: (310) 206-5976

Email: lsmith at geog.ucla.ed

Contact Address:

1255 Bunche Hall

PO Box 951524

Mail code: 152403

University of California

City: Los Angeles

Province or State: CA

Postal Code: 90095

Country: USA

Publications/References

Sheng, Y., L.C. Smith, G. MacDonald, K.V. Kremenetski, K.E. Frey, A.A. Velichko, M. Lee, D.W. Beilman, and P. Dubinin. 2004. A High-Resolution GIS- Based Inventory of the West Siberian Peat Carbon Pool. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB3004, doi:10.1029/2003GB002190.

Smith, L.C., G.M. MacDonald, K.E. Frey, A. Velichko, K. Kremenetski, O. Borisova, P. Dubinin, and R.R. Forster. 2000. U.S.-Russian venture probes Siberian peatlands' sensitivity to climate. Feature article, Eos, 81 (43), 497, 503-504.

Smith, L.C., G.M. MacDonald, A.A. Velichko, D.W. Beilman, O.K. Borisova, K.E. Frey, K.V. Kremenetski, and Y. Sheng. 2004. Siberian Peatlands a Net Carbon Sink and Global Methane Source Since the Early Holocene. Science, 303 (5656), 353-356.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-05-24

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-11

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