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AFI 01/05_03 - Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and down-hole instrumentation - GPS data, 2004/06

Entry ID: GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00368

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Summary

Abstract: GPS positions from sensors monitoring ice flow during the RABID Project (Leica and Trimble receivers). Five stations on the ice stream, plus one on slow-moving adjacent ice sheet (Fletcher Promontory), and one on a nunatak (unofficial name &Tolly''s Heel&) in the Ellsworth Mountains. Sensors: Leica 1200 GPS receivers Trimble 5200 GPS receivers Trimble 4000 GPS receivers

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Description: Field report

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.75

S: -78.25

E: -82.0

W: -85.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-11-18

Stop Date: 2006-02-28

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Rutford Ice Stream

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE MOTION

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Instrument

GPS RECEIVERS

Access Constraints This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy - http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp

Ancillary Keywords

GPS

RUTFORD ICE STREAM

WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET

ICE FLOW MONITORING

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

BAS/AEDC/PSD

Data Center

Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

Data Center URL: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//about_bas/our_organisation/eid/pdc/ind...
Dataset ID: GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00368

Data Center Personnel
Name: HELEN CAMPBELL Contact Address: Polar Data Centre British Antarctic Survey

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online FTP

Distribution Size: 1.38 Gb

Fees: See Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Data Policy

Personnel

KEITH MAKINSON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

British Antarctic Survey

Publications/References

Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Smith, A.M., Murray, T., King, M.A., Makinson, K., Nicholls, K.W. & Behar, A.E., 2008. Tidal influence on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: observations of surface flow and basal processes from closely spaced GPS and passive seismic stations. J. Glaciol. 54, 715-724.

Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Murray T., Smith A., Nicholls K., Makinson K., King ... M., Behar A. 2005. Tidal Modulation of the Flow of Rutford Ice. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 86, No. 52, C43A-05.

Barrett, B.E, Nicholls, K.W., Murray, T., Smith, A.M., & Vaughan, D.G., 2009. Recent rapid warming on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica from borehole thermometry Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L02708

Makinson, K., 2003. Future hot-water drilling on Rutford Ice Stream, 2004-05. In Smedsrud, L., ed., Forum for Research in Ice Shelf Processes, FRISP Report No. 14, 1-4, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen.

Murray, T., Smith, A.M., King, M.A. & G.P. Weedon, 2007. Ice flow modulated by tides at up to annual periods at Rutford ice Stream, West Antarctica Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L18503.

Murray, T., Corr. H., Forieri, A, & Smith, A.M., 2008. Contrasts in hydrology between regions of basal deformation and sliding beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, mapped using radar and seismic data Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L12504.

Smith, A.M., 2005. RABID: Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and down-hole instrumentation. British Antarctic Survey Field Report, R/2004/S3. (http://ralph.swan.ac.uk/glaciology/projects/rabid/rabid_field_repor...)

Smith A.M., Murray T., Nicholls K.W., Makinson K., Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Behar A. 2005. Rapid sediment erosion and drumlin formation observed beneath a fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 86, No. 52, C13A-04.

Smith A.M., Murray T., Nicholls K.W., Makinson K., Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Behar A. 2005. Rapid erosion and deposition of sediment, and water redistribution beneath Rutford ice Stream. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Annual Workshop, 12, 1.

Smith, A.M., Murray, T., Nicholls, K.W., Makinson, K., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Behar, A.E. & D.G. Vaughan, D.G., 2007. Rapid erosion, drumlin formation and changing hydrology beneath an Antarctic ice stream Geology 35, 127-130.

Smith, A.M. & Murray, T., in press. Bedform topography and basal conditions beneath a fast-flowing West Antarctic ice stream. Quat. Sci. Rev.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-02-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-04-27

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