Summary Abstract: This data set is comprised of optical images of ice core sections, acquired with a digital line-scan camera in the cold room facility at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Ice core sections are archival cuts which have rough-out rounds of ice with a single plane cut along one side. Ice sections were illuminated with fiber optic light guides connected to a 1000 watt (W) xenon light source. Original scan resolution varies from about 0.05 mm to 0.1 mm, and is documented in the metadata for each image. Images are in uncompressed Tagged Image File (.tif) form, with resolutions of 1.0 mm and 0.1 mm. Depth of image in the ice core is documented in the metadata files for each image. Data are available via FTP as .tif image files. Supporting information is available as ASCII text files (.txt), and other file formats readable with a freely available image processing program, IceImageJ.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Geographic Coverage

N: -79.46667

S: -79.46667

E: -112.083336

W: -112.083336

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kenneth C. McGwire Dataset Title: WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica Dataset Release Date: 2010-02-10 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0375.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE >ICE CORE RECORDS    [Definition]

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS >VISIBLE IMAGERY    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS    [Information]

LABORATORY    [Information]

FIELD INVESTIGATION    [Information]

Instrument

CAMERAS    [Information]

Project

WAISCORES >West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores    [Information]

Keywords

Antarctica

Ice Core

Ice Core Data

Ice Cores

WAIS

West Antarctica

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center    [Information] Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org 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

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center    [Information] Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/ Data Center Personnel Name: NSIDC AGDC 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: 16 GB Distribution_Format: TIFF

Personnel

KENNETH CHRISTIAN MCGWIRE Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 775-673-7324 Fax: 775-673-7485 Email: kenm at dri.edu Contact Address: DRI-DEES 2215 Raggio Parkway City: Reno Province or State: NV Postal Code: 89512 Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT 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

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-06-01 Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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