Abstract:
This data set provides a modeled radar attenuation rate profile, showing the predicted contributions from pure ice and impurities to radar attenuation at the Vostok 5G ice core site in Antarctica, as well as the total attenuation rate and its formal uncertainty. The model data are based on borehole temperature logs, concentrations of major soluble ions measured from melted ice core samples, and information about the electrical conductivity of ice. Attenuation rates and their spatial variability are important constraints for radar studies of ice sheets. Parameters include depth, total attenuation rate, and attenuation rate contribution from pure ice, acidity, and salinity. Data are available via FTP as a text file (.txt) with columns in comma separated value format.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
N: -78.47
S: -78.47
E: 73.17
W: 73.17
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
MacGregor, J., K. Matsuoka, and M. Studinger
Dataset Title:
Modeled Radar Attenuation Rate Profile at the Vostok 5G Ice Core Site, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date:
2011-08-15
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80309-0449
Country:
USA
Publications/References
MacGregor, J. A., D. P. Winebrenner, H. Conway, K. Matsuoka, P. A. Mayewski, and G. D. Clow. 2007. Modeling englacial radar attenuation at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, using ice chemistry and temperature data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, F03008, doi:10.1029/2006JF000717.
MacGregor, Joseph A., Kenichi Matsuoka, and Micheal Studinger. 2009. Radar detection of accreted ice over Lake Vostok, Antarctica, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 282(1-4), 222-233, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.018
