Abstract:
Positions of large (typically greater than 10 nmi) tabular icebergs around Antarctica derived from enhanced resolution historic and present scatterometer data.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
N: -50.0
S: -80.0
E: 180.0
W: -180.0
Max Altitude:
SURFACE
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Long, David G. and Jarom Ballantyne
Dataset Title:
Southern Hemisphere Iceberg Tracking from Scatterometer data
Dataset Release Place:
Provo, UT
Dataset Publisher:
NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder
Data Presentation Form:
ASCII data base
Other Citation Details:
Long, D.G. and C. Bertoia, "Is the number of icebergs around Antarctica really increasing?", EOS, Trans. AGU, 2002.
Quality
Manually-derived from time-series of enhanced resolution scatterometer images. Considered superior in number and accuracy to the U.S. National Ice Center Database.
