Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-19T12:53:26Z amd Search: [Keyword='Ice Sheet'] http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 58 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cuffey_0537661 Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes of Ice in the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core -112.08,-79.47,-112.08,-79.47 2012-11-13T05:00:00Z This award supports analyses of stable isotopes of water, dD, d18O and deuterium excess in the proposed West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS) deep ice core. The project will analyze a continuous ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1261_Balance_Code Ice Sheet Balance Flux computer code BalanceV2.f -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-10T04:00:00Z Ice Sheet Balance Flux computer code BalanceV2.f Fortran computer source code. This program computes the ice fluxes and optionally the ice velocities that would maintain an ice sheet of specified ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]waddington_0636997 Self-consistent Ice Dynamics, Accumulation, Delta-age, and Interpolation of Sparse Age Data using an Inverse Approach 2012-09-06T04:00:00Z We provide a the synthetic, sparse depth-age data generated using a 1-d ice-flow model. The age data include red noise to simulate real depth-age data. The inferred depth-age data profile are included. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]taylor_0440819 Investigation of the Stratigraphy and Time Scale of the WAIS Divide Ice Core Using Electrical Methods 112.1,-79.46667,112.1,-79.46667 2012-07-12T04:00:00Z This award supports a project that is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) program; which is a multi-disciplinary multi-institutional program to investigate the causes of natural ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0436 Microstructural Location and Composition of Impurities in Polar Ice Cores -119.51667,-80.01667,-119.51667,-80.01667106.8,-72.46667,106.8,-72.46667-38.466667,72.583336,-38.466667,72.583336 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z This data set contains measurements of impurities and ions in three polar ice cores: the Vostok 5G ice core and the Byrd ice core from Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) D core. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0494 Grounding Line Strain Grid Surveys, Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica 154.71,-82.86,155.51,-82.78 2006-11-27T00:00:00Z 2007-11-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set provides the results from a strain grid survey deployed across the Kamb Ice Stream grounding line on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The grid was deployed in 2006 and resurveyed in 2007 ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0489 High-resolution Image-derived Grounding and Hydrostatic Lines for the Antarctic Ice Sheet 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set provides grounding line and hydrostatic line locations for the Antarctic coastline and islands around Antarctica. The data are derived using customized software to combine data from ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0141 Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica -158.0,-83.5,-134.3,-82.2 2000-11-11T00:00:00Z 2002-01-28T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0498 MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides 17 years of comprehensive high-resolution mapping of grounding lines ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0484 MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Velocity Map -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides the first comprehensive, high-resolution, digital mosaic of ice motion ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0497 MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf -86.557,-84.679,-26.111,-74.355 2003-11-20T00:00:00Z 2004-02-29T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set provides a structural feature map of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica (also known as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf). The map was developed as part of a project to study fracture propagation ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0435 Methane Isotopes from the WAIS Divide Ice Core 112.09,-79.47,112.09,-79.47 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set includes methane (CH4) isotope data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core, WDC05A, in Antarctica. The data include depth, gas age, and the isotopic composition of ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0500 Millennially Averaged Accumulation Rates for Lake Vostok 68.4,-79.1,80.5,-75.7 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set consists of inferred accumulation rates from three radar layers (26, 35 and 41 thousand years old) in the Vostok Subglacial Lake region. Accumulation rates were inferred using Local-Layer ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0501 Modeled Radar Attenuation Rate Profile at the Vostok 5G Ice Core Site, Antarctica 73.17,-78.47,73.17,-78.47 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z 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, ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0496 Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica -115.457,-79.6401,-109.128,-78.7489 2005-11-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This dataset contains ground-based, co-polarized radar data collected using pulse-modulated 60 MHz and 179 MHz radar at 19 sites around a deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0119 Surface Elevation and Ice Thickness, Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica -157.0,-80.0,-136.0,-71.0 1998-12-25T00:00:00Z 1998-12-27T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z This data set provides surface elevation and ice thickness data for a portion of the Marie Byrd Land sector of West Antarctica, including the Ford Ranges, the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, much of the Edward ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IRMCR1B IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-53.0-74.0,59.0,-12.0,83.0 2009-10-16T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z The IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles (IRMCR1B) data set contains radio echo-sounding measurements over Antarctica taken from the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BRMCR1B Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-53.0-180.0,60.0,180.0,90.0 1993-06-23T00:00:00Z 2007-09-23T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z The Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles (BRMCR1B) data set contains Arctic and Antarctic radio echo-sounding measurements taken from the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAD_Ant_WLD_ice_vel Antarctica - Wilkes Land ice velocity from over_snow traverse Doppler Satellite Position data 94.0,-74.5,131.0,-68.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-27T04:00:00Z Measurements of ice velocity on the surface of the ice sheet in Wilkes Land East Antarctica were made along the routes of oversnow traverses operating out of Casey (66.6 S 110 E). In general, measurements ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0125 GISP2 (B and D Core) Methane Concentrations -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-26T04:00:00Z The data include methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) B & D Cores. Gas ages were calculated according to the methods described in Brook et al. 1996, and are subject to change. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0070 Antarctic Ice Velocity Data -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-50.0 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z This compilation of recent ice velocity data of the Antarctic ice sheet is intended for use by the polar scientific community. The data are presented in tabular form (ASCII), containing latitude, ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0123 Siple Dome Core Date from Measurement of the d18O of Paleoatmospheric Oxygen -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0124 Siple Dome Methane Record -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0122 Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1994-11-01T00:00:00Z 1995-02-28T00:00:00Z 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 1997-02-28T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0120 WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z The WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs' West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding the influence of the West Antarctic ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0121 Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1997-06-01T00:00:00Z 1997-08-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0133 Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1997-06-01T00:00:00Z 1997-08-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0134 Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0129 Siple Shallow Core Density Data -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0132 Taylor Dome Ice Core Data 158.0,-77.0,158.0,-77.0 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z The collection site is Taylor Dome, an ice-accumulation area on the East Antarctic ice sheet. The dome is a ridge about 20 x 80 km, which lies inland of the Transantarctic Mountains. Deep drilling ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0127 Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0131 Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0128 Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0130 Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0126 Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0158.7889,-77.95,158.7889,-77.95 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0414 Antarctic Radar Echograms and Derived Ice Thickness Data from CReSIS -110.0,-77.0,-60.0,-62.0 2002-11-26T00:00:00Z 2004-11-29T00:00:00Z 2011-03-03T05:00:00Z The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) data from the 2002 and 2006 Flight missions. Basic Processing has been done to obtain the radar echograms and derived ice thickness data. Algorithms ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scambos_0538103 Norwegian-United States IPY Scientific Traverse: Climate Variability and Glaciology in East Antarctica 2.5333,-90.0,2.5333,-72.01667 2008-12-23T00:00:00Z 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z 2011-03-01T05:00:00Z This award supports a project of scientific investigations along two overland traverses in East Antarctica: one going from the Norwegian Troll Station (72deg. S, 2deg. E) to the United States South ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JASE_21 Physical properties of shallow snow samples during the JASE traverse 2007/2008 15.0,-78.0,45.0,-69.0 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z To better understand how environmental signals are fixed in snow stratification, two 4m deep pits and two 2m deep pits were dug at several locations. Snow samples were collected for purposes of physical ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2318 Mass flux measurements across the margin of the Antarctic ice sheet 62.0,-70.0,159.0,-62.0 2003-09-30T00:00:00Z 2005-03-31T00:00:00Z 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2318 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- This project is a cooperative venture ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1261 Computer modelling of the mass balance and dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet 62.0,-70.0,159.0,-60.0 2000-09-30T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-07-12T04:00:00Z Computer models have been developed to investigate the present and future balance of ice accumulation and loss for the Antarctic ice sheet. New information about the flow properties of ice has been ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ANDRILL_Pagodroma_Group Battye Glacier Formation Paleontology and Sedimentology, Beaver Lake Region, Antarctica -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2010-07-09T04:00:00Z Glacimarine strata of the Battye Glacier Formation (c.130 m thick), Pagodroma Group, exposed in the Amery Oasis of East Antarctica, provide a record of late Miocene palaeoenvironmental ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Ant_T_Recon Remote Observations of Ice Sheet Surface Temperature: Toward Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Antarctic Climate Variability 2010-07-09T04:00:00Z This project will develop spatially extended and statistically reliable estimates of Antarctic surface temperature variations over the past several centuries, using a multi-proxy calibration/verification ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0474 Ice-Penetrating Radar Data Across Siple Coast grounding Lines -145.0,-82.25,-145.0,-82.25 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-22T00:00:00Z 2010-07-08T04:00:00Z These data consist of ice-penetrating radar data collected on the ground across the grounding line near Siple Dome during the 2006 and 2007 Antarctic summer field seasons. Primarily, the data consist ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AADC-00064 Ice sheet topography and surface characteristics in eastern Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. 120.0,-69.0,120.0,-69.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-06-08T04:00:00Z This dataset is summarised using the abstract from ANARE Research Notes 64, Ice sheet topography and surface characteristics in eastern Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. A comprehensive survey ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]seals_0632325 IPY, The Next Generation: A Community Ice Sheet Model for Scientists and Educators, with Demonstration Experiments in the Amundsen Sea Embayment Region 2010-06-01T04:00:00Z This award supports a project to create a "Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM)". The intellectual merit of the proposed activity is that the development of such a model will aid in advancing the science ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0396 Singular Value Decomposition Analysis of Ice Sheet Model Output Fields -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 2010-03-10T05:00:00Z This data set provides the results of predictive modeling experiments on the Amundsen Sea Embayment region of Antarctica. The models examine how interactions between basal processes and ice sheet ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0240 Antarctic Aerogeophysics Data -90.0,-75.0,90.0,-75.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z The data that the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) provides include various aerogeophysical measurements taken in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf (WAIS) from 1994 to 2001. The instruments ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0336 Antarctic Subglacial Lake Classification Inventory -160.0,-90.0,15.0,-70.0 1998-12-01T00:00:00Z 2001-02-28T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z This data set is an Antarctic radar-based subglacial lake classification collection, which focuses on the radar reflection properties of each given lake. The Subglacial lakes are separated into four ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0304 GLAS/ICESat 500 m Laser Altimetry Digital Elevation Model of Antarctica -180.0,-86.0,180.0,-63.0 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z 2005-06-30T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of elevation, and repeats measurements along nearly-identical ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0299 Snow and Firn Permeability: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation 124.0218,-80.7802,126.0302,-80.5304 2004-01-04T00:00:00Z 2004-01-20T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z This data set contains firn physical properties measured in two meter snow pits and from deeper, 12- to 30-meter firn cores. The physical properties measured in the snow pits include density, permeability ...