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1. Orthophoto of the Davis region (East Antarctica) produced in 2012 [Davis_region_ortho]
The extent of the Davis region orthophoto is from Powell Point in the north to Ellis Narrows in the south and from Plough Island in the west and to the eastern end of Lake Stinear in the east. The ...


2. Global 30-Arc-Second Elevation Data Set [GTOPO30]
Digital elevation model (DEM) data are sampled arrays of surface elevations in raster form. A DEM provides elevation values in rows and columns, corresponding to a regular grid of points on the Earth's ...


3. CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dome C, Antarctica - Instrumented Site [CEOS_CalVal_Test_Site-Dome_C-Antarctica]
On the background of these requirements for sensor calibration, intercalibration and product validation, the subgroup on Calibration and Validation of the Committee on Earth Observing System (CEOS) ...


4. World Maps from the U.S. Geological Survey [WORLD_MAPS]
The USGS provides a series of planetary maps featuring more than 750 titles. These include selected maps of the Moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and the moons of Jupiter. Planetary maps are available ...


5. Landsat-7 Calibration Parameter File V002 [L7CPF2]
The Landsat-7 satellite was launched on April 15, 1999. The Calibration team has recently documented that the gains of the reflective bands have degraded over the past 14 years. On April 1, 2013, ...


6. Orthorectification of WorldView-2 imagery of eastern Heard Island, acquired 23 December 2010 [worldview-2_23dec2010_ortho]
The images in these two directories are the result of a rigorous orthorectification of the panchromatic band and eight multispectral bands of the two WorldView-2 images of the east coast of Heard ...


7. Orthorectification of IKONOS imagery of eastern Heard Island, acquired 17 and 25 January 2004 [SIC_266_267_ortho]
These IKONOS images of the east coast of Heard Island were acquired on the 17th and 25th of January 2004. These images have been used in project AAS2939 as the baseline for analysis and change detection ...


8. soil sampling from glacier-retreat regions in Svalbard in 2012 [KPDC_SSGRR_SVALVARD_2012]
The research area involves the glacier-retreat regions in Vestre Lovenbreen, Midtre Lovenbreen and Austre Lovenbreen, which are located in Kongsfijorden in Svalvard, Norway. We collected our soil ...


9. soil sampling from glacier-retreat regions in Svalvard in 2011 [KPDC_SSGRR_SVALVARD_2011]
The research area involves the glacier-retreat region in Vestre Lovenbreen and Midtre Lovenbreen which are located in Kongsfijorden in Svalvard, Norway. We collected our soil samples along a transect ...


10. soil sampling from long-term climate manipulation plots in Zackenberg, Greenland in 2011 [KPDC_SSLMP_GREENLAND_2011]
There are two long-term monitoring plots which have different dominated plant species (Cassiope tetragona and Salix arctica) in Zackenberg. Each plot has five climate manipulation treatment with five ...


11. Soil samples in Alaska in 2010 [KPDC_SS_ALA_2010]
Soil samples in Alaska in 2010


12. Soil samples in Alaska in 2011 [KPDC_SS_ALA_2011]
Soil samples in Alaska in 2011


13. Soil samples near Cambridge Bay of Canada in 2012 [KPDC_SS_CBC_2012]
Soil samples near Cambridge Bay of Canada in 2012


14. Geology of new locatilies on Tabarin Peninsula, Northern Antarctic Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_TABARIN_LOCALITIES]
New outcrops of the Hope Bay Formation and Larsen Basin rocks have been exposed by the recent ice retreat on Tabarin Peninsula, Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Quartzose, very low-grade metasedimentary ...


15. Topographic Mapping of Potter Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_MAP-POTTER]
The Dallmann Geological Project: "Geological mapping of Potter Peninsula". Elaboration of a newly actualized geological map of Potter Peninsula, using sub-meter GPS techniques. All topographic, geologic ...


16. Geology of possible runway sites in the Davis region, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica [ANARE-98]
From the abstract of the referenced publication: Five possible runway sites have been proposed within 4 km of Davis on the northwestern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Most are on on thin, ...


17. IPY-100 - Polar Field Stations and IPY History: Culture, Heritage, Governance (1882-Present) [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00471]
Field stations have been through one of the most salient and tangible features of IPYs since 1882-83 and through to the coming IPY 2007-08. Field stations, and the scientific expeditions that created ...


18. CACHE-DRAM: DRivers and AMplifiers of late Quaternary climate change [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00509]
Ice core records provide highly detailed records of how different components of the climate system have behaved in the past. DRAM will make use of these and other data to pin down the main forcings ...


19. GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism? [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00518]
GEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...


20. GRADES-QWAD: Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00521]
Current predictions of sea level rise do not correctly quantify contributions from Antarctica. Some sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet are showing considerable rates of change; are these changes a ...


21. Exposed rock and blue ice features digitised from satellite images [gis310]
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre digitises on-screen topographic features from satellite images as required for various projects and applications. Ice free areas (exposed rock) were digitised ...


22. CACHE-CEFAC: Chemical Exchange and Feedbacks between the Atmosphere and Cryosphere [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00508]
We will conduct year-round atmospheric chemistry measurements at Halley of key oxidants (OH, HO2, NO, O3, CO, Js), to study the role of the snowpack in determining the oxidant system. This will be ...


23. The influence of water and nutrient availability on bryophyte communities in continental Antarctica [ASAC_1087]
Bryophyte Ecophysiology - response to water and nutrients. This project is also related to ASAC project 1313 (ASAC_1313) - Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring ...


24. HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS OF ADMIRALTY BAY, KING GEORGE ISLAND [ECA052]
A temporal reconstruction of heavy metals contamination in Admiralty bay, King George Island, was conduced through the analyses of sediment profiles. Ages of the layers were determined using 210Pb ...


25. Landsat 8 [Landsat_8]
This data set is a raster file containing global information for bands 1 through 11 for Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Land Imager (TIRS).


26. Data collected from in-situ soil sensors placed at Macquarie Island and Casey Station [Soil_Sensors]
Data are collected for the purposes of monitoring on-ground works at Australian Antarctic stations associated with the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Output datasets consist ...


27. Macquarie Island soil collection site details for 2009/10 season - Azorella dieback project, Macquarie Island [ASAC_3095-Macca-soil-0910-Jared]   PARENT DIF
This data contains the spatial information associated with the sites from which the soil samples were collected. It also contains the initial weights for each soil sample. Soil samples were collected ...


28. Field and lab books from ASAC project 2952 - Spatial variability in polar soil ecosystems: An integrated study of genes, microbial biodiversity and landform evolution as a baseline for monitoring climate change [ASAC_2952_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station, Macquarie Island and Kingston between 2007 and 2012 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 2952 - Spatial variability in ...


29. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI]
The 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 111 variables for 235 countries and territories. This index ...


30. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


31. Copies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 1100 - Contaminants in the Antarctic environment [ASAC_1100_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station between 1998 and 2003 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 1100 - Contaminants in the Antarctic environment.


32. Copies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 1163 - Remediation of petroleum contaminants in the Antarctic and subantarctic [ASAC_1163_field_lab_books]
These are the electronic scanned copies of the lab and field books used for ASAC (AAS) project 1163 (Remediation of petroleum contaminants in the Antarctic and subantarctic) between 1999 and 2012. ...


33. Copies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 1300 - Development and application of technologies for the removal of heavy-metal contaminants from run-off associated with abandoned waste disposal sites [ASAC_1300_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station between 1998 and 2003 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 1300 - Development and application of technologies for the ...


34. Copies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 2397 - In situ chemical stabilisation of contaminants in freezing ground [ASAC_2937_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station in 2009, and 2010/11 summer seasons, for ASAC (AAS) project 2937 - In situ chemical stabilisation of contaminants ...


35. Changes in vegetation on Macquarie Island 2000 to 2007 [ASAC_1015_macca_veg_change]
Taken from the report in the download file: Plot data and satellite imagery were used to examine changes in vegetation between 2000 and 2007. These data were examined in light of changes in rabbit ...


36. GIS data created for the Broknes Peninsula and Larsemann Hills Environmental Management maps published 2005 [larsemann_envmanagement_maps]
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre, in liaison with the Environment Protection and Policy section of the Australian Antarctic Division published two environmental management maps of the Larsemann ...


37. The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter [NSF-ANT10-39365]
This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth ...


38. MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath 1km [MYD11_L2]
The MODIS/Aqua version-5 (V5) level-2 LST/E data (Shortname: MYD11_L2) incorporate 1-km pixels, which are produced daily at 5-minute increments using the generalized split-window algorithm. This algorithm ...


39. MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG [MYD11C2]
The MODIS/Aqua LST/E 8-Day L3 Global CMG product (Short name: MYD11C2) is an 8-day composited average, derived from the MYD11C1 daily global product, and stored as clear-sky LST values during an 8-day ...


40. MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG [MYD11C1]
The MODIS/Aqua LST/E L3 Global CMG (Short name: MYD11C1) products incorporate 0.05 degree (5600 meters at the equator) pixels, which are derived from the MOD11B1 daily global 6 km grid product, and ...


41. MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid [MYD11A1]
The MODIS/Aqua LST/E L3 Global 1 Km Grid (Short name: MYD11A1) products incorporate 1-km pixels, which are produced daily using the generalized split-window LST algorithm. This algorithm is optimally ...


42. MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 6km SIN Grid [MYD11B1]
The MODIS/Aqua LST/E L3 Global 1 km Grid (Short name: MYD11B1) products incorporate 6 km pixels (4.63 km pixels for versions prior to V005), which are produced daily using the day/night LST algorithm ...


43. MODIS/Aqua Surface Reflectance 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid [MYD09A1]
The MODIS Surface Reflectance products provide an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption. Low-level ...


44. MODIS/Aqua Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid [MYD09GA]
The MODIS Surface Reflectance products are an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption. Low-level ...


45. MODIS/Aqua Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 250m SIN Grid [MYD09GQ]
The MODIS Surface Reflectance products are an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption. Low-level ...


46. MODIS/Aqua Thermal Anomalies/Fire Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid [MYD14A1]
MODIS Thermal Anomalies/Fire products are primarily derived from MODIS 4- and 11-micrometer radiances. The fire detection strategy is based on absolute detection of a fire (when the fire strength ...


47. MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid [MYD13A2]
Global MODIS vegetation indices are designed to provide consistent spatial and temporal comparisons of vegetation conditions. Blue, red, and near-infrared reflectances, centered at 469-nanometers, ...


48. MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN [MYD13A1]
Global MODIS vegetation indices are designed to provide consistent spatial and temporal comparisons of vegetation conditions. Blue, red, and near-infrared reflectances, centered at 469-nanometers, ...


49. MODIS/Terra BRDF/Albedo Model-1 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid [MOD43B1]
This product has been decommissioned. MOD43B1 contains four dimensional data sets of BRDF and Albedo parameters: x,y, and parameter values are stored for each wavelength band of data. For example, ...


50. MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath 1km [MOD11_L2]
The MODIS/Terra level-2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) data (Shortname: MOD11_L2) incorporate 1 km pixels, which are produced daily at 5-minute increments using the generalized split-window ...


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