Coastal change data for the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1843 to 2008

The dataset records ice coast and ice shelf front positions and hence change for the period 1843 to 2008. Archival maps, aerial photographs and satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula were used to reveal the past shape of the ice coastline. The coastlines were mapped in a GIS (ESRI Arc/Info) using a mosaic of Landsat TM imagery as a common reference. Over 2000 aerial photographs and over 100 satellite images were used to compile the dataset that includes the fronts of 244 glaciers and 20 ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. As the coastlines were digitised on-screen, metadata for each coast segment were added to the attribute table. The dataset is part of a wider project by the U.S. Geological Survey to record coastal-change for the whole continent.

Date (Creation): 2021-09-13

Date (Revision): 2021-09-13

Date (Publication): 2021-09-13

Date (released): 2021-09-13

Edition: 1.0

Unique resource identifier: https://doi.org/10.5285/07727663-9b94-4069-a486-67e4d82177d3

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Unique resource identifier: GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01558

Codespace: https://data.bas.ac.uk/

Other citation details: Please cite this item as: Cook, A., Fox, A., & Thomson, J. (2021). Coastal change data for the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1843 to 2008 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/07727663-9b94-4069-a486-67e4d82177d3

Credit: No credit.

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey	Cook, Alison		Author
British Antarctic Survey	Fox, Adrian		Author
British Antarctic Survey	Thomson, Janet		Author
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Maintenance note: Completed

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

Theme

Antarctic Peninsula
Coastal-change
Glacier
Ice-shelf
USGS

Place

Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
South Shetland Islands Antarctica

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Other constraints: Please cite this dataset as follows:

Cook, A., Fox, A., & Thomson, J. (2021). Coastal change data for the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1843 to 2008 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/07727663-9B94-4069-A486-67E4D82177D3

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Begin date: 1843-01-01

End date: 2008-12-31

Supplemental Information: It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.

Title: European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication): 2008-11-12

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Petroleum Survey Group		EPSGadministrator@iogp.org	Publisher

Unique resource identifier: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031

Version: 6.18.3

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Statement: Methodology:

The coastlines from different sources and different epochs were digitised onto a common reference: a mosaic of Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images with 30 m resolution created by Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie (IfAG), Germany.

Georegistered images (e.g. Landsat ETM+) were digitised directly on-screen and adjusted to the base image mosaic. Other images (e.g. Landsat TM) were registered and rectified to the base mosaic first; non-digital images (e.g. Landsat MSS) were set up on a digitising table.

For aerial photographs, the coastline positions were plotted onto the satellite image backdrop, using permanent rock features visible on the photographs and the photo-scale.

The work used ESRI Arc/Info GIS software.

This dataset is proposed in the following projection: Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG 3031).

Data quality:

The accuracy of the data is variable and related to the quality and resolution of the source maps, aerial photographs and satellite images and how well the coastline positions could be extracted and related to the base image mosaic. The accuracy is listed in the attribute table as three classes. The methods used and accuracy assessment are described in detail in the publications in the references metadata.

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File identifier: 07727663-9b94-4069-a486-67e4d82177d3 XML

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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Hierarchy level name: dataset

Date stamp: 2021-09-13

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003(E)

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

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