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Thwaites Glacier time series of surface elevations at (107.09 W, 75.48 S) from January 2012 to November 2020

A time series of surface elevation at a point on Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. The point is on grounded ice and is upstream of a sub-shelf cavity on the west flank of the fast-moving core of Thwaites Glacier. There are a total of 88 points. First column = yyyy-mm-dd, second column = elevation in metres.





The work was funded by NERC projects NE/P011365/1 and NE/S006605/1.

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Date (Creation)
2021-05-25
Date (Revision)
2021-05-25
Date (Publication)
2021-05-25
Date (released)
2021-05-25
Edition

1.0

Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.5285/21b3d4fa-0edf-4b05-b762-b4633616b0bc
Codespace

doi

Unique resource identifier
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01504
Codespace

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

Unique resource identifier
NE/P011365/1
Codespace

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Unique resource identifier
NE/S006605/1
Codespace

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Other citation details

Please cite this item as: Bevan, S., Luckman, A., & Benn, D. (2021). Thwaites Glacier time series of surface elevations at (107.09 W, 75.48 S) from January 2012 to November 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/21b3d4fa-0edf-4b05-b762-b4633616b0bc

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No credit.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Swansea University

Bevan, Suzanne Author

Swansea University

Luckman, Adrian Author

University of St Andrews

Benn, Douglas 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
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
Theme
  • ITGC

  • Thwaites Glacier

  • ice surface elevation

  • point data

Place
  • Along the western flank of the fast-flowing core of Thwaites Glacier. Antarctica

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Elevation
  • Hydrography
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no limitations to public access
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no limitations
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License
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Open Government Licence v3.0
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Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0

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No restrictions apply.

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url
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Cross reference
Unique resource identifier
doi
Codespace

doi

Association Type
Cross reference
Unique resource identifier
doi
Codespace

doi

Association Type
Cross reference
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Elevation
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2012-01-06
End date
2020-11-02
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
Cited responsible party
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

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk

Distributor
Distributor format
Name Version
text/plain
Units of distribution

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Transfer size
2048
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=21b3d4fa-0edf-4b05-b762-b4633616b0bc

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Methodology:

The points were extracted from digital elevation models (DEMs) based on an interferometric analysis of TanDEM-X satellite system synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Phase-scaling of the interferograms utilised the supplied orbit data. The DEMs were geocoded first using the RAMP DEM (Liu et al., 2015) and then, iteratively, using the DEMs themselves. The DEMs were calibrated in the vertical using an ICESat-2 point at (107.49°W, 75.47°S) acquired on 2018-11-05. Heights are relative to the WGS84 ellipsoid. Processing is described fully in the reference paper.

Data collection:

Feature tracking was carried out using Gamma Remote Sensing software 20190603.

Data quality:

9. Via comparison with ICESat-2 data and in consideration of orbit uncertainty, the original DEMs have an estimated vertical uncertainty of ±3 m.

Metadata

File identifier
21b3d4fa-0edf-4b05-b762-b4633616b0bc XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2021-05-25
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

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Keywords

ITGC Thwaites Glacier ice surface elevation point data
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Elevation Hydrography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers


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