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Grounding zone location across Antarctica from CryoSat-2 radar altimetry 2010-2017

This dataset provides a map of the Antarctic grounding zone. The map is assembled using CryoSat-2 satellite radar altimetry data spanning between 2010-2017. This dataset provides both the limit of tidal flexure (point F) and hydrostatic equilibrium (point H) of the grounding zone.





Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/N011511/1.

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Date (Creation)
2019-08-20
Date (Revision)
2019-08-20
Date (Publication)
2019-08-20
Date (released)
2019-08-20
Edition

1.0

Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.5285/40c0b0c6-533c-43e7-9761-38225dac3084
Codespace

doi

Unique resource identifier
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01231
Codespace

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

Unique resource identifier
NE/N011511/1
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Please cite this item as: Dawson, G., & Bamber, J. (2019). Grounding zone location across Antarctica from CryoSat-2 radar altimetry 2010-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/40c0b0c6-533c-43e7-9761-38225dac3084

Credit

No credit.

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

University of Bristol

Dawson, Geoffrey Author

University of Bristol

Bamber, Jonathan 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 > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
Theme
  • Grounding line

  • Grounding zone

Place
  • Antarctica Antarctica

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Elevation
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Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
Open Government Licence v3.0
Use constraints
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Other constraints

This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/

Use constraints
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Other constraints

This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3

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url
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url

Association Type
Cross reference
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
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Begin date
2010-10-01
End date
2017-12-31
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
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
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application/octet-stream
Units of distribution

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Transfer size
909312
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=40c0b0c6-533c-43e7-9761-38225dac3084

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Statement

Methodology:

See referenced publication for details.

Data collection:

Instrumentation: Data was collected using the CryoSat-2 spaceborne interferometric radar altimeter. See referenced publication for further details.

Data quality:

The data were derived at a 1 km posting. Lines are discontinuous and overall approximately 41% of the grounding zone of the larger floating ice shelves and outlet glaciers in Antarctica have been mapped.

Metadata

File identifier
40c0b0c6-533c-43e7-9761-38225dac3084 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2019-08-20
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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Keywords

Grounding line Grounding zone
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Elevation
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets


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