Near-surface temperature time-series from the northern sector of Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

The datasets are temperature time series from thermistor strings installed into two boreholes drilled to a depth of ~7 m in the northern sector of Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Supporting borehole information is presented by Ashmore and others (2017).

These data are part of the NERC-funded MIDAS (''Impact of surface melt and ponding on ice shelf dynamics and stability'') research project, with grant references NE/L006707/1 and NE/L005409/1. Associated (longer) borehole temperature records, OPTV logs and density records are also available, as are other MIDAS datasets.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01064

Date (Publication): 2018-03-09

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01064

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK	Hubbard, B., & Ashmore, D.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

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

BAS Free-text keywords

Antarctica
Ice boreholes
Ice shelf temperature
Larsen C Ice Shelf

Use limitation: This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Environment

Begin date: 2014-11-25

End date: 2017-02-06

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
http	https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show/?entryid=a41d117a-0701-4b6f-9836-4c7763cc4851	GET DATA

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

Date

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: Detailed methodology, including accuracy estimation, is presented by Doyle and others (2018). The data has a resolution of ~0.05 °C. Boreholes were drilled and thermistor strings installed and logged as follows:

String HR1 (CI-0): every 30 minutes from 25.11.2014 to 06.10.2015

String HR2 (CI-120): every 30 minutes from 20.11.2015 to 06.02.2017