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.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01558

Date (Publication): 2021-09-13

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01558

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre	Cook, A., Fox, A., & Thomson, J.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines

BAS Free-text keywords

Antarctic Peninsula
Coastal-change
Glacier
Ice-shelf
USGS

Use limitation: This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)

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

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)

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

Distance: 30 m

Language: English

Topic category

Environment
Geoscientific information

Begin date: 1843-01-01

End date: 2008-12-31

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		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: 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.