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The record of track and size evolution of giant iceberg B31 from Pine Island Glacier, November 2013-July 2015
The data set contains information on the position, and occasionally dimensions, of giant Antarctic iceberg B31 over the period from its calving in November 2013, until July 2015. This used a range of satellite sensors, both visible and microwave.
The columns are: year (A), date in Julian day of that year (B), area of B31, in km2 (C), major axis of B31, in km (D), minor axis of B31, in km (E), perimeter of B31, in km (F), latitude and longitude, in degrees from the Greenwich Meridian (G & H) and satellite source of data (I).
NERC grant reference(s): NE/L010054/1 and NE/M007820/1
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- Date (Creation)
- 2016-02-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2016-02-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-02-11
- Date (released)
- 2016-02-11
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None
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/d30db85e-5e7a-4861-af56-b893bf2862b1
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00873
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- NE/L010054/1
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- NE/M007820/1
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Please cite this item as: Bigg, G., & Wilton, D. (2017). The record of track and size evolution of giant iceberg B31 from Pine Island Glacier, November 2013-July 2015 (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/d30db85e-5e7a-4861-af56-b893bf2862b1
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No credit.
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- Completed
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Sheffield
Bigg, Grant
Author University of Sheffield
Wilton, David
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
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B31
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Iceberg
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MODIS
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Pine Island Glacier
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SAR
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Amundsen Sea Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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No restrictions apply.
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- English
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2013-11-15
- End date
- 2015-07-30
- Supplemental Information
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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.
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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
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show/?entryid=d30db85e-5e7a-4861-af56-b893bf2862b1 Get Data
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Methodology:
The data was obtained from a set of MODIS visible imagery (named 'Worldview' in the 'source' column) and a range of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) microwave images from the TerraSAR-X and Radarsat satellites. The SAR images were only available occasionally, and a roughly fortnightly acquisition target was sought - this was reduced during the austral winter when the satellites are often used on specialised missions. However, the area, perimeter, major (maj) and minor (min) axes were calculated in these instances. On a daily basis during the daylit period of September-April visible imagery was also examined. If B31 was visible its position was noted, and when a, rare, clear view of the iceberg was available dimensional information was calculated. However, the resolution of the visible imagery was 250 m, while the SAR imagery was 20-50 m, depending on satellite mode, leading to more confidence in size estimates from the SAR imagery. The dimensional calculations used the ITSARI algorithm (Silva and Bigg, 2005), although very occasionally ARCMAP estimates were required if reflective conditions were not suitable for ITSARI.
See: Silva, T. A. M., and G. R. Bigg, 2005, Computer-based identification and tracking of Antarctic icebergs in SAR images, Rem. Sens. Environ., 94: 287-297.
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- d30db85e-5e7a-4861-af56-b893bf2862b1 XML
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- English
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2016-02-11
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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