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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.
Simple
- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01231
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-09-17
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01231
Custodian
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
,
Cambridge
,
CB3 0ET
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UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
Polar Data Centre,Natural Environment Research Council,UK Research & Innovation
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Dawson, Geoffrey;Bamber, Jonathan
High Cross, Madingley
,
Cambridge
,
CB3 0ET
,
UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Grounding line
- Grounding zone
- 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
- otherRestrictions 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/.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2010-10-01
- End date
- 2017-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- 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.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01231 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2019-09-17
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
Overviews
Spatial extent
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Associated resources
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