GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01572
English
dataset
British Antarctic Survey
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pdc@bas.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2021-10-14
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
1.0
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01572
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
Processed bed elevation picks from airborne radar depth sounding from the FISS 2015 survey covering the Foundation Ice Stream and the Filchner Ice Shelf system (2015/2016)
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01572
2021-10-14
publication
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01572
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=
This dataset contains bed and surface elevation picks derived from airborne radar collected in 2015/16 over Foundation Ice Stream and Filchner Ice Shelf as part of the 5-year Filchner Ice Shelf System (FISS) project funded by NERC (grant reference number: NE/L013770/1) and awarded to the British Antarctic Survey with contribution from the National Oceanography Centre, the Met Office Hadley Centre, University College London, the University of Exeter, Oxford University, and the Alfred Wenger Institute.
The aim of this project was to investigate how the Filchner Ice Shelf might respond to a warmer world, and what the impact of sea-level rise could be by the middle of this century. This collaborative initiative collected ~7,000 line-km of new aerogeophysical data using the 150MHz PASIN radar echo sounding system (Corr et al., 2007) deployed on a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Twin Otter.
British Antarctic Survey
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Cambridge
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UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
custodian
Nicholls, K., Robinson, C., Corr, H., & Jordan, T.
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
originator
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NDGO0001
NERC_DDC
NERC OAI Harvesting
2021-10-14
revision
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar
GCMD Parameter Valids
2021-10-14
revision
Antarctic
aerogeophysics
ice thickness
radar
surface elevation
BAS Free-text keywords
2021-10-14
revision
This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions:
1. To cite the data in any publication as follows:
Nicholls, K., Robinson, C., Corr, H., & Jordan, T. (2021). Processed bed elevation picks from airborne radar depth sounding from the FISS 2015 survey covering the Foundation Ice Stream and the Filchner Ice Shelf system (2015/2016) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/144CEB0D-9D76-4A39-AA01-7B94AC80FAC9
2. The user recognizes the limitations of data. Use of the data is at the users'' own risk, and there is no warranty as to the quality or accuracy of any data, or the fitness of the data for your intended use. The data are not necessarily fully quality assured and cannot be expected to be free from measurement uncertainty, systematic biases, or errors of interpretation or analysis, and may include inaccuracies in error margins quoted with the data.
otherRestrictions
This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions:
1. To cite the data in any publication as follows:
Nicholls, K., Robinson, C., Corr, H., & Jordan, T. (2021). Processed bed elevation picks from airborne radar depth sounding from the FISS 2015 survey covering the Foundation Ice Stream and the Filchner Ice Shelf system (2015/2016) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/144CEB0D-9D76-4A39-AA01-7B94AC80FAC9
2. The user recognizes the limitations of data. Use of the data is at the users'' own risk, and there is no warranty as to the quality or accuracy of any data, or the fitness of the data for your intended use. The data are not necessarily fully quality assured and cannot be expected to be free from measurement uncertainty, systematic biases, or errors of interpretation or analysis, and may include inaccuracies in error margins quoted with the data.
English
elevation
geoscientificInformation
-51.23
-72.61
-84.43
-80.11
2016-02-01
2016-02-05
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
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pdc@bas.ac.uk
distributor
https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/fiss/
information
dataset
Conformity_001
INSPIRE
INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
See the referenced specification
false
- Average spacing between radar traces: 11 m
- Radar centre frequency: 150 MHz
- Radar bandwidth: 13 MHz
- Radar Receiver vertical sampling frequency: 22 MHz
- Absolute GPS positional accuracy: ~0.1 m (relative accuracy is one order of magnitude better). Banking angle was limited to 10 degrees during aircraft turns to avoid phase issues between GPS receiver and transmitter.