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Basal Melt Rate Beneath Pine Island Ice Shelf (2014)

The basal melt rate at a single location beneath Pine Island Ice Shelf was observed using an autonomous phase-sensitive radio echo-sounder (ApRES) during 2014. The ApRES was deployed approximately 10 km from the ice shelf front where the ice was 492 m thick and the ice shelf draft was approximately 422 m. The ApRES was deployed as part of the NERC Ice Sheet Stability Program (iStar).

Funding was provided by the NERC Ice Sheet Stability Research Program.

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2018-10-09
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2018-10-09
Date (Publication)
2018-10-09
Date (released)
2018-10-09
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1.0
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https://doi.org/10.5285/0cf552a6-cd62-4da0-8289-8e4bab0a35a8
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GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01106
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Please cite this item as: Lok, L., Nicholls, K., Brennan, P., & Davis, P. (2018). Basal Melt Rate Beneath Pine Island Ice Shelf (2014) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/0cf552a6-cd62-4da0-8289-8e4bab0a35a8
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Author
  Lancaster University - Lok, Lai Bun ( Researcher )
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  British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Nicholls, Keith ( Researcher )
Author
  University College London - Brennan, Paul ( Researcher )
Author
  British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Davis, Peter ( Researcher )
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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
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  • ApRES
  • Melt rate
  • Pine Island
  • iStar
Place
  • Pine Island Ice Shelf Antarctica
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  • Elevation
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Begin date
2014-01-13
End date
2014-11-30
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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.
Date (Publication)
2008-11-12
Publisher
  European Petroleum Survey Group
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
Version
6.18.3

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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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Methodology:

The data was processed following Nicholls et al. (2015). Formally, the raw Lagrangian ice shelf thinning rate at two-hourly resolution was derived from the time-derivative of the distance between the ApRES antennas and the ice shelf base, and includes the basal melt rate signal as well as a component of ice-column vertical strain rate resulting from ice flow and snow compaction. To remove the component of ice-column vertical strain rate due to tidal variations, the raw thinning rate was low-pass filtered using a cut-off at 48 hours. At frequencies lower than this, variability in the strain rate component is small compared with the basal melt rate and varies on a much longer timescale than those of interest here.

Data collection:

Instrumentation: Autonomous phase-sensitive radio echo-sounder

Data quality:

The basal melt rate has an accuracy of ±0.2 m/yr and has been fully quality controlled. There are no missing values.

Resolution: Two hourly resolution with a 48-hour low pass filter applied.

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Point of contact
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
 
 

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ApRES Melt rate Pine Island iStar
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Elevation
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance

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