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Flow-line model results for 2 trajectories on Larsen C Ice Shelf

The datasets are output from a flow-line model designed to estimate the age and surface origin for various ice bodies identified within hot-water drilled boreholes on Larsen C Ice Shelf (Hubbard et al., 2016, Ashmore et al., 2017). Two trajectories, based on remotely sensed velocities, allow surface fluxes from a regional climate model to be accumulated and advected down flow from selected points on the shelf. Vertical strain rates are taken into account, and surface mass balance is converted to thickness according to density profiles based on borehole data (Ashmore et al., 2017). The model output has a 250m horizontal resolution.

These data are part of a larger project. The flow-line model code, the SMB datasets, and the borehole density profiles are also available.

Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/L005409/1.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00926
Date (Publication)
2017-03-03
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00926
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK. - Bevan, S., & Luckman, A.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
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Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Velocity
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Accumulation
  • Advection
  • Antarctica
  • Flow-line model
  • Ice shelf
  • Surface flux
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/.
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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
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
GET DATA ( http )
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dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Six output datasets are included. For each of two flowlines - the best estimate plus versions based on +10% (-10%) velocity magnitude combined with the lower (upper) quartile of mean SMB from 1979 to 2014.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00926 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2017-03-03
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00926
 
 

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