In situ measurements of snow accumulation in the Amundsen Sea Embayment during 2016

This dataset contains measurements of snow accumulation over an 11-month period in 2016 at six sites in the Pine Island-Thwaites Glacier catchment of West Antarctica. The sites were visited on two occasions, the first in January 2016 and the second in December 2016. The accumulation rate at each site was calculated using an average density profile, based on a compilation of six low elevation sites on Pine Island Glacier (iSTAR sites 15-19, and 22; Morris et al., 2017) that are situated nearby. The average density for the top metre based on this compilation is 419 kg m-3. Further details are provided in the associated publication.

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Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01057
Date (Publication)
2018-01-26
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01057
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK - Johnson, J. S., O'Donnell, J. P., Thomas, E. R.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
BAS Free-text keywords
  • ERA-interim re-analysis
  • Grounding line
  • Ice sheet
  • Pine Island Glacier
  • Snow accumulation
  • Thwaites Glacier
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 v3 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 v3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
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Begin date
2016-01-28
End date
2016-12-28
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/reconstructing-millennial-scale-ice-sheet-change/
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dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
The measurement uncertainty is no more than 10 cm. The time period over which the measurements were collected is short, thus uncertainties related to internal ice deformation, glacier flow and drift are likely to be minimal.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01057 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-01-26
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/01057
 
 

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