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Swath elevation from CryoSat-2 over the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2011-2016
These files are surface elevation determined from swath processing of data acquired by the interferometric radar altimeter CryoSat-2. The data have been collected and processed over the Greenland Ice Sheet between 2011 and 2016. These data have been processed by the University of Edinburgh and are made publicly available as part of the European Space Agency funded CryoSat+ CryoTop Evolution STSE Study (ESA Contract 4000116874) involving the University of Edinburgh, isardSat UK, University of Leeds-CPOM, ENVEO.
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- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01068
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-01-29
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01068
Custodian
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
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Cambridge
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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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Gourmelen, N., & Weissgerber, F.
High Cross, Madingley
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Cambridge
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CB3 0ET
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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 > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
- EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
- EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Altimetry
- Climate
- CryoSat-2
- Elevation
- Greenland Ice Sheet
- Use limitation
- This data is supplied under Open Government Licence v3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree to cite both the data and the Gourmelen et al. (2017) literature reference in any publication.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is supplied under Open Government Licence v3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree to cite both the data and the Gourmelen et al. (2017) literature reference in any publication.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2011-01-01
- End date
- 2016-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- Protocol
- http
- Name
- GET DATA
- Function
- download Download
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- There is a minimal amount of editing of the data as to provide maximum flexibility. The user should therefore use caution, as the dataset will contain measurements of variable quality. The user should make use of the quality estimator provided, e.g. signal coherence and signal power. A typical minimum value of coherence is 0.8 and a typical minimum value of power is -170. It is also recommended to the user to check for remaining errors using a reference DEM (e.g. GIMPDEM, arcticDEM) as to identify remaining data blunders that would originate from sensor or processing errors. Details of data quality, potential issues, and validations can be found in Gourmelen et al., 2017 and in literature listed here.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01068 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-01-29
- 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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