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Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance 1992-2020 for IPCC AR6

This dataset contains rates of mass change and cumulative mass change and their associated uncertainty for the Antarctic Ice Sheet (in its entirety and split into West Antarctica, East Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula), the Greenland Ice Sheet, and their sum between 1992 and 2020. The data are reconciled estimates of mass balance from three independent satellite-based techniques: altimetry, gravimetry and input-output method. This dataset is part of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE).

This work is an outcome of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-Comparison Exercise IMBIE) supported by the ESA Climate Change Initiative and the NASA Cryosphere Program. Andrew Shepherd was additionally supported by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award and the UK Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (cpom30001).

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01477
Date (Publication)
2021-03-15
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01477
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 Research & Innovation - Shepherd, Andrew et al.
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
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Rise
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctica
  • Greenland
  • ice sheet
  • remote sensing
  • sea level
Use limitation
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Access constraints
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Other constraints
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1992-01-01
End date
2020-12-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
http
Name
GET DATA
Function
download Download
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
The data are reconciled estimates from 46 individual satellite-based surveys derived from the altimetry, gravimetry and input-output techniques. The respective one sigma uncertainties for each reconciled dataset are provided.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01477 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-03-15
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/01477
 
 

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