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3D radar topography, radar-derived bed reflectivity and seismic acoustic impedance of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, December 2005 to January 2017

The dataset presented here focuses on the area of a prominent bedform beneath the Rutford Ice Stream, referred to as "the Bump". The provided dataset contains several CSV files including the coordinates, two-way travel time of the bed reflection, the reflectivity of the bed reflection and acoustic impedance of the bed reflection, respectively. The X and Y coordinates are projected in EPSG:3031 - WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic coordinate system. Radar topography presented here were frequency filtered and 3D migrated (using a 3D Kirchhoff Time Migration approach in SeisSpace/ProMAX (LGCHalliburton Software) and migration velocity of 0.168 m ns-1), followed by the picking of the bed reflection using Petrel (Schlumberger Software). Radar reflectivity was calculated from 2D migrated radar data following the processing routine as described in Schlegel et al. (2022) including frequency filtering and 2D migration in SeisSpace/ProMAX. Seismic acoustic impedance of the bed reflection was calculated following Smith et al. (2007).

This work was funded within the BEAMISH project by NERC AFI award numbers NE/G014159/1 and NE/G013187/1 and NE/F015879/1, and by NERC National Capability Science: Strategic Research & Innovation Short Projects. The University of Leeds acknowledges the support of this work by Landmark Software and Services, a Landmark Company and use of SeisSpace/ProMAX via the Landmark University Grant Program, Agreements 2004-COM-024982, 2008-CON-010888 and subsequent renewals.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01656
Date (Publication)
2024-04-24
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01656
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Schlegel, R., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., & Booth, A.
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 > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity
BAS Free-text keywords
  • BEAMISH
  • West Antarctica
  • acoustic impedance
  • bed properties
  • bedforms
  • fast-flowing ice stream
  • high-resolution 3D topography
  • radar reflectivity
Use limitation
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
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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
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Begin date
2009-01-01
End date
2010-12-31
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
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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

The 3D migrated radar data shows more details of the bed topography compared to the 2D migrated data. Even though most parts of the bed show a clear reflection, the steep flanks and parts of the steep stoss end of the Bump lack a clear return in the 3D migrated data. Similarly, the bed reflection along the stoss end of the Bump is not identifiable in the seismic line.

Missing values in the data are presented as #NV.

File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01656 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-04-24
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/01656
 
 

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