Thwaites MELT: Velocity microstructure profiles from the grounding zone region of Thwaites Glacier Eastern Ice Shelf (2020)
Profiles of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation and the rate of thermal variance dissipation were observed beneath Thwaites Glacier in the grounding zone region of the Eastern Ice Shelf as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration MELT project. Using a Rockland Scientific VMP-250 turbulence profiler, five individual profiles were obtained in a 20-hour period between 10th-11th January 2020.
Funding source: NSFPLR-NERC: Melting at Thwaites grounding zone and its control on sea level (THWAITES-MELT) NE/S006761/1
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- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01869
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-08-14
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- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01869
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British Antarctic Survey
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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
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Davis, P., Nicholls, K., & Holland, D.
High Cross, Madingley
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Cambridge
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CB3 0ET
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UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
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- 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 > Glaciers
- EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Turbulence
- EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Antarctica
- Mixing
- Ocean
- Thwaites Glacier
- Turbulence
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- Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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- Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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- EnglishEnglish
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2010-01-10
- End date
- 2010-01-11
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- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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- dataset Dataset
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- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
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- See the referenced specification
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- No
- Statement
- The instrument was factory calibrated prior to deployment. Shear data have a stated accuracy of 5% and a resolution of 10-3 s-1. High-resolution FP07 micro-temperature data have a stated accuracy of 0.005°C and a resolution of 10-5°C. Pressure data have an accuracy of 5% of the full-scale, with a resolution of 5×10-4 bar. Standard resolution temperature and conductivity data have an accuracy of 0.01°C and 0.01 mS cm-1, respectively, and a resolution of 0.001°C and 0.001 mS cm-1, respectively. Data from each probe has been calibrated using the parameters in the corresponding instrument configuration file. Data from all shear probes was contaminated with instrument noise and is considered unusable.
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- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01869 XML
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- EnglishEnglish
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- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-14
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- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
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- 1.0
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