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Borehole derived Pine Island Glacier mean annual temperatures - collected 2014-2015

Measurements of mean annual temperature in degrees Celsius at 22 sites in Pine Island Glacier, located by hand held Garmin GPS position, and altitude recorded by survey quality Leica GPS.

The mean annual temperature of a remote ice sheet site is generally agreed to be equivalent to the temperature measured at 10m depth in a borehole. This dataset records the 10m temperatures at 22 remote sites in the Pine Island Glacier region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Data were recorded on a single thermistor logging thermometer for a period of 12 to 24 hours on the date noted in table (marked in table as 'Single thermistor') or as the mean of two cables with parallel triple thermistors measured at a single time (date/time noted in table) after a minimum of 12 hours settling in the borehole (marked in table as 'Average of six thermistors'). Measurements were made independently in two boreholes: one drilled to approximately 12m for deployment of a neutron source ice density probe (marked in table as '10m temperature neutron probe borehole'); one drilled to approximately 50m during recovery of an ice core (marked in table as '10m temperature ice core borehole').

Some have argued that the mean annual temperature is better measured at 15m in a borehole to remove any trace of the seasonal surface temperature cycle. In the table we additionally record the temperature in the ice core borehole at 15m (marked in table as '15m temperature ice core borehole') using a logging PT-100 temperature device (marked in table as 'Single PT-100').

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Date (Creation)
2017-09-05
Date (Revision)
2017-09-05
Date (Publication)
2017-09-05
Date (released)
2017-09-05
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None
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.5285/eae547d0-9668-4ba1-9fc4-67929382395f
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Unique resource identifier
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00991
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https://data.bas.ac.uk/
Other citation details
Please cite this item as: Mulvaney, R. (2017). Borehole derived Pine Island Glacier mean annual temperatures - collected 2014-2015 (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/eae547d0-9668-4ba1-9fc4-67929382395f
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Status
completed Completed
Author
  British Antarctic Survey - Mulvaney, Robert ( Researcher )
Author
  British Antarctic Survey - Smith, Andrew ( Researcher )
Point of contact
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
Maintenance note
completed Completed
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice
Place
  • Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica Antarctica
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Elevation
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Hydrography
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no limitations to public access
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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This dataset is supplied under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
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Begin date
2014-12-03
End date
2015-01-19

Vertical extent

Minimum value
527.0
Maximum value
1362.0

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Supplemental Information
It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Date (Publication)
2008-11-12
Publisher
  European Petroleum Survey Group
https://www.epsg-registry.org/
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
Version
6.18.3

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Distributor
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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Date stamp
2017-09-05
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Metadata standard version
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Point of contact
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Elevation Hydrography Meteorological geographical features
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature

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