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This dataset provides a geopackage of the predicted subglacial water flow pathways beneath Whillans Ice Plain, West Antarctica, the contributory Whillans Ice Stream and neighbouring Kamb and Mercer Ice Streams. Flow paths were estimated based on hydropotential gradients using static grids of ice-surface elevation from the REMA mosaic (Howat and others, 2019) and ice thickness from Bedmachine Antarctica version 3 (Morlighem and others, 2020; 2022) from which bed elevation is inferred. Wilson Sauthoff (dataset creator) was funded by NASA award 80NSSC21K0912. Bryony I. D. Freer (project lead) was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE) Centre for Doctoral Training (grant no. NE/T00939X/1).
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This dataset includes double-difference interferograms derived from TerraSAR-X synthetic aperture radar data acquired at the grounding line downstream of Engelhardt Subglacial Lake on the Gould Coast, Antarctica, in September 2012, April 2016, July 2023 and October 2023. The September 2012, July 2023 and October 2023 interferograms were generated by Oliver J. Marsh (British Antarctic Survey) using the Gamma Remote Sensing software and geocoded with the Bedmap2 DEM. The April 2016 interferogram was generated by Dana Floricioiu (DLR, German Aerospace Center) using DLR''s Integrated Wide Area Processor (IWAP; Rodriguez et al, 2013). The image processing information, acquisition time and coincident modelled tide heights for all data used to derive the TerraSAR-X interferograms are provided in the lineage section. For each interferogram (September 2012, April 2016, July 2023 and October 2023) we provide a shapefile of the derived grounding line, which was manually traced along the landward boundary of the dense fringe belt associated with the vertical tidal motion of the ice (Point F). This dataset was produced as part of the study: Freer et al. (2024) Synchronous lake drainage and grounding line retreat at Engelhardt Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Funding: Bryony I. D. Freer (project lead) was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE) Centre for Doctoral Training (grant no. NE/T00939X/1). Dana Floricioiu (dataset creator) was supported by DLR''s Polar Monitor II and Antarctic Ice Sheet CCI projects (ESA/Contract No. 4000126813/18/I-NB). Images were acquired under DLR TerraSAR-X science data proposal HYD3673 (PI Dana Floricioiu).