Virkisjokull-Falljokull glacier margin timelapse images
This image dataset was captured as part of the operation of an automated weather station at the Virkisjökull-Falljökull Glacier, SE Iceland. The station formed part of the BGS Iceland Glacier Observatory network of sensors, deployed between 2009 and 2020 in order to characterise and identify glacial, geomorphological and hydrological drivers and processes and their timescales across the deglaciating Virkisjökull-Falljökull catchment in SE Iceland. This image time series was generated alongside the continuous operation of two further weather stations, river gauging, a network of groundwater level gauges and numerous other forms of monitoring. The records presented here begin in September 2011 with the installation of the camera on the weather station, and continue to December 2019. The data complements the published groundwater and river gauging datasets published here, and will be of use to researchers, teachers and students wishing to see an excellent example of glacier flow, or those interested in the processes observed in a rapidly deglaciating landscape, including anyone interested to follow up on the various research studies published from this site in the international literature. The BGS project was led and coordinated by Dr Jez Everest, and during earlier years Tom Bradwell (Uni of Stirling, formerly BGS). Technical support and implementation was provided by Heiko Buxel and Tom Shanahan. The dataset is not fully continuous as certain periods were lost due to equipment downtime. Enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Dr Everest.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2024-11-15
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Climate change
- Moraines
- NGDC Deposited Data
- Glaciation
- Crevasses
- Glacier flow
- Glaciers
- data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
- Citable Data
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- NERC_DDC
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- Other constraints
- The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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- Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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- EnglishEnglish
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ICELAND [id=903000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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IS
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ISL
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
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- Begin date
- 2011-04-11
- End date
- 2018-02-15
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
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EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
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EH14 4AP
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United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
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- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- OnLine resource
- Data
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- Images were captured using a Vivotek IP7361 2Mp security camera, controlled by a Campbell Scientific CR800 system. Images were captured thrice daily, at 0900, 1200 and 1500hrs GMT. Some drift in time of capture can be seen in some of the file names. The images are saved as jpg format with the first 8 digits of the filename giving the date in YYYYMMDD format, with the next 2 digits giving hour of day in 24hr format.
- File identifier
- 274310a7-189c-525d-e063-0937940a3815 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
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EDINBURGH
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LOTHIAN
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EH14 4AP
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United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608313
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