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Calving data from a lacustrine margin of Russell Glacier, west Greenland between July 2014 and September 2015

A record of subaerial calving activity at a lacustrine margin of Russell Glacier, west Greenland, comprising 290 calving events classified by volume, area and calving mechanism. Data were acquired continuously from July 2014 to September 2015 using an array of time-lapse cameras. Imagery from the cameras was employed to generate a time-series of ice-margin point clouds, which were then differenced to determine calving properties. The dataset is designed to facilitate the analysis of seasonality in lacustrine calving processes. Supplementary point clouds were also generated to investigate the effects of two lake drainage events on calving processes in the summers of 2014 and 2015. Point cloud parameters and a record of lake stage are also included. The dataset was collected and processed by researchers in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds.

Funding was provided by Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Research Trust (project number 474), The Mount Everest Foundation, The Gilchrist Educational Trust, and Sigma Xi.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01314
Date (Publication)
2020-04-14
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01314
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Mallalieu, J.
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
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Calving
  • Greenland ice sheet
  • Russell Glacier
  • ice-marginal lake
Use limitation
Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
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Begin date
2014-06-27
End date
2015-09-20
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
GET DATA ( http )
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

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Explanation
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Pass
No
Statement
Point cloud quality varies throughout the survey due to the nature of the time-lapse camera setup. Please see the dataset for parameters of individual point clouds, including: georeferencing RMSE; point cloud size; point cloud density; number of ground control points; and number of aligned cameras. Variability in the sampling interval between successive clouds was due to inclement weather conditions.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01314 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-04-14
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/01314
 
 

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