GLAS Validation on the Amery Ice Shelf

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1263 See the link below for public details on this project.


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The project will involve making a series of measurements of the ice-sheet topography using GPS static and kinematic procedures so that they can be used to calibrate/validate measurements made from the new generation of satellite geoscience laser altimeter systems (GLAS). The measurements of the ice sheet topography will be made near-simultaneously (within 8-16 days) from both GPS and laser systems (and possibly also from an aircraft laser altimeter) and used to assess the error budgets of the GLAS satellite. The overall goal of the project is to determine the seasonal and interannual variation in surface elevation of the Antarctic ice sheet. This information is essential for predicting future changes in ice volume and sea-level.

See the documentation provided in the dataset for more information.

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Identification info

Alternate title
GLAS Validation on the Amery Ice Shelf
Date (Publication)
2009-05-12
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/5563D6027B56D

Originator

Coleman, R.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

COLEMAN, RICHARD
Centre for Spatial Information Science
School of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 76
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Collaborator

COLEMAN, RICHARD
Centre for Spatial Information Science
School of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 76
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1263

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
  • Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1992-01-01 2007-12-31
Title
A 4-decade record of elevation change of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Date (Publication)
2009
Citation identifier
114

Citation identifier
doi:10.1029/2008JF001094

Author

King, M. A., R. Coleman, A.-J. Freemantle, H. A. Fricker, R. S. Hurd, B. Legresy, L. Padman, and R. Warner
Name
Journal of Geophysical Research
Page
F01010
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
Keywords
  • ANTARCTICA
  • GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS
  • GLAS
  • GPS
  • ICE VOLUME
  • SEA-LEVEL
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • Altimeters
  • GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
  • Radar Altimeters
  • GPS > Global Positioning System
  • GPS RECEIVERS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
  • ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
  • GPS > Global Positioning System Satellites
  • ICESAT > Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
  • SATELLITES
  • ICESAT-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amery Ice Shelf
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
A copy of the data are available for download from the provided URL. A copy of the referenced publication is available for download to AADC staff only.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license

Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1263 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
free
Planned available datetime
2009-05-12T00:00:00

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2009-05-12T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
120
Distribution format
  • excel, csv

Units of distribution
MB
Transfer size
1.3
Distribution format
  • PDF

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the data - excel spreadsheet

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 1263

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS

Download point for the publication - AAD Staff only

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement
See the documentation available in the download file for further information. The values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2009-05-12 - record updated by Dave Connell after data were provided by Henk Brolsma. 2015-05-26 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2016-08-23 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_1263

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

COLEMAN, RICHARD
Centre for Spatial Information Science
School of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 76
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
d97ffde7-43ec-4ffc-a20b-a42e2f4f7bb6

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-29T18:21:04

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1263

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2001-04-09T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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