Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier surface elevations, 2012-2018
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01122
Abstract:
A time series of the mean surface elevation along a transect across Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier from Feb 2012 to May 2018.
Funding: Data were processed under NERC project CALISMO NE/P011365/1. Data were acquired under NERC project NE/I007148/1. Data were supplied by DLR.
Citation:
Bevan, S., & Luckman, A. (2019). Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier surface elevations, 2012-2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/3bbacca6-d2cd-46be-b824-b828572ca486
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| Access: | No restrictions apply. |
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| Use: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. |
Basic Information
| Creation Date: | 2018-12-07 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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Additional Information
| Reference: | Submitted to The Cryosphere Discussions, 27/11/2018. 'Warming of SE Greenland shelf waters in 2016 primes large glacier for runaway retreat'. Bevan et al. | |
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| Quality: | Relative accuracy is probably +/- 2 m, absolute accuracy +/- 10 m. | |
| Lineage/Methodology: | 113 digital elevation models (DEMs) between 13/02/20112 and 09/05/2018 were generated interferometrically from TanDEM-X synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data supplied by DLR. The mean surface elevation along a 5.4 km profile, at an elevation of approximately 330 m, between (68.662°N, 32.994°W) and (68.632°N, 33.096°W) was calculated for each DEM. | |
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Extent
| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2012-02-13 |
| End Date | 2018-05-09 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | 68.58 |
| Northernmost | 68.58 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -32.85 |
| Easternmost | -32.85 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Detailed Location | Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, Greenland |
Instrumentation
| Data Collection: | The interferometry was carried out using Gamma Remote Sensing software. There are 113 data points. |
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Storage
| Data Storage: | The data is provided in ASCII text format. Column 1 is the date, Column 2 is the mean elevation in metres along the transect. Elevations are relative to the WGS 84 Reference Ellipsoid. |
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