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Data · collection · 2001

Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

Ice velocity data from ice stream C, including the body of the ice stream and its area of onset, are available.

Description

The investigator calculated velocities from precise ice displacement measurements made with a geodetic-quality Global Positioning System (GPS). These ice displacement measurements accompanied seismic experiments aimed at understanding controls on the flow of ice streams in west Antarctica.

An understanding of ice stream flow is essential to predicting the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change. Data are available in ASCII format.

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Provenance · 1 source records, 18 field assertions
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NASA Earthdata CMRC2532071458-AMD_USAPDC13 d agoJSON v1
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access_levelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:gpssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:gps-receiverssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/glaciers-ice-sheets/glacier-motion-ice-sheet-motionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/glaciers-ice-sheets/ice-sheetssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/snow-ice/ice-motionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/snow-ice/ice-velocitysource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/glaciers-ice-sheets/glacier-motion-ice-sheet-motionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/glaciers-ice-sheets/ice-sheetssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/snow-ice/ice-motionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/snow-ice/ice-velocitysource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:ground-based-observationssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
publication_datesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
spatialsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/SpatialExtent
temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0