IceBridge Merged Photon Counting Lidar/Profiler L4 Surface Slope and Elevations V001

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set contains geolocated surface elevation measurements captured over Antarctica using the Sigma Space Mapping Photon Counting Lidar and Riegl Laser Altimeter. The data were collected by scientists working on the International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere through Airborne Profiling (ICECAP) project, which was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Collaborative Research Center, and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with additional support from NASA Operation IceBridge.
Citation
Title IceBridge Merged Photon Counting Lidar/Profiler L4 Surface Slope and Elevations V001
publication  Date   2014-04-25
Edition 1
edition Date 2014-04-25
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Donald D. Blankenship
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. #600, Austin, TX, 78759-8500 Country USA
electronic Mail Address blank@ig.utexas.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Scott D. Kempf
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
Jackson School of Geosciences,J.J. Pickle Research Campus Bldg. 19610100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, Texas, 78758-4445 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Duncan A. Young
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
J.J. Pickle Research CampusBldg. 19610100 Burnet Road (R2200)Austin, TX 78758-4445, Austin, Texas, 78758-4445 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Laura E. Lindzey
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > Antarctica
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Aircraft > BT-67
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
Sigma Space Lidar > Sigma Space Photon Counting Imaging Lidar
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
OIB > Operation Ice Bridge
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Cryosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Hydrosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Aircraft
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Operation IceBridge
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Slope
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Measurement
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Photon
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Material (Other)
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Glacier
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ecosystem
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Measurement
Centered
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Altimeter
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Texas at Austin
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Bridge
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Environmental Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:39:07 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  underdevelopment
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180.0
eastBoundLongitude  180.0
northBoundLatitude  -53.0
southBoundLatitude  -90.0
Temporal Extent
2010-11-25T00:00:00.000Z 2012-12-04T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Donald D. Blankenship
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. #600, Austin, TX, 78759-8500 Country USA
electronic Mail Address blank@ig.utexas.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Scott D. Kempf
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
Jackson School of Geosciences,J.J. Pickle Research Campus Bldg. 19610100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, Texas, 78758-4445 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Duncan A. Young
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
J.J. Pickle Research CampusBldg. 19610100 Burnet Road (R2200)Austin, TX 78758-4445, Austin, Texas, 78758-4445 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Laura E. Lindzey
organisation Name  University of Texas at Austin
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  UTX-AUSTIN/IG
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  UTX-AUSTIN/IG
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/
Description 
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Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name IceBridge Portal
URL: http://nsidc.org/icebridge/portal/
link function function
Description Tool to visualize, search, and download IceBridge data.
Linkage for online resource
name HTTPS
URL: https://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/ICEBRIDGE/ILSNP4.001/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Earthdata Search
URL: https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ILSNP4
link function function
Description NASA's newest search and order tool for subsetting, reprojecting, and reformatting data.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/STLZLZ7ZI7Z4
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name HDF
Format version 
specification > FTP 525 MB
Format
Format name XML
Format version 
specification > FTP 3 MB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2014-04-25
parentEntity 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-11-22
parentEntity 
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-11-22
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  IceBridge Merged Photon Counting Lidar/Profiler L4 Surface Slope and Elevations
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  IceBridge Merged Photon Counting Lidar/Profiler L4 Surface Slope and Elevations V001

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)