MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set provides a structural feature map of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica (also known as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf). The map was developed as part of a project to study fracture propagation in the Ronne Ice Shelf, with special focus on the Evans Ice Stream. Features were digitized from the MODIS Mosaic of Antartica (MOA), a composite of individual Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectradiometer (MODIS) images taken between 20 November 2003 and 29 February 2004, with an effective resolution of 125 m. The data set includes estimates of the shelf boundary, including ice stream grounding zones, outlets of glaciers feeding the shelf, extents of islands and ice rises, and the location of the shelf front, and features observed within the shelf, including suture zones between ice streams, streaklines, fractures (crevasses and rifts), and fold-like features. Individual features can be extracted as a group of points and grouping is used to facilitate identification and plotting. Data files are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format. One image file, in Portable Document Format (.pdf), shows the data included in the dataset, plotted using MATLAB. The data set also provides a MATLAB script which can be used to plot the data.
Citation
Title MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Version 1
publication  Date   2011-07-15
Edition 1
edition Date 2011-07-15
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Christina Hulbe
organisation Name  Portland State University
Contact information
Address
P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207 Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Christine Ledoux
organisation Name  Portland State University
Contact information
Address
P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon, 97207 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > Antarctica
Geographic Region > Polar
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice
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Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Earth Observation Satellites > TERRA
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
Theme keywords (theme):
Cryosphere
Hydrosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Hydrosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 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 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Shelf
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Geologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ice Rise
Crevasse
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Dataset
thesaurus name >
Title Resource Type > Dataset
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Stream
Island
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Shelf
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ice Shelf
Glacier
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Document
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Title Resource Type > Document
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Front
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
MODIS
Earth Observation Satellite
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Spectroradiometer
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Portland State University
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 22:50:23 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
MATLAB
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Title Resource Type > Software
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:23 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
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  -86.557
eastBoundLongitude  -26.111
northBoundLatitude  -74.355
southBoundLatitude  -84.679
Temporal Extent
2003-11-20T00:00:00.000Z 2004-02-29T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Christina Hulbe
organisation Name  Portland State University
Contact information
Address
P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207 Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Christine Ledoux
organisation Name  Portland State University
Contact information
Address
P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon, 97207 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 - custodian
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  PDX/GEOL
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.geol.pdx.edu/
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  PDX/GEOL
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.geol.pdx.edu/
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Reference system information

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 Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Get External Data
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/view/dataset/609497
link function function
Description These data are not distributed by NSIDC.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0497/versions/1/documentation
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name PDF
Format version 
specification > FTP 135 KB
Format
Format name MATLAB
Format version 
specification > FTP 4 KB
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > FTP 687 KB

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Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2011-07-15
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Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
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domainValue 2017-12-22
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-12-22
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf
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:  MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)