Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set contains lake boundaries, volume changes, and gridded elevations for 124 active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. The data are provided in Keyhole Markup Language (KML), comma-separated values (CSV), and GEOTiff formats, and are available via FTP.
Citation
Title Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry, Version 1
publication  Date   2012-01-01
Edition 1
edition Date 2012-01-01
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Ben Smith
organisation Name  University of Washington
Contact information
Address
University of WashingtonDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, 98195 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Ian Joughin
organisation Name  University of Washington
Contact information
Address
1013 NE 40th StreetBox 355640, Seattle, WA, 98105 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ian@apl.washington.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Slawek Tulaczyk
organisation Name  
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 831 459 5207
Address
University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz CA, Department of Earth Sciences, UCSC, 95064 Country USA
electronic Mail Address tulaczyk@es.ucsc.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Helen Fricker
organisation Name  Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contact information
Address
University of California, San Diego9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92093 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 Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Earth Observation Satellites > ICESAT
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
Theme keywords (theme):
Lake
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 UTC 2018
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 22:50:50 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 22:50:50 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 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
NASA
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 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Subglacial Lake
Ice Sheet
Glacier
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Volume
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
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 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Laser
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Washington
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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 22:50:50 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Satellite
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Planetary Structure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:50:50 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  -180.0
eastBoundLongitude  180.0
northBoundLatitude  -60.0
southBoundLatitude  -90.0
Temporal Extent
2003-09-01T00:00:00.000Z 2009-11-01T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Ben Smith
organisation Name  University of Washington
Contact information
Address
University of WashingtonDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, 98195 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Ian Joughin
organisation Name  University of Washington
Contact information
Address
1013 NE 40th StreetBox 355640, Seattle, WA, 98105 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ian@apl.washington.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Slawek Tulaczyk
organisation Name  
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 831 459 5207
Address
University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz CA, Department of Earth Sciences, UCSC, 95064 Country USA
electronic Mail Address tulaczyk@es.ucsc.edu
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 Helen Fricker
organisation Name  Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contact information
Address
University of California, San Diego9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92093 Country USA
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
point of contact - originator
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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 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 FTP
URL: http://nsidc.org/forms/NSIDC-0523_or.html?major_version=1
link function function
Description Direct download, with optional registration page.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/agdc/nsidc0523-smith/index.html
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name Keyhole Markup Language (.kml)
Format version 
specification > FTP 305 KB
Format
Format name GeoTIFF
Format version 
specification > FTP 0.1 - 100 MB
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > FTP 150 KB

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Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
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domainValue 2012-01-01
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ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
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domainValue 2014-09-08
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Metadata data stamp:  2014-09-08
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:  Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry
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:  Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)