Amundsen Sea Sector Data Set, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set includes a nested model, that starts at low resolution for the whole Antarctic Ice Sheet, and then embeds higher resolution data at limited domains. There are at least three levels of nesting: whole, regional, and specific ice streams. Investigators focused on the Thwaites Glacier and the Pine Island Glacier. The model was produced using data from (Holt et al. 2006) and (Vaughan et al. 2006). Data are in Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) format and are available via FTP.
Citation
Title Amundsen Sea Sector Data Set, Version 1
publication  Date   2007-01-01
Edition 1
edition Date 2007-01-01
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name James L. Fastook
organisation Name  University of Maine
Contact information
Address
University of MaineNeville Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5790 Country USA
electronic Mail Address fastook@maine.edu
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
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Velocity
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Velocity
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow/Ice Temperature
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Aircraft > AIRCRAFT
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
RADAR ALTIMETERS
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
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 22:46:54 UTC 2018
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 22:46:54 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 22:46:54 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 22:46:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Mass Balance
thesaurus name >
Title Method > Physical Method
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:46:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
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 22:46:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Level With
Temperature
Velocity
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:46:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
RADAR ALTIMETER
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:46:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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 22:46:54 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
2004-12-21T00:00:00.000Z 2005-03-21T23:59:59.999Z
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 James L. Fastook
organisation Name  University of Maine
Contact information
Address
University of MaineNeville Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5790 Country USA
electronic Mail Address fastook@maine.edu
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  AGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  AGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Description 
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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/609312
link function function
Description These data are not distributed by NSIDC.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0312/versions/1/documentation
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name NetCDF
Format version 
specification > FTP 817 MB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2007-01-01
parentEntity 
rule 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-12-22
parentEntity 
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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:  Amundsen Sea Sector Data Set
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:  Amundsen Sea Sector Data Set, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)