Abstract:
Glacial outlines of the APIS (Antarctica Peninsula Ice Sheet) for 1988, 2001, 2009. This is now incorporated into the GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) project.
Keywords:
GLIMS, glacier history, glacier outline, ice sheet thinning
| Access Constraints: | These data are governed by the NERC data policy |
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| Creation Date: | 2012-03-08 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Prof Neil Glasser |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Aberystwyth |
| Name | Dr Bethan Davies |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Aberystwyth |
| Name | Prof Michael Hambrey |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Aberystwyth |
| Name | Prof John Smellie |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Leicester |
| Name | Dr Jonathan Carrivick |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Publications: Glasser, N.F., Scambos, T.A., Bohlander, J.A, Truffer, M., Pettit, E.C., and Davies. B.J., 2011. From ice-shelf tributary to tidewater glacier: continued rapid glacier recession, acceleration and thinning of Röhss Glacier following the 1995 collapse of the Prince Gustav Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology 57, 397-406. DOI Hambrey, M.J. & Fitzsimons, S.J. 2010. Development of sediment-landform associations at cold glacier margins, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Sedimentology, 57, 857-882. Nelson , A.E., Smellie, J.L., Hambrey, M.J., Williams, M, Vautravers, M., Salzmann, U., McArthur, J.M., Regelous, M. 2009. Neogene glacigenic debris flows on James Ross Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula, and their implications for regional climate history. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 3138-3160. Smellie, J.L., Johnson, J.S., McIntosh, W.C., Esser, R., Gudmundsson, M.T., Hambrey, M.J., van Wyk de Vries, B. 2008. Six million years of glacial history recorded in volcanic lithofacies of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 260, 122-148. Hambrey, M.J., Smellie, J.L., Nelson, A., Johnson, J. 2008. Late Cenozoic glacier-volcano interaction on James Ross Island and adjacent areas, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 22pp. Hambrey, M.J., Glasser, N.F., McKelvey, B.C., Sugden, D.E. & Fink, D. 2007. Cenozoic landscape evolution of an East Antarctic oasis (Radok Lake area, northern Prince Charles Mountains), and its implications for the glacial and climatic history of Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 598-626. Hambrey, M. J. and Smellie, J. L. 2006. Distribution, lithofacies and environmental context of Neogene glacial sequences on James Ross and Vega Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. In Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (eds.) Cretaceous-Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 258, 187-200. Davies, B.J., Hambrey, M.J., Smellie, J.L., Carrivick, J.L. and Glasser, N.F., 2010. Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet evolution during the Cenozoic Era. Quaternary Science Reviews, 31 (0), 30-66. Davies, B.J., Carrivick, J.L., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J. and Smellie, J.L., 2011. A new glacier inventory for 2009 reveals spatial and temporal variability in glacier response to atmospheric warming in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, 1988-2009. The Cryosphere Discuss, 5, 3541-3595. Carrivick, J.L., Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F. and Nývlt, D., in press. Late Holocene changes in character and behaviour of land-terminating glaciers on James Ross Island, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology. Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., Hambrey, M.J., Smellie, J.L. and Nyvlt, D., submitted. Landscape evolution and ice-sheet behaviour in a semi-arid polar environment: James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. In: M.J. Hambrey and M. Tranter (Editors), Antarctic Glacial and Periglacial Processes. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, London. Conferences: Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., September 2011. A glacial-periglacial-paraglacial landsystem on James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. Tenth Annual Workshop of the Antarctic Funding Initiative, Cambridge. JRI Conference Poster 1 Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., September 2011. Spatial and temporal variability in glacier response to atmospheric warming in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, 1988-2009. BAS Workshop on Glacier Observations, Cambridge. Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., September 2011. Spatial and temporal variability in glacier response to atmospheric warming in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, 1988-2009. International Glaciological Society British Branch conference, Cambridge. JRI Conference Poster 2 Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., July 2011. Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula region over centennial to millennial timescales. Eleventh International Conference on Antarctic Earth Sciences (XI ISAES), Edinburgh, July 2011. JRI Conference Poster 3 Davies, B.J. Carrivick, J.L., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., July 2011. Glacier response to atmospheric warming 1988-2009, northern Antarctic Peninsula. Eleventh International Conference on Antarctic Earth Sciences (XI ISAES), Edinburgh, July 2011. JRI Conference Poster 2 Davies, B.J., Carrivick, J.L., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.H., and Smellie, J.L., November 2010. Variable response to atmospheric warming, 1988‒2009, northern Antarctic Peninsula. UKPN Polar Sedimentary Processes and Archives Workshop. JRI Conference Poster 2 Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Carrivick, J.L., and Smellie, J.L., September 2010. Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula region from 1988 to 2009. SPIRIT workshop. Toulouse. Davies, B.J., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Carrivick, J.L., and Smellie, J.L., July 2010. Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula region over centennial to millennial timescales. 6th International Workshop on Antarctic Peninsula Climate Change. Leeds. Project ref: AFI 09/01 - Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula region over centennial to millennial timescales |
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| Start Date | 2010-04-01 |
| End Date | 2013-03-31 |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -66 |
| Northernmost | -60 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -60 |
| Easternmost | -30 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
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| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
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| Latitude Resolution | N/A |
| Longitude Resolution | N/A |
| Horizontal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution Range | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution Range | Decadal |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | NE Antarctic Peninsula |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | James Ross Island |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Vega Island |
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| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | N/A |
| Distribution Format | N/A |
| Fees | See Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Data Policy |
| Data Storage: | Data are archived by the GLIMS project. Data available online at glims.org |