Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Landsat Ice Stream (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Landsat Ice Stream (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice stream
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Ice Stream flowing north into Stange Ice Shelf English Coast west of Berg Ice Stream and east of Mount Combs. Following a naming theme in western Palmer Land for Earth Observation satellites and their sensors that have collected important data for understanding the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Landsat series of Earth Observation satellites has been operational since 1972. The most recent instrument is Landsat 8. This successful series of satellites have collected millions of multi-spectral images covering the visible near-infrared and thermal parts of the spectrum at up to 15 metres resolution. The data are a unique resource for global change research and have had a very significant impact on Antarctic glaciology and mapping.
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