Metadata details
AIS_1970_iceradar
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- Citation
- Data officer, AADC (2012) Amery Ice Shelf Ice Depth Radar 1970, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/aj1a-2404, Accessed: 2026-07-30
- Title
- Amery Ice Shelf Ice Depth Radar 1970
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/aj1a-2404
- Created Date
- 2012-05-30
- Revision Date
- 2024-05-24
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
In 1970 the Australian Antarctic Division carried out ice depth work using radar, mounted within a van towed on the traverse.
Records for this work have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.
Logbook(s):
Amery Ice Depth Radar Log 1970 - Record of settings used on equipment
A copy of the logbook has been scanned and is available for download from the provided URL.
Quality
The quality of the scanned pages may vary.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1970-01-30 - Stop date: 1970-02-03
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
Additional Keywords
- Ice Radar
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- Radio Detection and Ranging
Researchers
- aadc, data officer (INVESTIGATOR)
- anderson, jason (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AIS_1970_iceradar when using these data.
