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ICE_RADAR_DATA_PRIORITY

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Citation
Allison, I. and Jansen, P.W. (2003) Ice Radar Data collected 2002 - Priority Flights, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5b88cac82d835, Accessed: 2026-08-03
Title
Ice Radar Data collected 2002 - Priority Flights
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/5b88cac82d835
Created Date
2003-05-19
Revision Date
2019-04-08
Parent record
None

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    Description

    The data contains ASCII lat/long records extracted from the binary data.

    The binary data are ice radar soundings at 150 MHz from Aircraft flown at about 100 knots.

    This covers the priority flights in the Amery Ice Shelf area to look at the grounding zone between the ice shelf and Gillock Island.

    The Radar unit was built by the Science and Technical Support group of the Australian Antarctic Division.

    This data are part of the Australian Antarctica and Southern Ocean Profiling Project (AASOPP) for continental mapping of the Australian continent.

    See also the other metadata record for ice radar data.

    The files in this dataset are:

    ASCII lat/long records:

    Record
    Time (UTC)
    Latitude
    Longitude

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    Access

    The ice radar files are stored in binary format, although a program (ReadRadar) is provided as part of the download to read the binary format and example C code to read the radar records. If you are unable to use this program, contact the technical contact to have the data converted for you.

    These data are stored offline. Contact the AADC for access (data will be placed on a cloud service).

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -68.57
    Southernmost:
    -70.7908

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    68.18703
    Easternmost:
    77.95972
    Minimum Depth:
    100 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    3000 Metres

    Data Resolution

    Vertical Resolution:
    10 Metre(s)
    Temporal Resolution:
    1 Second(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AASOPP
    • AMERY ICE SHELF
    • AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTICA AND SOUTHERN OCEAN PROFILING PROJECT
    • GILLOCK ISLAND
    • ICE RADAR

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > GILLOCK ISLAND
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • Aircraft

    Instruments

    • Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
    • Imaging Radar Systems, Real and Synthetic Aperture

    Researchers

    • allison, ian (INVESTIGATOR)
    • jansen, peter (TECHNICAL CONTACT,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=ICE_RADAR_DATA_PRIORITY when using these data.

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