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survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station

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Citation
Brolsma. H. (2013) Survey report - Davis and Mawson station, Antarctica, 2012/13 summer - Henk Brolsma, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station, Accessed: 2026-09-07
Title
Survey report - Davis and Mawson station, Antarctica, 2012/13 summer - Henk Brolsma
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2013-04-03
Revision Date
2019-08-13
Expected Date of Data Release
2013-04-05
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Survey report from Davis and Mawson stations, Antarctica - conducted during the summer of 2012/2013 by Henk Brolsma.

    Purpose of the field work at Davis and Mawson stations:
    1. Upgrade station GIS for the location of new buildings, additions to buildings, road works, extent of the quarry and location of fire hydrants and hose reels.
    2. Calibrate the tide gauges using the floating GPS technique.
    3. Take terrestrial photos for use in Google Streetview.
    4. Take oblique aerial photos of both stations using a DIGITAL SLR camera

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    Quality

    See the report for more details.

    Access

    A copy of the survey report is publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66
    Southernmost:
    -68

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    62
    Easternmost:
    78

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • survey
    • GPS
    • Davis
    • Mawson
    • station
    • aerial photo
    • Vestfold Hills
    • Holme Bay
    • Kista Strait
    • tide gauge

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

    • GPS RECEIVERS
    • Global Positioning System
    • TIDE GAUGES
    • Cameras
    • SURVEYING TOOLS

    Researchers

    • brolsma, henk (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • connell, dave (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=survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD
      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS

      Metadata Revision History

        2013-04-05 - record created by Dave Connell at the request of Henk Brolsma. 2019-08-13 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

      Creative Commons License