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Gridded 18-year Height-Change Time Series for Antarctic Ice Shelves

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DOI
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Short Name
ice_shelf_dh_v1
Description
Time series of average height changes with respect to 1994 at three-month time steps. These time series were derived from 18 years (1994-2012) of continuous satellite radar-altimeter measurements of changes in ice-shelf surface height [European Space Agency (ESA) ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat missions]. The time series have been corrected for ocean tides, atmospheric pressure (inverse barometer), regional sea-level trends, and surface scattering variation. The data are available in two file formats (HDF5 and ASCII). For full description see included README.txt file.
Version
1
Measurement
CRYOSPHERE › GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS › GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS
Processing Level
3
Coverage
Antarctic
Northernmost Latitude
-62.0
Southernmost Latitude
-82.0
Westernmost Longitude
0
Easternmost Longitude
360
Time Span(s)
January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2011
Resolution
Temporal Resolution
3 months
Spatial Resolution
0.25 degrees (Latitude) x 0.75 degrees (Longitude)
Projection
-
Platform/Sensor
ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat/radar altimetry
Project
Ice Shelf Mass Balance
Data Provider
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Publication(s)
Paolo F.S, H.A. Fricker, L. Padman, Constructing improved decadal records of Antarctic ice-shelf height change from multiple satellite radar altimeters, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.177, pp.192-205, 2016, 10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.026

Paolo F.S., H.A. Fricker, L. Padman, Volume loss from Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating, Science, vol.348, pp.327-331, 2015, 10.1126/science.aaa0940
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