Casey Station Antarctic Ice and Snow Thickness Measurements

Weekly ice thickness and snow thickness records from Casey Station, Antarctica, spanning 1979 to 1992. The data were collected by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre as part of ASAC projects 189 and 741. Observations are not continuous throughout the period.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in ice thickness from weekly measurements between 1979 and 1992.
• Correlating snow thickness observations with seasonal climate patterns at Casey Station.
• Validating regional ice sheet models using historical ground-truth thickness data from a specific Antarctic site.

Strengths

• Data covers a 14-year period from 1979 to 1992.
• Measurements were attempted on a weekly basis, providing a temporal series.

Limitations

• The observations are explicitly noted as not continuous, indicating gaps in the time series.
• Data collection ceased in 1992, limiting analysis to historical conditions.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).

Collection Method

Weekly field measurements recorded at Casey Station.

Time Range

1979 to 1992.

Freshness

Data collection ended in 1992; the dataset is historical.

Geography

Casey Station, Antarctica.