Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES) Site Selection data contains ground-based geophysical measurements for identifying deep ice core drilling locations. The program maps spatial variations in ice flow, accumulation rate, internal layering, and ice thickness at candidate sites. Data was produced by SCIOPS and last updated in 2007.
Use Cases
- Select optimal drilling sites by analyzing spatial maps of ice thickness and internal layering.
- Model past accumulation rates using measured variations in the ice flow and internal stratigraphy.
- Assess site stability for climate archives by correlating ice flow patterns with accumulation rate data.
Strengths
- Data supports a major NSF-funded collaborative research program for deep ice core site selection.
- Geophysical measurements map multiple key parameters: ice flow, accumulation rate, internal layering, and thickness.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with no updates recorded since 2007.
- Specific data volume, row counts, and file formats are unknown from the provided metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS, via NASA Earthdata (nasa_earthdata).
- Collection Method
- Ground-based geophysical measurements.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated on 2007-06-07.
- Geography
- Candidate ice core drilling sites in West Antarctica.