West Antarctic Peninsula Glacier Speed and Calving Data, 2014-2021

West Antarctic Peninsula glacier dynamics from 2014 to 2021. The dataset includes calving front positions for 8 glaciers, ice speed time series for 105 glaciers, and regional climate model data for snowfall and melt. Benjamin J. Wallis from the University of Leeds published this data in 2023 to support research on seasonal glacier speed-up.

Use Cases

• Model seasonal and interannual glacier velocity changes based on ice speed time series for 105 glaciers.
• Analyze calving front retreat or advance based on calving front positions for 8 glaciers.
• Correlate glacier speed with climatic drivers based on RACMO model data for snowfall, precipitation, and snowmelt.
• Calculate basin-wide ice discharge based on drainage basin ice speed measurements for 8 glaciers.

Strengths

• Includes ice speed data for 105 glaciers over an 8-year period (2014-2021).
• Provides calving front positions for 8 glaciers from 2015 to 2021.
• Combines glacier observations with regional climate model (RACMO) data for environmental variables.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific ML tasks.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific region of the West Antarctic Peninsula.

Provenance

Source

University of Leeds, supporting the 2023 publication by Wallis et al.

Collection Method

Likely derived from satellite remote sensing and regional climate modeling (RACMO 2.3p2).

Time Range

2014 to 2021 for ice speed; 2015 to 2021 for calving fronts.

Geography

West Antarctic Peninsula.