UNAVCO GPS Project Support: Antarctic Geodetic Data from 15 Projects, 1995-1996
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Description
Antarctic GPS data from 15 separate UNAVCO-supported science projects during the 1995-1996 season. The data includes geodetic and mapping quality measurements supporting geology, geophysics, glaciology, biology, and environmental research. The dataset was last updated on February 1, 1996, and is aggregated from the nasa_earthdata platform.
Use Cases
Modeling Antarctic crustal deformation based on geodetic GPS data.
Analyzing ice sheet flow and glacier dynamics based on mapping quality GPS measurements.
Conducting multi-disciplinary environmental research in Antarctica based on data supporting biology and geology.
Calibrating regional geophysical models based on precise GPS positioning data.
Strengths
Data from 15 distinct Antarctic science projects provides multi-project coverage.
Supports five science disciplines: geology, geophysics, glaciology, biology, and environmental research.
Geodetic and mapping quality GPS data suggests high precision for scientific applications.
Limitations
Last updated 1996-02-01 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
nasa_earthdata
Collection Method
Aggregated from UNAVCO-supported field projects.
Time Range
1995-1996 season
Freshness
1996-02-01 23:59:59.999000
Geography
Antarctica
A field report for the season is referenced but requires accessing an external URL not provided in the input metadata.