Borehole Optical Stratigraphy measurements through 4 full years at Summit, Greenland

These data consist of detailed measurements of the temporal and spatial variations of firn compaction to advance knowledge and understanding of ice deformation and across different fields, including remote sensing, snow morphology, and paleoclimatology. These details can be tracked over time to determine vertical motion and strain, which in the shallow depth is dominated by firn compaction. These data were gathered using the concept of Borehole Optical Stratigraphy (BOS). Borehole Optical Stratigraphy is a method for recording the visual stratigraphy in a snow/firn borehole, generating a profile of brightness versus depth. The BOS instrument is a downward-looking video camera that is lowered down a borehole. The lens is wide-angle, and the view includes the walls of the borehole. These data cover accumulation rates occurring between 1980-2008, and the data were collected between 2004-2009.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2009-01-01T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2009-01-01T23:59:59Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 72.70000
Bounding Box South Lat 72.50000
Bounding Box West Long -38.60000
Bounding Box East Long -38.40000
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Author Edwin D. Waddington
Bob Hawley
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-01-05T11:20:30
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.307
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category geoscientificInformation
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:49:37Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.307
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Edwin D. Waddington, Bob Hawley. (2011). Borehole Optical Stratigraphy measurements through 4 full years at Summit, Greenland. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.307. Accessed 25 November 2024.

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