Airborne geophysical data from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian Arctic, 2014

  • Toby Benham (Contributor)
  • Poul Christoffersen (Creator)
  • Julian Dowdeswell (Contributor)
  • Martin Siegert (Creator)
  • Donald Blankenship (Creator)
  • Duncan Young (Creator)
  • Scott Kempf (Creator)
  • Steven J. Palmer (Contributor)
  • Toby Benham (Contributor)
  • Toby Benham (Contributor)
  • Poul Christoffersen (Creator)
  • Julian Dowdeswell (Contributor)
  • Martin Siegert (Contributor)
  • Donald Blankenship (Creator)
  • Duncan Young (Contributor)
  • Scott Kempf (Contributor)
  • Steven J. Palmer (Contributor)

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Description

Survey flying (using Basler BT-67 aircraft C-GJKB) was carried out between 1 May 2014 and 12 May 2014 to measure the ice thickness, surface elevation and magnetic anomaly of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada. The primary radar instrument was the UTIG-JPL High-Capability Radar Sounder (HICARS: Peters et al., 2005). Level 1 radar data products are hosted at NSIDC. Surface elevation data was acquired by a fixed beam Riegl laser altimeter using a solid-state infrared lasar firing at 100 Hz. A tail boom-mounted cesium vapor total field magnetometer specially configured for the aircraft measured the magnetic anomaly. Funding was provided by NERC grants NE/K004999/1, NE/K004956/1 and NE/K004956/2.
Date made available1 Jan 2020
PublisherUK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation
Date of data production1 May 2014 - 12 May 2014
Geographical coverageQueen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada Arctic

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