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 National Science
Foundation Award #9418723 |
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Collaborative Research-New Applications of AVHRR to the Study of Small Scale Ice Sheet Surface Morphology: A Window on Regional Ice Dynamics
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| Investigator(s): |
Ted Scambos (PI)
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| Sponsor: |
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO 80309 3034926221
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
1995-05-01 to 1999-04-30 (amended 1995-05-01) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$185,870 |
| Abstract: This award is for support for a two year collaborative program for the development of data cumu-lation, as a technique to further exploit the favorable characteristics (in particular its high radio-metric sensitivity) of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor data for mapping surface features on the polar ice sheets. The work will focus on the quantification of local surface relief and on the refinement of existing topographic data over the two focus areas of Green-land and Antarctica. Although no field work is proposed here, this work is potentially important to anticipated field activity in northeast Greenland, the Siple Coast ice streams and the ice divide area in West Antarctica. Characterization of the morphology and ice dynamics of the interior of large ice sheets is an important component of site selection for deep ice-core drilling. |
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| NSF Org: |
OPP - Office of Polar Programs |
| Award Number: |
9418723 |
| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Julie Palais
OPP Office of Polar Programs
O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANTARCTIC GLACIOLOGY, ANTARCTIC GLACIOLOGY
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| Field Application(s): |
Geological Sciences, Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Reference Code(s): |
SEA LEVEL CHANGES, 1322
UNASSIGNED, 0000 |
| Program Element Code(s): |
5116
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