Antarctic surface mass and energy exchanges
SURFEIT unites UK and international scientists to study Antarctic ice and atmosphere interactions, improve sea-level projections, and support climate action.
Carlos Martin Garcia
Ice Stream Modelling
Arenas Pingarron, A., Brisbourne, A., Corr, H., Jordan, T., Robinson, C., Martin, C., Nicholls, K., & Smith, A. (2023). Ice-sounding airborne synthetic aperture radar depth profiles from Recovery Ice Stream 2016/17 and Rutford Ice Stream 2019/20 to test the RGB-Doppler-Decomposition method. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/40c2f86b-1a02-4106-934a-42769682df66
Kufner, S., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., Wookey, J., Martin, C., Hudson, T., & Kendall, J. (2022). Shear wave splitting catalogue, Rutford Ice Stream (West Antarctica), November 2018 to February 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6fcc17ad-425b-4367-bd23-c4133a38e359
Mulvaney, R., King, E., Martin, C., Rix, J., Cavitte, M., Ritz, C., & Frezotti, M. (2022). Ice radar data from Little Dome C, Antarctica, 2016-2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3ea504d8-41c2-40dc-86dc-284c341badaa
Corr, H., Ritz, C., & Martin, C. (2021). Polarimetric ApRES data on a profile across Dome C, East Antarctica, 2013-2014 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/634ee206-258f-4b47-9237-efff4ef9eedd
Jordan, T., Martin, C., Brisbourne, A., Schroeder, D., & Smith, A. (2020). Radar characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic rheology within Rutford Ice Stream, 2017-2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/d5b7e5a1-b04d-48d8-a440-c010658ec146
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