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Polar Services - Antarctic - Meta-Data Summaries (1996/97 Season) - S-151 Dunbar
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S-151 Dunbar
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Data Set Name:
S-151 1996/97
Investigator:
PI: Nelia Dunbar
POC: PI
Institution: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Email: nelia nmt.edu
Web Site: http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geol/volcanology/avolc.html
Data Type:
Static and Kinematic GPS
Dates:
11/96-1/97
Location:
Name: Victorialand, Marie Byrd Land
Coordinates: 77 S 170 W
Radius: 1000 km
Data Center:
Name: UNAVCO
URL: www.unavco.org
Email: archiveunavco.org or polarunavco.org
Phone: (303) 497-8000
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Summary:
Dr. Dunbar requested UNAVCO equipment for nearly the entire field season to accurately digitize the locations of
tephra lines embedded in the polar ice. The continuous data collection strategy was used for this work, and all data
were processed in the field by the field team members. The in- field data processing ensured that good data were
collected, and the resulting tephra maps gave the field team an immediate overview of the study area, allowing them
to optimize their data collection strategies. Dr. Dunbar was also provided with a data processing computer to finish
data processing after the field season. Due to the large amounts of data generated, and the complexity of the data
collection and processing strategy, two field team members (Nelia Dunbar and Richard Esser) were trained at
UNAVCO prior to the field season. This proved to be an effective strategy which eliminated the need for extensive
training at McMurdo when both the UNAVCO field engineer and the field team members were busy with other
commitments. Data from the project were periodically backed up by the UNAVCO engineer when the field team
was at McMurdo in transit between remote field camps.
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Last modified Friday, 19-Oct-2007 22:06:02 UTC
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