Earth System Science Data (Jul 2023)
Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data
- A. C. Frémand,
- P. Fretwell,
- J. A. Bodart,
- J. A. Bodart,
- H. D. Pritchard,
- A. Aitken,
- J. L. Bamber,
- J. L. Bamber,
- R. Bell,
- C. Bianchi,
- R. G. Bingham,
- D. D. Blankenship,
- G. Casassa,
- G. Casassa,
- G. Catania,
- K. Christianson,
- H. Conway,
- H. F. J. Corr,
- X. Cui,
- D. Damaske,
- V. Damm,
- R. Drews,
- G. Eagles,
- O. Eisen,
- O. Eisen,
- H. Eisermann,
- F. Ferraccioli,
- F. Ferraccioli,
- E. Field,
- R. Forsberg,
- S. Franke,
- S. Fujita,
- Y. Gim,
- V. Goel,
- S. P. Gogineni,
- J. Greenbaum,
- J. Greenbaum,
- B. Hills,
- R. C. A. Hindmarsh,
- A. O. Hoffman,
- P. Holmlund,
- N. Holschuh,
- J. W. Holt,
- A. N. Horlings,
- A. Humbert,
- A. Humbert,
- R. W. Jacobel,
- D. Jansen,
- A. Jenkins,
- W. Jokat,
- W. Jokat,
- T. Jordan,
- E. King,
- J. Kohler,
- W. Krabill,
- M. Kusk Gillespie,
- K. Langley,
- J. Lee,
- G. Leitchenkov,
- C. Leuschen,
- B. Luyendyk,
- J. MacGregor,
- E. MacKie,
- E. MacKie,
- K. Matsuoka,
- M. Morlighem,
- J. Mouginot,
- J. Mouginot,
- F. O. Nitsche,
- Y. Nogi,
- O. A. Nost,
- J. Paden,
- F. Pattyn,
- S. V. Popov,
- E. Rignot,
- E. Rignot,
- E. Rignot,
- D. M. Rippin,
- A. Rivera,
- J. Roberts,
- J. Roberts,
- N. Ross,
- A. Ruppel,
- D. M. Schroeder,
- D. M. Schroeder,
- M. J. Siegert,
- A. M. Smith,
- D. Steinhage,
- M. Studinger,
- B. Sun,
- I. Tabacco,
- K. Tinto,
- S. Urbini,
- D. Vaughan,
- B. C. Welch,
- D. S. Wilson,
- D. A. Young,
- A. Zirizzotti
Affiliations
- A. C. Frémand
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- P. Fretwell
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- J. A. Bodart
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- J. A. Bodart
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- H. D. Pritchard
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- A. Aitken
- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- J. L. Bamber
- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- J. L. Bamber
- Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- R. Bell
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA
- C. Bianchi
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
- R. G. Bingham
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- D. D. Blankenship
- Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
- G. Casassa
- General Directorate of Water (DGA), Santiago, Chile
- G. Casassa
- University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- G. Catania
- Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
- K. Christianson
- Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- H. Conway
- Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- H. F. J. Corr
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- X. Cui
- Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
- D. Damaske
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hanover, Germany
- V. Damm
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hanover, Germany
- R. Drews
- Department of Geosciences, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany
- G. Eagles
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- O. Eisen
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- O. Eisen
- Department of Geoscience, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- H. Eisermann
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- F. Ferraccioli
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- F. Ferraccioli
- Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy
- E. Field
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- R. Forsberg
- DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark
- S. Franke
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- S. Fujita
- National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Y. Gim
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- V. Goel
- National Centre for Polar & Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Vasco-da Gama, Goa – 403804, India
- S. P. Gogineni
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
- J. Greenbaum
- Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
- J. Greenbaum
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
- B. Hills
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- R. C. A. Hindmarsh
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- A. O. Hoffman
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA
- P. Holmlund
- Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- N. Holschuh
- Amherst College, Amherst, USA
- J. W. Holt
- University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
- A. N. Horlings
- Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- A. Humbert
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- A. Humbert
- Department of Geoscience, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- R. W. Jacobel
- St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
- D. Jansen
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- A. Jenkins
- Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
- W. Jokat
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- W. Jokat
- Department of Geoscience, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- T. Jordan
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- E. King
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- J. Kohler
- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
- W. Krabill
- NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wattsville, VA, USA
- M. Kusk Gillespie
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
- K. Langley
- Asiaq, Greenland Survey, Nuuk, Greenland
- J. Lee
- Korean Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
- G. Leitchenkov
- Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean, St. Petersburg, Russia
- C. Leuschen
- Centre for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
- B. Luyendyk
- Earth Research Institute, University of California in Santa Barbara, USA
- J. MacGregor
- Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- E. MacKie
- Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- E. MacKie
- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
- K. Matsuoka
- Oceanbox.io, Tromsø, Norway
- M. Morlighem
- Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
- J. Mouginot
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- J. Mouginot
- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France
- F. O. Nitsche
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA
- Y. Nogi
- National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
- O. A. Nost
- Oceanbox.io, Tromsø, Norway
- J. Paden
- Centre for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
- F. Pattyn
- Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- S. V. Popov
- Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition, St. Petersburg, Russia
- E. Rignot
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- E. Rignot
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- E. Rignot
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- D. M. Rippin
- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
- A. Rivera
- Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- J. Roberts
- Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- J. Roberts
- Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Australia
- N. Ross
- School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
- A. Ruppel
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hanover, Germany
- D. M. Schroeder
- Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- D. M. Schroeder
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- M. J. Siegert
- Grantham Institute and Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
- A. M. Smith
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- D. Steinhage
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- M. Studinger
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
- B. Sun
- Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
- I. Tabacco
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
- K. Tinto
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA
- S. Urbini
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
- D. Vaughan
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- B. C. Welch
- St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
- D. S. Wilson
- Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- D. A. Young
- Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
- A. Zirizzotti
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2695-2023
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15
pp. 2695 – 2710
Abstract
One of the key components of this research has been the mapping of Antarctic bed topography and ice thickness parameters that are crucial for modelling ice flow and hence for predicting future ice loss and the ensuing sea level rise. Supported by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Bedmap3 Action Group aims not only to produce new gridded maps of ice thickness and bed topography for the international scientific community, but also to standardize and make available all the geophysical survey data points used in producing the Bedmap gridded products. Here, we document the survey data used in the latest iteration, Bedmap3, incorporating and adding to all of the datasets previously used for Bedmap1 and Bedmap2, including ice bed, surface and thickness point data from all Antarctic geophysical campaigns since the 1950s. More specifically, we describe the processes used to standardize and make these and future surveys and gridded datasets accessible under the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data principles. With the goals of making the gridding process reproducible and allowing scientists to re-use the data freely for their own analysis, we introduce the new SCAR Bedmap Data Portal (https://bedmap.scar.org, last access: 1 March 2023) created to provide unprecedented open access to these important datasets through a web-map interface. We believe that this data release will be a valuable asset to Antarctic research and will greatly extend the life cycle of the data held within it. Data are available from the UK Polar Data Centre: https://data.bas.ac.uk (last access: 5 May 2023). See the Data availability section for the complete list of datasets.
