Published May 7, 2024 | Version v1
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Data accompanying manuscript: 'Antarctic subglacial topography mapped from space reveals complex mesoscale landscape dynamics'

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Description

This upload contains the data which accompanies the manuscript: 'Antarctic subglacial topography mapped from space reveals complex mesoscale landscape dynamics'.

Metrics calculated for each of the 4269 50 km by 50 km regions

Filename (IFPA) Filename (Bedmachine) Filename (Bedmap3) Description
x_ifpa.nc
y_ifpa.nc
    X and Y coordinates
mean_ifpa.nc or ifpa_mean.nc bedmach_mean.nc   Mean elevation (m)

ifpa_count.nc
ifpa_count_max_20.nc
ifpa_count_max_100.nc
ifpa_count_max_250.nc

bedmach_count.nc
bedmach_count_max_20.nc
bedmach_count_max_100.nc
bedmach_count_max_250.nc
 

The number of hills with a 50 m prominence within a 5 km neighbourhood 
(or 20 m, 100 m, 250 m respectively)

ifpa_b1_5km.nc
ifpa_b1_thickness.nc
bedmach_b1_5km.nc
bedmach_b1_thickness.nc
  The fourier fractal dimension for wavelengths greater than 5 km or the ice thickness respectively
ifpa_std_deslope.nc
i_std_l.nc
bedmach_std_deslope.nc
b_std_l.nc
  The standard deviation:
- with the best fit slope removed
- of some long wavelength components of the fourier spectrum
ifpa_wav_max_power.nc bedmach_wav_max_power.nc   The wavelength in the Fourier spectrum with the maximum power
ifpa_rms_slope.nc
i_rms_slope_h.nc
bedmach_rms_slope.nc
b_rms_slope_h.nc
  The RMS slope of:
- the bed elevation
- some short wavelength components of the fourier spectrum
ifpa_rms_curvature.nc bedmach_rms_curvature.nc   The RMS curvature of the bed elevation
  source.nc   The method used to calculate the bed topography (Bedmachine only)
    mean_nearest.nc The mean distance from each IFPA grid point to the nearest Bedmap3 data point
    bedmap3_count.nc The number of Bedmap3 data points within the region

 

Datasets required for plotting

Filename Description
Groundingline_Antarctica_v2.shp Antarctic grounding line  
ECR_features.shp Outline of significant features within the example regions chosen
IFPA_bed.nc IFPA bed topography map for Antarctica

 

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Additional details

Funding

University of Edinburgh, E4 DTP NE/S007407/1
Natural Environment Research Council
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (GHOST) NE/S006672
Natural Environment Research Council
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (GHOST) PLR 1738934
National Science Foundation

Software

Programming language
Python