Polar Services - Antarctic - Meta-Data Summaries (2002/03 Season) - Ice Pier Monitoring Stone
| Ice Pier Monitoring Stone |
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Data Set Name: No data available Investigator: PI: Brian Stone Email: bstone |
| Summary:
In Winter 2002 large cracks were discovered in the ice pier in Winter Quarters Bay. The cracks are too large to fix, so a new pier must be built. Before the new pier can be built, the old one must be towed out of the bay. It will then be set adrift in McMurdo Sound and per the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), it's location must be monitored for one year. NSF tasked UNAVCO to track the pier using GPS and ARGOS. Prior to the field season UNAVCO worked with Service ARGOS, a GPS supplier, and others in the Antarctic science community to design and specify the system. The system was to be installed after ship-offload 2003, however, efforts to repair the pier had succeeded and it can be used for one more season. After the monitor is installed UNAVCO will update a website periodically showing the location of the pier and archive the raw GPS/ARGOS data. |
nsf.gov
Institution: National Science Foundation
Web Site: No website available
Data Type:
NA
Dates:
NA
Location:
Name: McMurdo Station
Coordinates: 77 50 S 166 40 E
Radius: 1 km
Data Center:
Name: UNAVCO
URL: Last modified: 2019-12-24 02:12:41 America/Denver