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Heard Island Ice Coverage GIS Dataset

Australian Antarctic Division
Harris, U. ; HARRIS, URSULA
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Stored data format: ArcView shapefile
Available format type: ArcView shapefile. Stored as geographicals with a projection file.
Access constraint: ArcView shapefiles are available on the web.

This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=heard_ice_gis when using these data.

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Heard Island, ice layer. This is a polygon dataset stored in the Geographical Information System (GIS). The ice layer shows ice/snow as depicted on the Heard Island satellite image map, published in 1991. The amount of ice/snow is as captured on the SPOT image 9 Jan 1988.

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Progress Code: completed
Statement: The quality of this dataset is unknown. It appears the data were digitised off the Heard Island satellite image map, published in 1991. The data were a line layer in MapInfo format. Later (approx. 1998) the data were converted into a polygon ArcInfo coverage, and to shapefile. The layer was also clipped to match the AMBIS Heard Island coastline. The dataset does not include McDonald Islands. This dataset conforms to the Australian Antarctic Spatial Data Model. Usually mapped to a Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 43.

Data time period: 1991-04-07 to 1991-09-09

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text: westlimit=73.24; southlimit=-53.21; eastlimit=73.90; northlimit=-52.95

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AMD | AMD/AU | CEOS | Computer > Computer | EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE EXTENT | EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION | EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | GIS | ICE | MAPS | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS | SNOW | elevation |

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