Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data
Fremand, Alice C.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Fretwell, Peter
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Bodart, Julien A.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Pritchard, Hamish D.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Aitken, Alan
University of Western Australia
Bamber, Jonathan L.
University of Bristol
Bell, Robin
Columbia University
Bianchi, Cesidio
Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Bingham, Robert G.
University of Edinburgh
Blankenship, Donald D.
University of Texas System
Catania, Ginny
University of Texas System
Christianson, Knut
University of Washington
Conway, Howard
University of Washington
Corr, Hugh F. J.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Cui, Xiangbin
Polar Research Institute of China
Damaske, Detlef
Bundesanstalt Geowissensch & Rohstoffe
Damm, Volkmar
Bundesanstalt Geowissensch & Rohstoffe
Drews, Reinhard
Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen
Eagles, Graeme
Helmholtz Association
Eisen, Olaf
Helmholtz Association
Eisermann, Hannes
Helmholtz Association
Ferraccioli, Fausto
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Field, Elena
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Forsberg, Rene
Technical University of Denmark
Franke, Steven
Helmholtz Association
Fujita, Shuji
Research Organization of Information & Systems (ROIS)
Gim, Yonggyu
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Goel, Vikram
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) - India
Gogineni, Siva Prasad
University of Alabama System
Greenbaum, Jamin
University of California System
Hills, Benjamin
University of Washington
Hindmarsh, Richard C. A.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Hoffman, Andrew O.
Columbia University
Holmlund, Per
Stockholm University
Holschuh, Nicholas
Amherst College
Holt, John W.
University of Arizona
Horlings, Annika N.
University of Washington
Humbert, Angelika
Helmholtz Association
Jacobel, Robert W.
Saint Olaf College
Jansen, Daniela
Jenkins, Adrian
Northumbria University
Jokat, Wilfried
Helmholtz Association
Jordan, Tom
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
King, Edward
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Kohler, Jack
Norwegian Polar Institute
Krabill, William
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Gillespie, Mette Kusk
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Langley, Kirsty
Asiaq
Lee, Joohan
Korean Polar Res Inst
Leitchenkov, German
Inst Geol & Mineral Resources World Ocean
Leuschen, Carlton
University of Kansas
Luyendyk, Bruce
University of California System
MacGregor, Joseph
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
MacKie, Emma
Stanford University
Matsuoka, Kenichi
Oceanbox Io
Morlighem, Mathieu
Dartmouth College
Mouginot, Jeremie
University of California System
Nitsche, Frank O.
Columbia University
Nogi, Yoshifumi
Research Organization of Information & Systems (ROIS)
Nost, Ole A.
Paden, John
University of Kansas
Pattyn, Frank
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Popov, Sergey V.
Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedit
Rignot, Eric
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Rippin, David M.
University of York - UK
Rivera, Andres
Universidad de Chile
Roberts, Jason
University of Tasmania
Ross, Neil
Newcastle University - UK
Ruppel, Anotonia
Bundesanstalt Geowissensch & Rohstoffe
Schroeder, Dustin M.
Stanford University
Siegert, Martin J.
Imperial College London
Smith, Andrew M.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Steinhage, Daniel
Helmholtz Association
Studinger, Michael
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Sun, Bo
Polar Research Institute of China
Tabacco, Ignazio
Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Tinto, Kirsty
Columbia University
Urbini, Stefano
Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Vaughan, David
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Welch, Brian C.
Saint Olaf College
Wilson, Douglas S.
University of California System
Young, Duncan A.
University of Texas System
Zirizzotti, Achille
Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Journal
Earth System Science Data
ISSN
1866-3508
1866-3516
Open Access
gold
Volume
15
Start page
2695
End page
2710
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.
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