The scar add consists of geographic information layers including coastline, iceshelf grounding line, rock outcrop, elevation data and humanpresence features such as research station locations. Bas is a component of the natural environment research council nerc please contact the mapping and geographic information centre for further information. Read more about antarctic digital database arcatlas. February 2, 2017 these data are stacked multichannel marine seismic reflection data recorded during 198788 in the antarctica peninsula region, by petrobras, brazil. British antarctic survey bas, scott polar research institute spri, and world conservation monitoring centre wcmc. The antarctic digital database add was produced under the auspices of the scientific committee on antarctic research scar. Pdf increased west antarctic and unchanged east antarctic. Current status of antarctic glaciology and coastalchange project agccp at february 1999 at this stage only one map of the bakutis coast, a cartographic product, has been produced with 1 to the east and one to the west almost ready to be digitised. Mar 08, 2017 one of the most timeconsuming and stressful parts of any antarctic research project is simply making a map. The antarctic digital topographic database is the outcome of a truly international collaborative project between 11 nations. Data sources antpas antarctic permafrost, periglacial. Bedmap provides rasters of antarctic bedrock elevation and adjacent ocean floor bathymetry, of antarctic ice thickness, and of antarctic surface elevations. Scar is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the antarctic region including the southern ocean, and on the role of the.
Data capture was coordinated in the uk, under the auspices of the. A snapshot of biodiversity protection in antarctica nature. This projection is identical to the radarsat antarctic mapping project antarctic mapping mission 1 synthetic aperture radar image mosaic of antarctica, version 2 data set. The antarctic digital database add is the premier source of vector topographic data for antarctica. Antarctic digital database version 3 provided by the scientific committtee on antarctic. It is derived from a wide variety of sources, and aims to provide the best currently available data in all areas. The geomap project led by gns science is a worldfirst digital database of antarctica s geology, providing a catalogue of every area of exposed rock by type and age on the continent. The scar antarctic digital database add aims to provide a seamless topographic map compiled from the best available international geographic information for all areas. Spatial analysis of raster data an antarctic example. British antarctic survey bas antarctic digital database add. United states scientific committee on antarctic research. Building on the long legacy of mapping done in antarctica, the project translated hundreds of hardcopy paper maps representing 52,000km 2 of land into a modern digital source. Scar antarctic digital database thomson and cooper, 1993. The completion of the scar antarctic digital database add has provided a new basis for statistical calculations for antarctica.
Radarsat antarctic mapping project ramp current status at november 2001 the radarsat antarctic mapping project is a collaboration between the u. The scar antarctic digitial database add is a seamless, multiscale compilation of the best international topographic mapping for antarctica. Bedmap provides rasters of antarctic bedrock elevation and adjacent ocean floor bathymetry, of antarctic ice thickness, and of antarctic. The scar data policy is described in pdf scar report. The us scientific committee on antarctic research scar office is a focal point for us participation in scar. Application of standards in antarctica background to the scientific committee on antarctic research.
Worldfirst digital database of antarctic geology antarcticas environment will be highly vulnerable as the global climate warms. For earlier scar products and services, see the archived website. The standing committee on antarctic geographic information scagi manages and enhances the geographic framework for antarctic scientific research, operations, environmental management, and tourism. Antarctic digital database and small scale antarctic digital elevation model by integrating cartographic and remotely sensed data. Pdf the antarctic digital topographic database is the outcome of a truly international collaborative project between 11 nations. Some of the files are quite large, especially on the antarctic peninsula they stretch josms capabilities.
The scientific committee on antarctic research scar antarctic digital database. The antarctic map 1a uses the coastline layer from the scar antarctic digital database version 7. Global land onekilometer base elevation globe data set. The calving front at the scar inlet is named for the scientific committee on antarctic research. Antarctic digital database users guide and reference manual. Since then, the admap has been updating the databases.
Scientific committee on antarctic research scar antarctic digital database add. Hosted and developed using exclusively open source software at british antarctic survey bas. Spatial data are increasingly available in digital form, managed using gis software and are often distributed via the web. Development of antarctic digital elevation model by integrating cartographic and remotely sensed data. A keystone in a changing world online proceedings of the 10th isaes x, edited by a. Admap was launched in 1995 to compile and integrate into a digital database all exisiting nearsurface and satellite mangetic anomaly data collected in antarctica and surrounding oceans south of 60 degrees.
There are two projects currently dealing with the antarctic features. Pdf the scar antarctic digital topographic database. Add digital database the scientific committee on antarctic. Scar marbin marine biodiversity information network scar marbin was integrated with the biodiversity databases managed by the australian antarctic division to form biodiversity. Modis mosaic of antarctica 20032004 moa2004 image map. Spatial analysis an antarctic example for arcgis v. Geospatial data resources international robinson map library. Scar encourages the community to share its information to make maximum use of. Digital data are available to make such maps and answers these questions, as is software to do so. In september 2005, the caap team hosted an eggi meeting and. Measured properties of the antarctic ice sheet derived. It is managed and developed by bas on behalf of scar. Best of all, quantarctica is free to download and redistribute. The national academies polar research board serves as the us national committee to scar and the us antarctic scientific community is represented by the us scar.
Pgc maintains a list of external nonpgc polar gis data resources. Qgis is a great free, open source alternative to commercial gis software. Bas is a component of the natural environment research. List of papers of the relationship between sea ice characteristics and antarctic. It is derived from a wide variety of sources, and aims to provide the best. Maps created with data from the scar antarctic digital database. Cooper british antarctic survey, high cross, madingley road, cambridge cb3 oet received march 1994 abstract. Accordingly, admap was launched in 1995 to compile and integrate into a digital database all existing nearsurface and satellite magnetic anomaly data collected in antarctica and surrounding oceans south of 60degrees s. International data resources by region uo libraries. In september 2005, the caap team hosted an eggi meeting and teleconference. The antarctic digital database add is a compilation of medium scale topographic data for the continent of en. Worldfirst digital database of antarctic geology scar. The tags used in the import data are documented on antarctic digital database data. More recently, gns has lead the development of the scar geomap project which is a worldfirst digital database of antarctic geology.
Progress of preparation of sea ice data to investigate the. For the region south of 60s, coastline information is taken from the scientific committee on antarctic research s scar antarctic digital database. Admap ii report scientific committee on antarctic research. Data capture was coordinated in the uk, under the auspices of. The scar antarctic digital database add is a seamless compilation of topographic data for the continent of antarctica to 60s. Review the scar antarctic digital topographic database. User guide to the centenary edition of the gebco digital atlas. Quantarctica is a collection of antarctic geographical datasets for research. Admap is a joint project of the scientific committee on antarctic research scar and the international association of geomagnetism and aeronomy iaga. Scientific work in antarctica and its operational support depends on a reliable, consistent geographic framework. One of the most timeconsuming and stressful parts of any antarctic research project is simply making a map. Apr 24, 2019 the study area extends for about 30 km along the coast of northwest nelson island and southwest king george island south shetlands islands, antarctica and is divided into three subareas north, center, south. Jun 28, 2017 antarctic terrestrial biodiversity occurs almost exclusively in icefree areas that cover less than 1% of the continent. Scar aims to be a portal to data repositories of antarctic scientific data and information.
Quantarctica is a collection of antarctic geographical datasets which works with the free, opensource software qgis. National reporting to scientific committee on antarctic. Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity occurs almost exclusively in icefree areas that cover less than 1% of the continent. Scar aims to be a portal to data repositories of antarctic scientific data and. It was presented to xxvii scar, 1526 july 2002, in shanghai, china.
Development of an antarctic digital elevation model. The scar antarctic digital database is managed by the british antarctic survey and the scientific committee for antarctic research. Scar map and geographic information products add antarctic digital database. Scientific committee on antarctic research wikipedia. Make sure you have enough memory available to josm and be prepared for slow operations. This differs from the gebco grid where land areas are largely based on the nasa shuttle radar topography mission srtm30 data set. Climate change drives expansion of antarctic icefree. Antarctic digital database of scar agip azienda generale italiana petroli an italian petroleum company ams army map service, 19461968 anudem australian national university digital elevation modeling software package auslig. It is the remaining fragment of the much larger larsen b ice shelf which disintegrated in 2002.
Bas is a component of the natural environment research council nerc please contact the mapping and. However, users should note that the resolution of the data varies widely. The metreader database contains monthly mean surface and upper air climatological data derived from the insitu meteorological observations made at antarctic stations with longterm records. Climate change will alter the extent and configuration of icefree areas. The antarctic digital magnetic anomaly project admap is a multinational project to compile nearsurface and satellite magnetic anomaly data into a digital database and map for the antarctic. Antarctic digital database of scar agip azienda generale italiana petroli an italian petroleum company ams army map service, 19461968 anudem australian national university digital elevation modeling software. A snapshot of biodiversity protection in antarctica. Schenke 2007, gis based data compilation of the new international bathymetric chart of the southern ocean ibcso, in antarctica. Our earth contains global geographic and attribute data at three scales 1. Data sets held at the us national snow and ice data center were used to define the coverage of glaciers and the greenland ice sheet in the imagery centred on the north pole.
Maps welcome to the scientific committee on antarctic research. The scientific committee on antarctic research scar antarctic digital database, version 3 add v. Climate change drives expansion of antarctic icefree habitat. A whole host of resources are available through the add. This multinational project is encouraged by resolutions of the scientific committee on antarctic research scar. Antarctica geological mapping regional geology land and. Scar promotes free and unrestricted access to antarctic data and information by promoting open and accessible archiving practices.
Measured properties o thf e antarctic ice sheet derived from the scar antarctic digital database adrian j. Usarc, united states antarctic research center, has maps, aerial photos and other information compiled by scar, the scientific committee on antarctic research africa africover maintained by fao, the goal of this project is to create a central database. Working with 18 international collaborators from 14 nations, the project has translated hundreds of hard copy maps into a modern gis dataset. The scar feature catalogue was developed by scars standing committee on antarctic geographic information. Admap article from eos scientific committee on antarctic. Current status of antarctic digital database add at. Scar feature catalogue scar feature catalogue aadc. Studying antarcticas geology is pivotal for understanding how the continent has been affected by climate change in the past and how it may react to potential future changes. Scar is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the antarctic. Gis based data compilation of the new international. The scar antarctic digital database aims to provide a seamless. This project compiled topographic contour maps from eleven nations into. The site also contains available metadata about changes of instrumentation and station location. The 125 m grid images that make up the moa2004 image map are provided in the antarctic mapping projection recommended by the scientific committee on antarctic research scar.
The scientific committee on antarctic research scar add is a seamless compilation of topographic data for antarctica to 60s. The completion of the scar antarctic digital database. Multichannel seismic reflection scar antarctic penn. Welcome to the scientific committee on antarctic research. Please redirect your searches to the new ads modern form or the classic form. Apr 15, 2020 the scar antarctic digital database add is a seamless compilation of topographic data for the continent of antarctica to 60s loadb cornell university open access to 853,987 eprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. Report to scar excom june 2007 scar standing committee on. Whether its plotting your own data points, lines, or images. The scientific committee on antarctic research scar is a thematic organisation of the international science council isc, and was created in 1958. This dataset supersedes the australian antarctic territory coastline 2001 dataset which is also part of scar s antarctic digital database add version 4 and version 5. It currently includes geography, glaciology and geophysics data, and will expand with contributions from the research community. By adrian fox, david herbert, peter fretwell and andrew fleming.
Scar initiates, develops and coordinates scientific research in the antarctic region and provides objective independent scientific advice to the antarctic treaty consultative meetings. Antarctic digital database add scientific work in antarctica and its operational support depends on a reliable, consistent geographic framework. If the gebco bathymetry is being downgraded or is being reproduced over a large area covering many sheets then the source should be acknowledged as the gebco digital atlas published by the british oceanographic data centre on behalf of ioc and iho, 2003. Antarctic digital database project british antarctic survey. Satellitederivedvelocity field of an antarctic icestream. The scar antarctic digital topographic database article pdf available in antarctic science 503. Following a resolution at the 1993 iaga meeting and a supporting recommendation from the scar 1994 meeting, the first admap workshop was held in cambridge, uk, during september 1995 johnson. Current status of antarctic glaciology and coastalchange project agccp at february 1999 at this stage only one map of the bakutis coast, a cartographic product, has been. Antarctic experience as a biologist and proposed the creation of a cybercartographic atlas of antarctica utilizing the same hardware and software already in place for the latin american atlas. Caap is also implementing webbased geographic information services e. Pgc does not directly publish many polar gis datasets. Quantarctica is a collection of antarctic geographical datasets which works with the free, crossplatform, opensource software qgis.