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PI: Dr. Andrew Fountain
Project Lead: Andrew Fountain
Funding Source: NSF/PLR Award 1246342
Location: Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Dates: 2014-10-20 to 2015-06-01
C-517 - Dry Valleys NCALM ALS
PI: Dr. Andrew Fountain
Project Lead: Andrew Fountain
Funding Source: NSF/PLR Award 1246342
Location: Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Dates: 2014-10-20 to 2015-06-01
Project Summary
The goal of the project is to collect of state-of-the-art high resolution LIDAR (combining the terms light and radar) imagery of the Dry Valleys of Antarctica in the 2014/2015 Antarctic field season, with LIDAR data collection and processing being provided by the NSF-supported NCALM (National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping) facility. LIDAR images collected in 2014/2015 will be compared to images from 2001 in order to detect decadal change. Additional fieldwork will look at the distribution of buried massive ice, and the impacts that major changes like slumping are having on the biota. All field data will be used to improve models on energy balance, and hydrology. [Adapted from NSF Award Abstract.]