This geothermal flux dataset was derived from satellite magnetic data and a thermal model. The point data provided were interpolated on to the 5 km grid using spline interpolation.

The data unit is mW m-2.

Originators: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.734145

Publisher: Le Brocq, A. M., Payne, A. J., and Vieli, A.: An improved Antarctic dataset for high resolution numerical ice sheet models (ALBMAP v1), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2, 247-260, doi:10.5194/essd-2-247-2010, 2010.

Publication date: 2010

References: Fox Maule, C., Purucker, M., Olsen, N., and Mosegaard, K.: Heat flux anomalies in Antarctica revealed by satellite magnetic data, Science, 309, 464-467, 2005.

Editors
Glaciology

Catherine Ritz
catherine.ritz@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Anne LeBrocq
A.LeBrocq@exeter.ac.uk