The surface temperature estimates in °C are derived from AVHRR infrared data. Annual mean temperatures from 1982-2004 were averaged to provide the climatological surface air temperature field.

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: Comiso, J. C.: Variability and trends in Antarctic surface temperatures from in situ and satellite infrared measurements, J. Climate, 13(10), 1674-1696, 2000.

Editors
Glaciology

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

Anne LeBrocq
A.LeBrocq@exeter.ac.uk