Project Title

The Polar Geospatial Information Center: joint support

Summary

Event Number:
T-434-M
NSF / OPP Award 2129685

Program Director:
Dr. Vladimir Papitashvili

ASC POC/Implementer:
Ryan Steiner / Randolph Jones

Principal Investigator(s)

Dr. Jay Dickson
jdickson@umn.edu
University of Minnesota
Polar Geospatial Center (PGC)
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Location

Supporting Stations: McMurdo Station
Research Locations: McMurdo Station

Description

The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) was founded in 2007 as the Antarctic Geospatial Information Center (AGIC) and has since expanded to include both Polar Regions. PGC provides geospatial support in the form of mapping, data delivery, and geographic information systems (GIS) analysis to science and logistics communities of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Arctic and Antarctic research programs. PGC provides satellite imagery of aircraft landing sites, satellite radar, elevation models, mapping, GIS services, real-time surface imagery, and historical time lapse sequences of changing ice conditions.

Field Season Overview

Two sequential team members (with team size of one participant) will be based at McMurdo Station from mid-October through mid-January, and will provide cartographic support, remote sensing products, and geospatial analysis assistance to science-project grantees and other U.S. Antarctic Program contractor and logistics entities.

Deploying Team Members