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International Collaboration on the Study of Geodynamics of Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14580556
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Environmental dynamic analysis
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Polar Research

Principal Investigator

SHIBUYA Kazuo  National Institute of Polar Research, Center for Antarctic Environment Monitoring, Professor, 南極圏環境モニタリング研究センター, 教授 (80132710)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) DOI Koichiro  National Institute of Polar Research, Center for Antarctic Environment Monitoring, Associate Professor, 南極圏環境モニタリング研究センター, 助教授 (80290873)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
KeywordsLake Vostok / Synthetic Aperture Radar / Lake Tide / GPS vertical motion / Subglacial Lake / ice dynamics / Antarctica / 南極氷床 / 重力潮汐 / GPS / 気圧応答 / NCEPデータ / 氷床動力学
Research Abstract

In 1969, an Askania Gs-11 gravimeter was operated at Vostok Station (78.466°S, 106.832°E, 3478 m asl) by Schneider (1970). We revisited and analyzed the data with a BAYTAP-G and -L (Tamura et al., 1991) program. For the two global ocean tide models of NAO99b (Matsumoto et al., 1999) and FES99 (Lefevre et al., 2000), we estimated the load tides. For the K1 wave, the obtained residual amplitude was 1.91 ± 0.25μ Gal, while for the M2 wave it was 1.24 ± 0.14,u Gal. The associated uncertainty reduced to one-thirds as compared with the results by Dietrich et al. (2001). It is interesting that K1 wave is about 900 phase-leaded, while M2 wave is about 1800 phase-leaded (delayed). With a conversion coefficient of -0.29μ Gal/mm from gravity variation to vertical displacement, the displacement was in the range of about ±10 mm ; which is found to match the actually observed 2002/2003-season GPS vertical motion in a least square sense. Air pressure differences above the lake cause a differential inverse barometer effect with resulting height changes of up to 40 mm on time scales from days to weeks. The effect could be verified, together with the differential tidal motions, by differential GPS observations in the southern part of the lake during the 2002/2003 summer season. The measured amplitudes and phases of the largest constituents correspond to the respective values of the differential equilibrium tides. Four ERS-1/-2 tandem interferograms of 1996 were used to analyze the spatial pattern of the surface displacement. These measurements reveal a bulge with a wide tidal flexure zone of varying amplitude but a similar geometry. Moreover, it can be concluded that the associated water redistribution within the lake forms an additional component of the overall water circulation in the lake

Report

(3 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

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All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] Koichiro Doi, et al.: "Response of Lake Vostok to atmospheric pressure change"IUGG2003 Abstracts. B. B20 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Anja Poetzsch, et al.: "Response of subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica to tidal forcing"Terra Nostra. 4. 263-264 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Jens Went, et al.: "Geodetic observations to study ice surface deformation in the area of the Vostok core location"Terra Nostra. 4. 338 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koichiro Doi, et al.: "南極・Vostok基地において観測された重力の潮汐変位データの再解析"測地学会誌講演予稿集. 98. 191-192 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Doi, K., Shibuya, K., Dietrich, R., Poetzsch, A.: "Reanalysis of the records of tidal gravity variations observed at Vostok Station"Abstracts of the Geodetic Society of Japan. No.98. 191-192 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Doi, K., Shibuya, K., Aoki, S., Yamanokuchi, T.: "Response of Lake Vostok to atmospheric pressure change"IUGG Abstract B. B20. (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Poetzsch, A., Wendt, J., Dietrich, R., Shibuya, K., Doi, K., Lukin, V., Yuskevich, Senatorov, A.: "Response of subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tidal forcing"Terra Nostra. Vol.4. 263-264 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Wendt, J., Dietrich, R., Yuskevich, A., Lukin, V., Shibuya, K.: "Geodetic observations to study ice surface deformation in the area of the Vostok core location"Terra Nostra. Vol.4. 338 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koichiro Doi: "Response of Lake Vostok to atmospheric pressure change"IUGG2003 Abstracts. B. B20 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Anja Poetzsch: "Response of subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica to tidal forcing"Terra Nostra. 4. 263-264 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Jens Wendt: "Geodetic observations to study ice surface deformation in the area of the Vostok core location"Terra Nostra. 4. 338 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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