Snow barchans orthorectified near-infrared images from Concordia Station, Antarctica (summers 2017 to 2022)

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This dataset contains orthorectified near-infrared images of snow barchan during migration events at Concordia Station, East Antarctica. Images were acquired by a near infra-red camera (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24×36mm sensor) equipped with an Astronomik Planet IR Pro high-pass infrared filter (cutoff frequency of 807 nm) and a 28mm focal length lens, installed on a tower at a height of approximately 20m. Images were recorded during summer months (August–March), when sufficient daylight was available to capture surface features clearly. The observations were collected as part of a long-term study of snow surface evolution aimed at quantifying the role of snow in Antarctica climate. The primary purpose of this dataset is to provide standardized quantitative descriptors of snow barchan migration and geometry for use in studies of surface processes, wind-driven sediment transport, and landscape evolution in polar environments.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.990230
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Provenance
Creator Poizat, Marine ORCID logo; Alkalla, Jeanne; Picard, Ghislain ORCID logo; Arnaud, Laurent ORCID logo; Lefebvre, Eric; Narteau, Clément
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Agence Nationale de la Recherche https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665 Crossref Funder ID ANR-18-IDEX-0001 ; Agence Nationale de la Recherche https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665 Crossref Funder ID ANR-23-CE56-0008 ; Institut Polaire Français Paul Émile Victor https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004796 Crossref Funder ID NIVO-1110 https://institut-polaire.fr/en/programmes_soutenus/snow-properties-evolution-in-a-changing-climate-in-antarctica/ Snow properties evolution in a changing climate in Antarctica
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 786 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (123.298 LON, -75.098 LAT); Dome C
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-01-27T22:00:09Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-12-11T18:00:07Z