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. 2021 Apr 22;36:107079. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107079
Subject Space and Planetary Science
Specific subject area Temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of ice Ih in the ice shells of ocean worlds such as Europa, Enceladus, Titan, and Pluto.
Type of data Tables
How data were acquired Data were extracted through transcription of tables and digitization from plots from the following publications: [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11], and [12]. Digitization of datapoints was performed using the open source tool WebPlotDigitizer [13].
Data format Transcribed
Digitized
Analyzed
Parameters for data collection Data included in this collection met the following criteria:
  • (1)

    Data were referenced in the derivation of published thermal conductivity models for ice Ih

  • (2)

    Original data source was available for digitization or transcription of datapoints

  • (3)

    Original data were acquired under atmospheric pressure or could be scaled to atmospheric pressure from higher pressure

Description of data collection Where data were available as tables, the values were transcribed to the dataset excel file under the tab "K (Tabulated)". Where data were available in the original source as plots, the plots were extracted from the publication using the Snipping Tool available on Windows systems. The image was then uploaded to WebPlotDigitizer and plot axes were calibrated [13]. Datapoints were selected manually and values extracted at a fixed precision of either 2 or 3 digits depending on the units of the data. Data were copied to the dataset excel file under the tab "K (Digitized)".
Data source location Primary data sources:
[2]
[3]https://doi.org/10.1080/14786436208209120
[4]https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0528-7_32
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]https://doi.org/10.3189/S0022143000022000
[9]
[10]https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/13/4/003
[11]https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.22.3065
[12]https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.6583
Sources of thermal conductivity models:
[3]https://doi.org/10.1080/14786436208209120
[4]https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0528-7_32
[5]
[6]
[10]https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/13/4/003
[14]
[15]https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a103734.pdf
[16]https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01133567
[17]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12148047
[18]https://doi.org/10.1039/B500373C
Data accessibility Wolfenbarger, Natalie; Carnahan, Evan; Jordan, Jake; Hesse, Marc (2021), “A Comprehensive Dataset for the Thermal Conductivity of Ice Ih for Application to Planetary Ice Shells”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/ttzbgxs9fw.1https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/ttzbgxs9fw/1
Related research article Carnahan, E., N. S. Wolfenbarger, Jacob S. Jordan, M. A. Hesse, New insights into temperature-dependent ice properties and their effect on ice shell convection for icy ocean world, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (2021).
doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116886