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Description

This data set contains a bed topography/bathymetry map of Greenland based on mass conservation, multi-beam data, and other techniques. It also includes surface elevation and ice thickness data, as well as an ice/ocean/land mask.

Version Description

New major version

Product Summary

Platforms
DC-8 ,
P-3B
Instruments
MCoRDS
Projects
MULTI_NASA
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

Spatial Resolution
150 Meters x 150 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)
Location
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1993-01-01 to 2020-10-01
Concept ID
C3189940962-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Bathymetry ,
Bed Elevation ,
Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness ,
Terrain Elevation

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Morlighem, M., & Et Al. (2021). IceBridge BedMachine Greenland, Version 4 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/VLJ5YXKCNGXO Date Accessed: 2026-06-17

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A giant Early Holocene tsunamigenic rock-ice avalanche in South Pedersen, L.L., Svennevig, K., Morino, C., Sndergaard, A.S., Pearce, C., Perez, L.F., Damsgaard, A., Olsen, J., Knudsen, M.F., Noblet, A., Larsen, N.K. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
A revised and expanded deep radiostratigraphy of the Greenland Ice Sheet from airborne radar sounding surveys between 1993 and 2019 MacGregor, Joseph A., Fahnestock, Mark A., Paden, John D., Li, Jilu, Harbeck, Jeremy P., Aschwanden, Andy Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Insights into supraglacial lake drainage dynamics: triangular fracture formation, reactivation and long-lasting englacial features Humbert, Angelika, Helm, Veit, Zeising, Ole, Neckel, Niklas, Braun, Matthias H., Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, Ruckamp, Martin, Steeb, Holger, Sohn, Julia, Bohnen, Matthias, Muller, Ralf Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins Chudley, Thomas R., Howat, Ian M., King, Michalea D., MacKie, Emma J. Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Seasonality in terminus ablation rates for the glaciers in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) KC, Aman, Enderlin, Ellyn M., Fahrner, Dominik, Moon, Twila, Carroll, Dustin Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Climate Variability and Glacier Dynamics Linked to Fjord Productivity Oksman, M., Kvorning, A. B., Pearce, C., Korsgaard, N. J., Lea, J. M., Seidenkrantz, M.S., Ribeiro, S. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Implications of high-resolution velocity and strain rate observations for modelling of Greenlandic tidewater glaciers Fahrner, Dominik, Gonzalez, Pablo J., Mair, Douglas W. F., Lea, James M. Ice Velocity, Terrain Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness
Evidence of Middle Holocene landslide-generated tsunamis recorded in lake sediments from Saqqaq, West Greenland Korsgaard, Niels J., Svennevig, Kristian, Sndergaard, Anne S., Luetzenburg, Gregor, Oksman, Mimmi, Larsen, Nicolaj K. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Seawater Intrusion in the Observed Grounding Zone of Petermann Glacier Ehrenfeucht, Shivani, Rignot, Eric, Morlighem, Mathieu Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
The lithospheric structure of Greenland from a stepwise forward and inverse modelling approach Wansing, A, Ebbing, J, Moorkamp, M Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Velocity of Greenland's Helheim Glacier Controlled Both by Terminus Sommers, A. N., Meyer, C. R., Poinar, K., Mejia, J., Morlighem, M., Rajaram, H., Warburton, K. L. P., Chu, W. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
A Hybrid Compact Polarimetry GNSS-R Analysis of the Earth's Cryosphere Rodriguez-Alvarez, Nereida, Munoz-Martin, Joan Francesc, Bosch-Lluis, Xavier, Oudrhiri, Kamal Sea Ice Concentration, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Transition Direction
A parallel implementation of the confined-unconfined aquifer system Fischler, Yannic, Kleiner, Thomas, Bischof, Christian, Schmiedel, Jeremie, Sayag, Roiy, Emunds, Raban, Oestreich, Lennart Frederik, Humbert, Angelika Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Aeromagnetic expression of the central Nagssugtoqidian Orogen, South-East Greenland Drenth, Benjamin J., Heincke, Bjorn H., Kokfelt, Thomas F. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Atlantic water intrusion triggers rapid retreat and regime change at previously stable Greenland glacier Chudley, T. R., Howat, I. M., King, M. D., Negrete, A. Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Episodic subglacial drainage cascades below the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream Andersen, J. K., Rathmann, N., Hvidberg, C. S., Grinsted, A., Kusk, A., Merryman Boncori, J. P., Mouginot, J. Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Greenland subglacial discharge as a driver of hotspots of increasing coastal chlorophyll since the early 2000s Oliver, Hilde, Slater, Donald, Carroll, Dustin, Wood, Michael, Morlighem, Mathieu, Hopwood, Mark J. Salinity, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Density, Conductivity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Seasonal evolution of the supraglacial drainage network at Humboldt Rawlins, Lauren D., Rippin, David M., Sole, Andrew J., Livingstone, Stephen J., Yang, Kang Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Seasonal Flow Types of Glaciers in Sermilik Fjord, Greenland, Over Poinar, K. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
The role of near-terminus conditions in the ice-flow speed of Upernavik Isstrm in northwest Greenland Voss, Kelsey M., Alley, Karen E., Lilien, David A., Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Analysis of ice-sheet temperature profiles from low-frequency airborne remote sensing Jezek, Kenneth C., Yardim, Caglar, Johnson, Joel T., Macelloni, Giovanni, Brogioni, Marco Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Characteristic depths, fluxes and timescales for Greenland's tidewater glacier fjords from subglacial dischargedriven upwelling during summer Slater, D. A., Carroll, D., Oliver, H., Hopwood, M. J., Straneo, F., Wood, M., Willis, J. K., Morlighem, M. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Icemarginal proglacial lakes across Greenland: Present status and a possible future Carrivick, Jonathan L., How, Penelope, Lea, James M., Sutherland, Jenna L., Grimes, Michael, Tweed, Fiona S., Cornford, Stephen, Quincey, Duncan J., Mallalieu, Joseph Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
High-resolution imaging of supraglacial hydrological features on the Greenland Ice Sheet with NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrument suite Studinger, Michael, Manizade, Serdar S., Linkswiler, Matthew A., Yungel, James K. Albedo, Snow/Ice Temperature, Surface Melt, Water Vapor, Ice Temperature, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sensor Counts, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
GBaTSv2: a revised synthesis of the likely basal thermal state of the MacGregor, Joseph A., Chu, Winnie, Colgan, William T., Fahnestock, Mark A., Felikson, Denis, Karlsson, Nanna B., Nowicki, Sophie M. J., Studinger, Michael Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
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