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Description

This data set contains ice thickness, surface and bed elevation, and echo strength measurements taken over Antarctica using the Hi-Capability Airborne Radar Sounder (HiCARS) instrument. The data were collected by scientists working on the Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (ICECAP) project, which was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with additional support from NASA Operation IceBridge.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
BT-67 ,
DHC-6
Instruments
HiCARS2
Projects
2008_AN_UTIG ,
2008_GR_UTIG ,
2009_AN_UTIG ,
2009_GR_UTIG ,
2010_AN_UTIG ,
2010_GR_UTIG ,
2011_AN_UTIG ,
2011_GR_UTIG ,
2012_AN_UTIG ,
2012_GR_UTIG ,
2013_AN_UTIG ,
2013_GR_UTIG ,
2014_AN_UTIG ,
2014_GR_UTIG ,
2015_AN_UTIG ,
2015_GR_UTIG ,
2016_AN_UTIG ,
2016_GR_UTIG ,
OIB
Spatial Extent

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2010-12-05 to 2013-01-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3204982997-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
617
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Bed Elevation ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Terrain Elevation

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Blankenship, D., Kempf, S., Young, D., Richter, T., Schroeder, D., Ng, G., Greenbaum, J., van Ommen, T., Warner, R., Roberts, J., Young, N., Lemeur, E., & Siegert, M. (2012). IceBridge HiCARS 2 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/9EBR2T0VXUDG Date Accessed: 2026-10-30

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Linking Basal Thermal State, Ice Flow and Sediment Distribution With Spatial and Spectral Bed Roughness in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
  • Xu, Ben, Cui, Xiangbin, Lang, Shinan, Li, Lin, Guo, Jingxue, Sun, Bo, Siegert, Martin
Bed topography and subglacial conditions of Denman Glacier, East Antarctica: Insights from magnetotelluric data and interdisciplinary studies
  • Manassero, Maria Constanza, Selway, Kate, Stal, Tobias, Scheiter, Matthias, Loesing, Mareen, McCormack, Felicity, Halpin, Jacqueline A., Kulessa, Bernd, Reading, Anya M.
Estimating marine ice thickness beneath the Amery Ice Shelf from airborne radio-echo sounding
  • Wang, Lijuan, Tang, Xueyuan, Guo, Jingxue, Qiao, Gang, An, Lu, Li, Lin, Greenbaum, Jamin S., Hulbe, Christina, Habbal, Feras A., Jong, Lenneke M., van Ommen, Tas, Roberts, Jason L., Young, Duncan A., Blankenship, Donald D., Sun, Bo
Extensive fluvial surfaces at the East Antarctic margin have modulated ice-sheet evolution
  • Paxman, Guy J. G., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Ross, Neil, Bentley, Michael J., Carter, Charlotte M., Jordan, Tom A., Cui, Xiangbin, Lang, Shinan, Sugden, David E., Siegert, Martin J.
Application of Self-Organizing Maps to characterize subglacial bedrock properties based on gravity, magnetic and radar dataan example for the Wilkes and Aurora ...
  • Liebsch, Jonas, Ebbing, Jorg, Matsuoka, Kenichi
Coupled Ice Sheet Structure and Bedrock Geology in the Deep Interior of East Antarctica: Results From Dome A and the South Pole Basin
  • Young, Duncan A., Paden, John D., Yan, Shuai, Kerr, Megan E., Singh, Shivangini, Vega Gonzalez, Alejandra, Kaundinya, Shravan R., Greenbaum, Jamin S., Chan, Kristian, Ng, Gregory, Buhl, Dillon P., Kempf, Scott D., Blankenship, Donald D.
Evaluating and locating a suitable bedrock drilling site near zhongshan station with airborne and ground-based observations
  • Li, Yanjun, Cui, Xiangbin, Qiao, Gang, Li, Lin, Lang, Shinan
Multi-decadal collapse of East Antarcticas CongerGlenzer Ice Shelf
  • Walker, Catherine C., Millstein, Joanna D., Miles, Bertie W. J., Cook, Sue, Fraser, Alexander D., Colliander, Andreas, Misra, Sidharth, Trusel, Luke D., Adusumilli, Susheel, Roberts, Chancelor, Fricker, Helen A.
A comparison of contemporaneous airborne altimetry and ice-thickness measurements of Antarctic ice shelves
  • Chartrand, Allison M., Howat, Ian M.
An ancient river landscape preserved beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
  • Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Ross, Neil, Paxman, Guy J. G., Clubb, Fiona J., Young, Duncan A., Yan, Shuai, Greenbaum, Jamin, Blankenship, Donald D., Siegert, Martin J.
Simulating ice-shelf extent using damage mechanics
  • Kachuck, Samuel B., Whitcomb, Morgan, Bassis, Jeremy N., Martin, Daniel F., Price, Stephen F.
Fragmentation theory reveals processes controlling iceberg size distributions
  • Astrom, Jan, Cook, Sue, Enderlin, Ellyn M., Sutherland, David A., Mazur, Aleksandra, Glasser, Neil
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  • Cui, X., Lang, S., Li, L., Sun, B.
A Machine Learning Approach to Mass-Conserving Ice Thickness Interpolation
  • Teisberg, Thomas O., Schroeder, Dustin M., MacKie, Emma J.
Subglacial controls on dynamic thinning at Trinity-Wykeham Glacier, Prince of Wales Ice Field, Canadian Arctic
  • Harcourt, William D., Palmer, Steven J., Mansell, Damien T., Le Brocq, Anne, Bartlett, Oliver, Gourmelen, Noel, Tepes, Paul, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Blankenship, Donald D., Young, Duncan A.
Totten Glacier subglacial hydrology determined from geophysics and modeling
  • Dow, C.F., McCormack, F.S., Young, D.A., Greenbaum, J.S., Roberts, J.L., Blankenship, D.D.
Formation and evolution of an extensive blue ice moraine in central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
  • Kassab, Christine M., Licht, Kathy J., Petersson, Rickard, Lindback, Katrin, Graly, Joseph A., Kaplan, Michael R.
Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica
  • Cui, Xiangbin, Jeofry, Hafeez, Greenbaum, Jamin S., Guo, Jingxue, Li, Lin, Lindzey, Laura E., Habbal, Feras A., Wei, Wei, Young, Duncan A., Ross, Neil, Morlighem, Mathieu, Jong, Lenneke M., Roberts, Jason L., Blankenship, Donald D., Bo, Sun, Siegert, Martin J.
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  • Welty, Ethan, Zemp, Michael, Navarro, Francisco, Huss, Matthias, Furst, Johannes J., Gartner-Roer, Isabelle, Landmann, Johannes, Machguth, Horst, Naegeli, Kathrin, Andreassen, Liss M., Farinotti, Daniel, Li, Huilin
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Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements
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  • Young, Duncan A., Roberts, Jason L., Ritz, Catherine, Frezzotti, Massimo, Quartini, Enrica, Cavitte, Marie G. P., Tozer, Carly R., Steinhage, Daniel, Urbini, Stefano, Corr, Hugh F. J., van Ommen, Tas, Blankenship, Donald D.
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