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Description

This data set contains depth sounder measurements of ice elevation, ice surface, ice bottom, and ice thickness for Greenland and Antarctica taken from the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS). The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
BT-67 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
NASA DC-8 ,
NOAA Twin Otter ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
MCoRDS
Spatial Extent

N: -57 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 83.1 S: 59 E: 28.5 W: -100.2

Location
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-10-16 to 2019-11-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3205167643-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
924
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness

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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Paden, J., Li, J., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Hale, R. (2010). IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GDQ0CUCVTE2Q Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

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Retreat, lowering and persistent supraglacial streams at the Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada. Rippin, David Manish, Rawlins, Lauren D, Chudley, Thomas R, Hazzard, Hakan K Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
A gradient-boosted tree framework to model the ice thickness of the world's glaciers (IceBoost v1. 1) Maffezzoli, Niccolo, Rignot, Eric, Barbante, Carlo, Petersen, Troels, Vascon, Sebastiano Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Monitoring shear-zone weakening in East Antarctic outlet glaciers Wild, Christian T., Drews, Reinhard, Neckel, Niklas, Lee, Joohan, Kim, Sihyung, Han, Hyangsun, Lee, Won Sang, Helm, Veit, Rosier, Sebastian Harry Reid, Marsh, Oliver J., Rack, Wolfgang Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
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. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Bed Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity
Recent Variability in Fracture Characteristics and Ice Flow of Thwaites Wang, Shujie, Alexander, Patrick M., Alley, Richard B., Huang, Zhengrui, Parizek, Byron R., Willet, Amanda G., Anandakrishnan, Sridhar Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation
A quantile regression forest estimate of Greenland's subglacial topography Palmer, Steven, Kirkwood, Charlie, Luo, Chunbo, Morlighem, Mathieu Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity
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. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Bed Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation
Development, Integration, and Deployment of an Advanced Radar Depth Sounder for Ice Imaging Onboard the NASA Gulfstream V Aircraft Kaundinya, Shravan, Toledo, Pedro, Leuschen, Carlton, Hale, Richard, Escalera Mendoza, Alejandra S., Schroeder, Bradley M., Li, Jilu, Karidi, Krishnateja, Shang, Jiaxuan, Paden, John, Ailon, Hugo, Sonntag, John G., Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation
Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process Ochwat, Naomi, Scambos, Ted, Anderson, Robert S., Winberry, J. Paul, Luckman, Adrian, Berthier, Etienne, Bernat, Maud, Antropova, Yulia K. REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
The impact of ice structures and ocean warming in Milne Fiord Bonneau, Jeremie, Laval, Bernard E., Mueller, Derek, Antropova, Yulia, Hamilton, Andrew K. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
High Basal Melt Rates and High Strain Rates Lead to More Fractured Ice Watkins, Ray H., Bassis, Jeremy N., Thouless, M. D., Luckman, Adrian Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Characteristics of the 15-year surge of Mittie Glacier, SE Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Copland, Luke, Halle, Danielle, Van Wychen, Wesley, Lauzon, Benoit, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Davis, Jamie Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Thwaites Glacier thins and retreats fastest where ice-shelf channels intersect its grounding zone Chartrand, Allison M., Howat, Ian M., Joughin, Ian R., Smith, Benjamin E. Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Grounding Line, Basins, Coastline, Ice Shelves, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity
Modification of Pacific water in the northern Canadian Arctic Dmitrenko, Igor A., Kirillov, Sergei A., Rudels, Bert, Geilfus, Nicolas-Xavier, Ehn, Jens, Babb, David G., Lilien, David A., Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Geological sketch map and implications for ice flow of Thwaites Glacier Jordan, Tom A., Thompson, Sarah, Kulessa, Bernd, Ferraccioli, Fausto Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Ice geometry and thermal regime of Lyngmarksbren Ice Cap, West Greenland Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Yde, Jacob Clement, Andresen, Marit Svarstad, Citterio, Michele, Gillespie, Mark Andrew Kusk Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Patterns of valley incision beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed using automated mapping and classification Paxman, Guy J.G. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Biogeochemical evolution of ponded meltwater in a High Arctic subglacial Dubnick, Ashley J., Spietz, Rachel L., Danielson, Brad D., Skidmore, Mark L., Boyd, Eric S., Burgess, Dave, Dhoonmoon, Charvanaa, Sharp, Martin Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
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
SEDome II Ice Core Dating With HalfYear Precision: Increasing Melting Events From 1799 to 2020 in Southeastern Greenland Kawakami, Kaoru, Iizuka, Yoshinori, Sasage, Mahiro, Matsumoto, Mai, Saito, Takeshi, Hori, Akira, Ishino, Sakiko, Fujita, Shuji, Fujita, Koji, Takasugi, Keita, Hatakeyama, Takumi, Hamamoto, Saaya, Watari, Akihisa, Esashi, Nao, Otsuka, Miu, Uemura, Ryu, Horiuchi, Kazuho, Minowa, Masahiro, Hattori, Shohei, Aoki, Teruo, Hirabayashi, Motohiro, Kawamura, Kenji, Matoba, Sumito Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Meighen Ice Cap: Changes in geometry, mass, and climatic response since 1959 Burgess, David O., Danielson, Bradley D. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Dynamic mass loss from Greenland's marine-terminating peripheral glaciers (19852018) Bollen, Katherine E., Enderlin, Ellyn M., Muhlheim, Rebecca Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Feasibility of Estimating Ice Sheet Internal Temperatures Using Ultra-Wideband Radiometry Duan, Yuna, Yardim, Caglar, Durand, Michael, Jezek, Kenneth C., Johnson, Joel T., Bringer, Alexandra, Tan, Shurun, Tsang, Leung, Aksoy, Mustafa Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Grounding line retreat and ice discharge variability at two surging, ice shelfforming basins of Flade Isblink ice cap, northern Greenland Moller, Marco, Friedl, Peter, Palmer, Steven J., Marzeion, Ben Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Radar sounding survey over Devon Ice Cap indicates the potential for a diverse hypersaline subglacial hydrological environment Rutishauser, Anja, Blankenship, Donald D., Young, Duncan A., Wolfenbarger, Natalie S., Beem, Lucas H., Skidmore, Mark L., Dubnick, Ashley, Criscitiello, Alison S. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Basal melting, roughness and structural integrity of ice shelves Larter, Robert D. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Brief communication: Estimating the ice thickness of the Muller Ice Cap to support selection of a drill site Zinck, Ann-Sofie Priergaard, Grinsted, Aslak Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
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
Quantifying the impact of bedrock topography uncertainty in Pine Island Glacier projections for this century Wernecke, Andreas, Edwards, Tamsin L., Holden, Philip B., Edwards, Neil R., Cornford, Stephen L. Ice Velocity, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica Wild, Christian T., Alley, Karen E., Muto, Atsuhiro, Truffer, Martin, Scambos, Ted A., Pettit, Erin C. Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
NeogeneQuaternary Uplift and Landscape Evolution in Northern Greenland Recorded by Subglacial Valley Morphology Paxman, Guy J. G., Tinto, Kirsty J., Austermann, Jacqueline Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology
Nutrient and carbon export from a tidewater glacier to the coastal ocean in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Williams, Patrick L., Burgess, David O., Waterman, Stephanie, Roberts, Megan, Bertrand, Erin M., Bhatia, Maya P. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
Evidence for a grounding line fan at the onset of a basal channel under Hofstede, Coen, Beyer, Sebastian, Corr, Hugh, Eisen, Olaf, Hattermann, Tore, Helm, Veit, Neckel, Niklas, Smith, Emma C., Steinhage, Daniel, Zeising, Ole, Humbert, Angelika Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Greenland Ice Sheet subsurface temperature estimation using ultrawideband microwave radiometry Yardim, Caglar, Johnson, Joel T., Jezek, Kenneth C., Andrews, Mark J., Durand, Michael, Duan, Yuna, Tan, Shurun, Tsang, Leung, Brogioni, Marco, Macelloni, Giovanni, Bringer, Alexandra Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
GroundingZone Flow Variability of Priestley Glacier, Antarctica, in a Diurnal Tidal Regime Drews, R., Wild, C. T., Marsh, O. J., Rack, W., Ehlers, T. A., Neckel, N., Helm, V. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Microwave radiometry at frequencies from 500 to 1400 MHz: An emerging technology for Earth observations Johnson, Joel T., Jezek, Kenneth C., Macelloni, Giovanni, Brogioni, Marco, Tsang, Leung, Dinnat, Emmanuel P., Walker, Jeffrey P., Ye, Nan, Misra, Sidharth, Piepmeier, Jeffrey R., Bindlish, Rajat, LeVine, David M., OaNeill, Peggy E., Kaleschke, Lars, Andrews, Mark J., Yardim, Caglar, Aksoy, Mustafa, Durand, Michael, Chen, Chi-Chih, Demir, Oguz, Bringer, Alexandra, Miller, Julie Z., Brown, Shannon T., Kwok, Ron, Lee, Tong, Kerr, Yann, Entekhabi, Dara, Peng, Jinzheng, Colliander, Andreas, Chan, Steven, MacGregor, Joseph A., Medley, Brooke, DeRoo, Roger, Drinkwater, Mark Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland Gray, Laurence Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity
Continuous Monitoring of Ice Motion and Discharge of Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets and Outlet Glaciers by Sentinel-1 A & B Nagler, Thomas, Wuite, Jan, Libert, Ludivine, Hetzenecker, Markus, Keuris, Lars, Rott, Helmut Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
The Deployment of the Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS) in Northwest Greenland: An Analog Experiment for Icy Ocean World Seismic ... Marusiak, Angela G., Schmerr, Nicholas C., DellaGiustina, Daniella N., Avenson, Brad, Bailey, S. Hop, Bray, Veronica J., Brodbeck, Juliette I., Carr, Chris G., Dahl, Peter H., Habib, Namrah, Pettit, Erin C., Wagner, Natalie, Weber, Renee C. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Roughness of ice shelves is correlated with basal melt rates Watkins, Ray H., Bassis, Jeremy N., Thouless, M. D. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Basal Channel Evolution on the Getz Ice Shelf, West Antarctica Chartrand, A. M., Howat, I. M. Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance
Basal roughness of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in relation to flow speed and basal thermal state Eisen, Olaf, Winter, Anna, Steinhage, Daniel, Kleiner, Thomas, Humbert, Angelika Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Antarctic ice-shelf thickness changes from CryoSat-2 SARIn mode measurements: Assessment and comparison with IceBridge and ICESat Zhang, Baojun, Liu, Jingbin, Wang, Zemin, Liu, Tingting, Yang, Quanming Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Detailed Bathymetry of the Continental Shelf Beneath the Getz Ice Shelf Cochran, James R., Tinto, Kirsty J., Bell, Robin E. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Remote sensing of glacier and ice sheet grounding lines: A review Friedl, Peter, Weiser, Frank, Fluhrer, Anke, Braun, Matthias H. Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
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. Bed Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Subglacial topography and ice flux along the English Coast of Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula Winter, Kate, Hill, Emily A., Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar, Woodward, John Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity
Worldwide version-controlled database of glacier thickness observations 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 Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Bed Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Loss of floating glacier tongues from the Yelverton Bay region, Ellesmere Island, Canada WHITE, ADRIENNE, COPLAND, LUKE Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Melt at grounding line controls observed and future retreat of Smith, Pope, and Kohler glaciers Lilien, David A., Joughin, Ian, Smith, Benjamin, Gourmelen, Noel Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness
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