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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.

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

Geographic Region
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-10-16 to 2019-11-20
Concept ID
C3205167643-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
924
Processing Level
2
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.

Copy Citation

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: 2025-12-13

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