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Description

This data set contains radar echograms taken from the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) ultra wide-band snow radar over land and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. In addition, airborne snow measurements were taken during 10 flights over Alaska mountains, ice fields, and glaciers at the end of May 2018 by a compact CReSIS FMCW radar system installed on a Single Otter aircraft. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Product Summary

Platforms
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
DHC-3 ,
G-V ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
SNOW RADAR
Spatial Extent

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

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-03-31 to 2021-05-13
Concept ID
C3187453659-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
240787
Processing Level
1B
Science Keywords
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography ,
RADAR IMAGERY ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Snow Cover

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. (2014). IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/FAZTWP500V70 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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