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Description
This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains a bed topography/bathymetry map of Antarctica based on mass conservation, streamline diffusion, and other methods. The data set also includes ice thickness, surface elevation, an ice/ocean/land mask, ice thickness estimation errors, and a map showing where each method was utilized.
Version Description
Changes to this version include:
- additional thickness data to constrain the bed topography under grounded ice
- new multi-beam ocean bathymetry data, as well as gravity inversions, integrated in the Amundsen Sea embayment
- an error in geoid height was corrected for the IBCSO bathymetry
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Morlighem, M. (2020). MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M Date Accessed: 2026-10-27
@misc{morlighem_2020,
title={MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0756/versions/2},
DOI={10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Morlighem, Mathieu},
year={2020},
}
Morlighem, M. (2020). MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M Date Accessed: 2026-10-27
Morlighem, Mathieu. “MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M. Date Accessed: 2026-10-27
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