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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
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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Morlighem, M. (2020). MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
Morlighem, Mathieu. “MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2020. doi:10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M. Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
Morlighem, Mathieu. MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2020, doi:10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M. Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
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Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
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PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Return Power, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Wang, Xingchi, Silvano, Alessandro, Firing, Yvonne, Fernandez Castro, Bieito, Spingys, Carl P., Dotto, Tiago S., Clement, Louis, Holland, Paul R., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.
Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation