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Description

This data set contains surface temperature measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice and land ice acquired by the Heitronics KT19.85 Series II Infrared Radiation Pyrometer. For flights with the NASA DC-8 aircraft, the National Suborbital Research Center (NSRC) operated the instrument and created the data product. For flights with the NASA P-3 and other aircraft, the instrument was operated by the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) as part of the ATM instrument suite. The data were collected as part of the Operation IceBridge funded survey campaigns.

Product Summary

Platforms
DC-8 ,
P-3B
Instruments
KT19 Pyrometer
Spatial Extent

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

,

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

Spatial Resolution
15 Meters x 15 Meters
Geographic Region
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2011-10-12 to 2019-05-17
Concept ID
C3324021833-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
293
Processing Level
1B
Science Keywords
Ice Temperature ,
Snow/Ice Temperature

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

Bennett, R., & Studinger, M. (2012). IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/I883KXU7ZO8O Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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