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Description

This data set contains laser ranges, returned pulses, and deviation for returned pulses in Antarctica and Greenland using the Riegl Laser Altimeter. The data were collected by scientists working on the Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (ICECAP) project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with additional support from NASA's Operation IceBridge.

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT ,
BT-67
Instruments
ALTIMETERS ,
UTIG Riegl
Spatial Extent

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

,

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

Geographic Region
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2008-12-29 to 2013-01-26
Concept ID
C3188459288-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1084
Processing Level
1B
Science Keywords
Lidar

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

Blankenship, D., Kempf, S., & Young, D. (2012). IceBridge Riegl Laser Altimeter L1B Time-Tagged Laser Ranges, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/KH078MNXPAOV Date Accessed: 2025-12-11

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