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Description

This data set contains magnetic field readings taken over Antarctica using the Scintrex CS-3 Cesium Magnetometer instrument. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Version Description

Version 2 data, beginning 18 November 2013, are in Comma Separated Value ASCII files with associated XML files. Version 1 data for 2012 and earlier campaigns are in Geosoft XYZ ASCII format.

Product Summary

Platforms
P-3B
Instruments
CS-3
Projects
2013_AN_NASA ,
2017_AN_NASA
Spatial Extent

N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-11-18 to 2017-11-25
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3188460086-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
17
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Magnetic Field

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

Cochran, J., Burton, B., Frearson, N., & Tinto, K. (2014). IceBridge Scintrex CS-3 Cesium Magnetometer L1B Geolocated Magnetic Anomalies, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/OY7C2Y61YSYW Date Accessed: 2026-08-24

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Geologic Provinces Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet Constrained by MacGregor, Joseph A., Colgan, William T., Paxman, Guy J. G., Tinto, Kirsty J., Csatho, Beata, Darbyshire, Fiona A., Fahnestock, Mark A., Kokfelt, Thomas F., MacKie, Emma J., Morlighem, Mathieu, Sergienko, Olga V. Ice Velocity, Magnetic Field, Gravity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology
Basement topography and sediment thickness beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf Tankersley, M. D., Horgan, H. J., Siddoway, C. S., Caratori Tontini, F., Tinto, K. J. Magnetic Field
A Possible Second Large Subglacial Impact Crater in Northwest Greenland MacGregor, Joseph A., Bottke, William F., Fahnestock, Mark A., Harbeck, Jeremy P., Kjr, Kurt H., Paden, John D., Stillman, David E., Studinger, Michael Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Magnetic Field, Gravity, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology
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