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Description

This data set contains ice thickness, surface and bed elevation, and echo strength measurements taken over Antarctica using the Hi-Capability Airborne Radar Sounder (HiCARS) instrument. 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 Operation IceBridge.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
BT-67 ,
DHC-6
Instruments
HiCARS1
Spatial Extent

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

Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-01-02 to 2010-12-21
Concept ID
C3204979277-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
243
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Terrain Elevation

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.

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Blankenship, D., Kempf, S., Young, D., Richter, T., Schroeder, D., Greenbaum, J., Holt, J., van Ommen, T., Warner, R., Roberts, J., Young, N., Lemeur, E., & Siegert, M. (2011). IceBridge HiCARS 1 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/F5FGUT9F5089 Date Accessed: 2026-01-19

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