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Description

This data set contains radar echograms taken over Greenland and Antarctica using the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) Accumulation Radar instrument. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Version Description

Version 2 data are in netCDF format beginning with the 2013 Arctic campaign. Version 1 data are in MATLAB and binary format for 2012 and earlier campaigns.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA DC-8 ,
P-3B
Instruments
Accumulation Radar
Projects
2009_AN_NASA ,
2009_GR_NASA ,
2010_AN_NASA ,
2010_GR_NASA ,
2011_AN_NASA ,
2011_GR_NASA ,
2012_AN_NASA ,
2012_GR_NASA ,
2013_AN_NASA ,
2013_GR_NASA ,
2014_AN_NASA ,
2014_GR_NASA ,
2015_AN_NASA ,
2015_GR_NASA ,
2017_AN_NASA ,
2017_GR_NASA ,
2018_GR_NASA ,
OIB
Spatial Extent

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

,

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

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-03-21 to 2018-05-01
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3187451357-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
14321
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography ,
RADAR IMAGERY ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Snow Cover

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

Paden, J., Li, J., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Hale, R. (2014). IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/0ZY1XYHNIQNY Date Accessed: 2026-10-22

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Melt channelization stronger than previously recognized: Ice sheets
  • Hoffman, Andrew O.
Deglaciation of the Prudhoe Dome in northwestern Greenland in response to Holocene warming
  • Walcott-George, Caleb K., Brown, Nathan D., Briner, Jason P., Balter-Kennedy, Allie, Young, Nicolas E., Kuhl, Tanner, Moravec, Elliot, Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, Stevens, Nathan T., Keisling, Benjamin, DeConto, Robert M., Gkinis, Vasileios, MacGregor, Joseph A., Schaefer, Joerg M.
Characterization of ice features in the southwest Greenland ablation zone using multi-modal SAR data
  • Schlenk, Sara-Patricia, Fischer, Georg, Pardini, Matteo, Hajnsek, Irena
Sentinel-1 detection of ice slabs on the Greenland Ice Sheet
  • Culberg, Riley, Michaelides, Roger J., Miller, Julie Z.
How to infer ocean freezing rates on icy satellites from measurements of ice thickness
  • Shibley, Nicole C, Lai, Ching-Yao, Culberg, Riley
Modeling enhanced firn densification due to strain softening
  • Oraschewski, Falk M., Grinsted, Aslak
An empirical algorithm to map perennial firn aquifers and ice slabs within the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite L-band microwave radiometry
  • Miller, Julie Z., Culberg, Riley, Long, David G., Shuman, Christopher A., Schroeder, Dustin M., Brodzik, Mary J.
Sentinel-1 Detects Firn Aquifers in the Greenland Ice Sheet
  • Brangers, I., Lievens, H., Miege, C., Demuzere, M., Brucker, L., De Lannoy, G. J. M.
Enhanced Firn Densification in High-Accumulation Shear Margins of the NE
  • Riverman, K. L., Alley, R. B., Anandakrishnan, S., Christianson, K., Holschuh, N. D., Medley, B., Muto, A., Peters, L. E.
Modeling multifrequency Pol-InSAR data from the percolation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet
  • Fischer, Georg, Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P., Hajnsek, Irena
Regional distribution and variability of model-simulated Arctic snow on sea ice
  • Castro-Morales, Karel, Ricker, Robert, Gerdes, Rudiger
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