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Description

This data set contains radar echograms taken from the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) ultra Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) over land and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Version Description

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

Product Summary

Platforms
BT-67 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
NASA DC-8 ,
NOAA Twin Otter ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
MCoRDS
Spatial Extent

N: 83.1 S: 59 E: 28.5 W: -100.2

,

N: -57 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-10-16 to 2019-11-20
Concept ID
C3187452533-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
13411
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
RADAR IMAGERY ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Sea Ice 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.

Copy Citation

Paden, J., Li, J., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Hale, R. (2014). IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/90S1XZRBAX5N Date Accessed: 2025-12-25

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