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Description

This data set contains products from depth sounder measurements over Greenland and Antarctica taken from the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS). The data were collected as part of NASA Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Version Description

On August 14, 2013, the MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom data were replaced by Version 2
-V2 grid size is 500 m x 500 m. V1 coarse (3 x 3 km) and dense (1.5 x 1.5 km) grids are not included in V2
-V2 contains separate grid .txt files for Surface, Thickness, and Bottom
-V1 1995_2011_Petermann_Composite data are removed
-V1 TIF files are removed; MAT files added in V2
-ASCII text grid file is changed from CSV in V1 to .txt in V2
-V1 crossover_analysis directory is removed; errors directory is added with .mat and errors.txt files

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT ,
DC-8 ,
P-3B
Instruments
RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS ,
ATM ,
MCoRDS
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
2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Concept ID
C3205170539-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
12
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness ,
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography

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. (2013). IceBridge MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/YP1PVPR72IHG Date Accessed: 2026-01-11

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