High Capability Airborne Radar Sounder Version 2 (HiCARS-2) is an ice-penetrating radar. Data from HiCARS-2 enable researchers to build profiles of ice sheets that show the ice surface, internal layers, and the bedrock.
Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
Suomi NPP data announcement