Instrument Data Summaries

The following tables list the NASA IceBridge instruments. Links to data servers, where available, are provided in the Data Access column. To obtain data, click the link in the Data Access column, or direct specific inquiries to NSIDC User Services.

See the Campaign Data Summaries page for a current list of IceBridge data by campaign, date, flight number, target, and instruments.

For a list of IceBridge data products available from NSIDC, see the Data Summaries page

The instruments and data providers are grouped into the following categories:

• IceBridge Instruments
• UTIG ICECAP Instruments
• UAF Instruments

IceBridge Instruments

IceBridge Instrument Description	Source	Data Access
Accumulation Radar	University of Kansas Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)	IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
National Suborbital Education and Research Center DC-8 Onboard Meteorology Suite	National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC), The University of North Dakota	IceBridge NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature Data
Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM)	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility	IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness Pre-IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness
Atmospheric Chemistry	National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL)	IceBridge Atmospheric Chemistry L1B Data
Continuous Airborne Mapping By Optical Translator (CAMBOT)	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility	IceBridge CAMBOT L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images
Digital Mapping System Camera (DMS)	University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), University of California Santa Cruz / NASA Ames	IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images IceBridge DMS L0 Raw Imagery
Ku-Band Radar Altimeter	University of Kansas Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)	IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS)	Goddard Space Flight Center - Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor	IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Ground Elevation and Return Energy Quartiles Pre-IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges Pre-IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Ground Elevation and Return Energy Quartiles
Magnetometer	Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	IceBridge Scintrex CS-3 Cesium Magnetometer L0 Raw Magnetic Field
Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS)	University of Kansas Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)	IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Picked Ice and Bed Surfaces and Ice Thickness IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles IceBridge MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder (PARIS)	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility	IceBridge PARIS L2 Ice Thickness
Position/Avionics (POS/AV)	University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), University of California Santa Cruz / NASA Ames	IceBridge ATM POS/AV L1B Corrected ATM GPS Track and INS Data
Sander/LDEO Airborne Gravimeter (AIRGrav)	Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University	IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L3 Bathymetry
Snow Radar	University of Kansas Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)	IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles

UTIG Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (ICECAP) Instruments

ICECAP Instrument Description	Source	Data Access
Sigma Space Photon Counting Imaging Lidar (Sigma-Space Lidar)	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge Sigma Space Prototype L0 Raw Time-of-Flight Data
HiCARS Ice Penetrating Radar Sounder	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge HiCARS 1 L0 Raw Return Energy Amplitudes IceBridge HiCARS 1 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness IceBridge HiCARS 2 L0 Raw Return Energy Amplitudes
WISE Ice Penetrating Radar Sounder	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	-
Bell BGM-3 Gravimeter	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L0 Raw Accelerations IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L2 Geolocated Free Air Anomalies
FGM-301/99 Fluxgate Magnetometer	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge Flux Gate Magnetometer L0 Raw Magnetic Field
Geometrics 823A Magnetometer (GEOMET 823A)	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge Geometrics 823A Cesium Magnetometer L0 Raw Magnetic Field IceBridge Geometrics 823A Cesium Magnetometer L2 Geolocated Magnetic Anomalies
Paroscientific S-1000 L0 Pressure Altimeter	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge Paroscientific S-1000 L0 Pressure Altimeter Raw Air Pressure
Riegl Laser Altimeter	University of Texas Institute for Geophysics	IceBridge Riegl Laser Altimeter L0 Raw Ranges

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Instruments

UAF Instrument Description	Source	Data Access
Profiling Lidar	University of Alaska Fairbanks	IceBridge UAF Lidar Profiler L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets
Scanning Lidar	University of Alaska Fairbanks	IceBridge UAF Lidar Scanner L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets
GPS/IMU	University of Alaska Fairbanks	IceBridge UAF GPS/IMU L1B Corrected Position and Attitude Data

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