IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 1
Data set id:
IRKUB1B
DOI: 10.5067/LEZJKNLCJZOW
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Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains elevation and surface measurements over Greenland, the Arctic, and Antarctica, as well as flight path charts and echogram images acquired using the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) Ku-Band Radar Altimeter.
Parameter(s):
RADAR IMAGERYSEA ICE ELEVATION
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT, DC-8, P-3B
Sensor(s):
Ku-Band Radar, RADAR ALTIMETERS
Data Format(s):
Binary, JPEG, KML, MAT
Temporal Coverage:
26 March 2010 to 30 April 2012
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic
EPSG:3031
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
-53
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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