IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 1
Data set id:
IRSNO1B
DOI: 10.5067/05LF3JANL51I
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Version 1 of the IRSNO1B data is the initial release, containing MATLAB and binary format data.
Overview
This data set contains snow thickness and internal layer measurements taken from the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) ultra wide-band snow radar over land and sea ice in Greenland, the Arctic, and Antarctica. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHYRADAR IMAGERYSEA ICE ELEVATIONSNOW COVER
Platform(s):
DC-8, P-3B
Sensor(s):
Snow Radar
Data Format(s):
Binary, Binary, JPEG, JPEG, KML, KML, MAT, MAT
Temporal Coverage:
16 October 2009 to 11 November 2011
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Coverage:
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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