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IRKUB1B.001IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength ProfilesPaden, J., Li, J., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F. & Hale, R.IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles2010-11-09Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center1false10.5067/LEZJKNLCJZOWhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/irkub1b-v001-userguide.pdfIRKUB1BInvestigatorJohnPadenpaden@ku.eduInvestigatorJiluLijiluli@ku.eduTechnical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCESPECTRAL/ENGINEERINGRADARRADAR IMAGERY EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICESEA ICE ELEVATION Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereGeoscientific InformationImagery/Base Maps/Earth CoverIB Radar-projectIceBridgeIceBridge-projectKu-Band RadarKu-Band Radar AltimeterRADAR ALTIMETERSAIRCRAFTDC-8Douglas DC-8P-3BLockheed P-3B Orion2010-03-262012-04-30complete6090-180180-90-53-180180CONTINENTANTARCTICAGEOGRAPHIC REGIONARCTICCONTINENTNORTH AMERICAGREENLANDVariesVariesVariesEnglishUKS/CRESISNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAHTTPS3.5 TBBinaryHTTPS18 GBJPEGHTTPS50 MBKMLHTTPS602 GBMATCarrara, W. G., R. S. Goodman, and R. M. Majewski. 1995. Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar: Signal Processing Algorithms, Artech House, Norwood, MA, pp. 26-31.
Patel, A. E., P. S. Gogineni, C. Leuschen, F. Rodriguez-Morales, and B. Panzer. 2010. An Ultra Wide-band Radar Altimeter for Ice Sheet Surface Elevation and Snow Cover Over Sea Ice Measurement, Abstract C41A-0518 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California, 13-17 December, 2010.
Rodriguez-Morales, F., P. Gogineni, C. Leuschen, C. T. Allen, C. Lewis, A. Patel, L. Shi, W. Blake, B. Panzer, K. Byers, R. Crowe, L. Smith, and C. Gifford. 2010. Development of a Multi-Frequency Airborne Radar Instrumentation Package for Ice Sheet Mapping and Imaging, Proc. 2010 IEEE Int. Microwave Symp., Anaheim, CA, May 2010, 157-160.
Warren, S., I. Rigor, and N. Untersteiner. 1999. Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice, Journal of Climate, 12: 1814-1829.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.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/irkub1b-v001-userguide.pdfIceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 1 User GuideGET DATAhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/ICEBRIDGE/IRKUB1B_KuBandXyEcho_v01/HTTPSVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttp://nsidc.org/data/icebridge/index.htmlIceBridge Product Web SitePROJECT HOME PAGEhttps://cms.cresis.ku.edu/research/sensors-development/radarCReSIS Web sitePROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/index.htmlNASA IceBridge Mission Web SiteCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92010-11-092026-03-03NSIDCVersion SummaryInitial releaseNSIDCMinor Version1On 19 August 2011, the 2010 Ku-Band L1B Greenland data were replaced by Version 1.1. On several days the variable record length in the header was larger than one 32-bit integer, which offset the records. This was in Version 1.1.2010-03-262010-05-260NSIDCUpdate Frequencyupdated 2013NSIDCSpatial Reference SystemsEPSG:3031WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar StereographicEPSG:3413WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic NorthEPSG:4326WGS 84NSIDCLevel of ServiceStandardNSIDCFull Dataset CitationPaden, J., Li, J., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F. & Hale, R. (2010). <i>IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles</i>. (IRKUB1B, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/LEZJKNLCJZOW">https://doi.org/10.5067/LEZJKNLCJZOW</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamyygillilandmmt_service_12717S1977897447-NSIDCV0NSIDCV06service2025-04-01T22:12:52.112Zhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/NSIDCV0_DAAC_Data_HTTPS_File_SystemNOT PROVIDED1HTTPS File SystemQuickly download a few files using a web browser, or access the data through a command-line utility such as WGET.https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/programmatic-access-guide-data-daacdataappsVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONProgrammatic Data Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service.DEVELOPERORIGINATORPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive CenterNASA NSIDC DAACNASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) at NSIDChttps://nsidc.org/daacNSIDC DAAC Home Pagehttps://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/ICEBRIDGE/IRKUB1B_KuBandXyEcho_v01/NSIDCRelated Toolsapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalsecrumlydmmt_tool_16063TL4016630163-NSIDC_CPRDNSIDC_CPRD1tool2026-02-10T21:44:25.926ZDOWNLOAD SOFTWAREhttps://github.com/nsidc/icebridge-toolsDistributionURLNSIDC_CPRD_Operation_IceBridge_ReadersDownloadable Tool1Operation IceBridge Data ReadersReformat and/or visualize IceBridge data products using readers available in multiple programming languages.DATA VISUALIZATIONDATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATIONEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESDATA INTEROPERABILITYDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESDATA REFORMATTINGDATA CUSTOMIZATIONDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESSERVICE PROVIDERNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daac/NASA NSIDC DAAC2021-05-27T00:00:00.000ZThis is the most current release of this tool. Last updated date is unknown.https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/tool/v1.0UMM-T1.0ASCIIBINARYGEOTIFFHDF5NETCDF-4ASCIIBINARYPNGmacOSWindowsLinuxMatlabCIDLPythonPerlhttps://github.com/nsidc/icebridge-tools