IceBridge L4 Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness, Version 1 (IDCSI4)
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IDCSI4
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Overview

This data set contains derived geophysical data products including sea ice freeboard, snow depth, and sea ice thickness measurements in Greenland and Antarctica retrieved from IceBridge Snow Radar, Digital Mapping System (DMS), Continuous Airborne Mapping By Optical Translator (CAMBOT), and Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) data sets. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.
Data Contributor(s):
  • Nathan
    Kurtz
  • Michael
    Studinger
  • Jeremy
    Harbeck
  • Vincent-De-Paul
    Onana
  • Donghui
    Yi
Parameter(s):
FREEBOARD ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE ROUGHNESS SEA ICE ELEVATION SNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
C-130, DC-8, P-3B
Sensor(s):
ATM, CAMBOT, DMS, Snow Radar
Data Format(s):
XML, ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
19 March 2009 to 25 April 2013
Temporal Resolution:
Varies
Spatial Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
-53
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180

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Customization Capabilities:
data reformatting
Output Formats:
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