IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2
Data set id:
IRKUB1B
DOI: 10.5067/D7DX7J7J5JN9
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Version 2 data are in netCDF format beginning with the 2012 Antarctica campaign.
Version 1 data are in MATLAB and binary format for Spring 2012 and earlier campaigns.
Version 1 data are in MATLAB and binary format for Spring 2012 and earlier campaigns.
- Beginning with the 2012 Antarctica campaign, the data file format is netCDF.
- Data files for all previous campaigns are to be replaced with netCDF files.
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):
C-130, DC-8, P-3B, WP-3D ORION
Sensor(s):
Ku-Band Radar
Data Format(s):
NetCDF, XML, JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
12 October 2012 to 18 November 2016
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-53
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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