IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2
Data set id:
IRMCR1B
DOI: 10.5067/90S1XZRBAX5N
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.
Overview
This data set contains radar echograms taken from the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) ultra Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) over land and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Parameter(s):
RADAR IMAGERY
SEA ICE ELEVATION
Platform(s):
BT-67
C-130
DC-8
G-V
NASA DC-8
NOAA Twin Otter
P-3B
WP-3D ORION
Sensor(s):
MCoRDS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
- 16 October 2009 to 20 November 2019
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
- N:83.1S:59E:28.5W:-100.2
- N:-57S:-90E:180W:-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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