Name: IceBridge MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION,GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS,GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY

IceBridge MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom, Version 1

Data set id:

IRMCR3

DOI: 10.5067/BM6LJYI62AKZ

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Allen, C. (2011). IceBridge MCoRDS L3 Gridded Ice Thickness, Surface, and Bottom. (IRMCR3, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/BM6LJYI62AKZ. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-31-2025.

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Overview

This data set contains products from depth sounder measurements over Greenland and Antarctica taken from the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS). The data were collected as part of NASA Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Parameter(s):

GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION

GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS

GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY

Platform(s):

AIRCRAFT

DC-8

P-3B

Sensor(s):

MCoRDS

RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS

Data Format(s):

PNG

TIFF

TWF

ASCII

Shapefile

Temporal Coverage:

1 January 1995 to 31 December 2005

Temporal Resolution:

Varies

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

Not Specified

Spatial Coverage:

N:
-53
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180

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