Radar Depth Sounder echograms and ice thickness, Greenland, 2008-2016

• Main Authors: Paden, John, Li, Jilu
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2017
• Subjects: Radar depth sounder; Echogram; Ice thickness; Greenland; Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS); glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2736m30f; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2736M30F

To better understand processes affecting the ice sheets and to supply boundary condition information into ice sheet models and ice thickness for other ice sheet analysis, the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) has designed, developed, and deployed radar depth sounders in Greenland. For the 2008 and 2009 seasons, several multichannel radar depth sounders were deployed around outlet glaciers in Greenland, with the specific purpose of improving understanding in this dynamic and fast changing part of the ice sheet. For the 2016 season, a near high frequency (33-37 MHz) radar depth sounder was deployed at Russell Glacier in Greenland to demonstrate the system. An uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV), dubbed the G1XB, was modified to carry this HF sounder. The data sets contain geolocated radar echo strength profile images and ice thickness, ice surface, and ice bottom elevations taken with the CReSIS Radar Depth Sounders (RDS).