This dataset contains airborne radar data acquired using the AWIs multi-channel ultra-wideband radar system (AWI UWB) during the Arctic season of 2016. The profiles extend across the Central-west and South-west Greenland Ice Sheet over e.g., Store Glacier and Jakobshavn Isbræ and were part of the first test season of the AWI UWB radar system. The data are available as netCDF files (including waveforms and metadata), KML files of the profile line locations, and quicklook images of the radargrams.

Project: UWB TestflightsRegion: Central-west and South-west Greenland ice sheetOwner / PI: Heinrich Miller (heinrich.miller@awi.de)Email address of the provider:olaf.eisen@awi.dedaniela.jansen@awi.deveit.helm@awi.deInstrument used: AWI UWB (MCoRDS 5)Data products: CSARP_standard (SAR focussed), CSARP_qlook (unfocussed)Data product documentation: https://data.cresis.ku.edu/data/rds/rds_readme.pdfMethod of navigation : GPS data was acquired by four NovAtel DL-V3 GPS receivers operating at 20Hz--The netCDF files contain the following variables:altitude: Platform altitude (WGS84) in metersbed_elevation: Bed elevation for each trace (without applying a firn correction and permitivity of ice: 3.15) in metersbed_pick: picked Bed location for each trace, expressed as twt in seconds from time zerodata: Radar data (Values in dBm after DC conversion)data_agc: Scaled radar data using automatic gain control (AGC)distance: Along-track distance in metersice_thickness: Ice thickness for each trace (without applying a firn correction and permitivity of ice: 3.15) in meterslat: Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)lon: Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)range: Range between sensor and surface in metersspacing: Along-track trace to trace spacing in meterssurface: Surface elevation derived from radar (WGS84) in meterssurface_pick: Picked surface reflection in two-way travel time in secondstime: Seconds of daytwt: Two-way travel time (twt) in seconds--Note that the surface picks were quality-checked for the standard product. For the qlook product only an auto-tracked surface pick is available.