ARK 2015: AWI airborne Radio-Echo Sounding data in Northeast Greenland at the 79 NG (Nioghalvfjerdsbræ) (MABANG project)

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This dataset contains airborne radar data acquired using the AWI EMR system (Nixdorf et al., 1999) during the Arctic season of 2015. The profiles extend across the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet at the 79 NG (Nioghalvfjerdsbræ). 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 PI: Angelika Humbert (AWI)Contact persons for AWI Radio-echo sounding data: Daniel Steinhage (daniel.steinhage@awi.de), Veit Helm (veit.helm@awi.de), Olaf Eisen (olaf.eisen@awi.de)--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--The KML files are in EPSG:4326, and the quicklook images show the AGC product of the radargram.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.982577
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346
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Provenance
Creator Humbert, Angelika ORCID logo; Steinhage, Daniel; Helm, Veit ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 Crossref Funder ID AWI_PA_02072 P6-196_MABANG_2015
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 245 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-16.667W, 81.595S, -16.659E, 81.596N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-06-17T09:18:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-06-21T15:36:00Z