Humbert, Angelika; Binder, Tobias; Steinhage, Daniel; Helm, Veit (2025): ARK 2016: AWI airborne ultra-wideband radar data in Northeast Greenland at the 79°N Glacier (Nioghalvfjerdsbræ; RESURV79 project) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.982616 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-12-08
Abstract:
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 Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet at the 79°N Glacier (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.
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Related to:
Eisen, Olaf; Steinhage, Daniel; Franke, Steven; Helm, Veit; Binder, Tobias; Drews, Reinhard; Eagles, Graeme; Humbert, Angelika; Jansen, Daniela; Jokat, Wilfried; Lambrecht, Astrid; Mieth, Matthias; Riedel, Sven; Miller, Heinrich (2024): Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers [dataset bibliography]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094
Additional metadata:
O2A Registry: Metadata for radar system Ultra-wideband ice radar at current Version. Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/6809
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PA_02080: P6-201_UWB_2016, RESURV79
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 81.205613 * Median Longitude: -15.353111 * South-bound Latitude: 79.400419 * West-bound Longitude: -16.680172 * North-bound Latitude: 81.600620 * East-bound Longitude: -9.414662
Date/Time Start: 2016-06-20T07:44:33 * Date/Time End: 2016-06-29T14:12:52
Event(s):
UWB_2016_1606201601 * Latitude Start: 81.596112 * Longitude Start: -16.659202 * Latitude End: 81.444023 * Longitude End: -16.040867 * Date/Time Start: 2016-06-20T07:44:33 * Date/Time End: 2016-06-20T10:07:33 * Campaign: P6-201_UWB_2016 (UWB_2016) * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
UWB_2016_1606271801 * Latitude Start: 81.595979 * Longitude Start: -16.664611 * Latitude End: 81.600620 * Longitude End: -16.680172 * Date/Time Start: 2016-06-27T07:23:30 * Date/Time End: 2016-06-27T13:12:28 * Campaign: P6-201_UWB_2016 (UWB_2016) * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
UWB_2016_1606291901 * Latitude Start: 81.596524 * Longitude Start: -16.659150 * Latitude End: 79.400419 * Longitude End: -9.414662 * Date/Time Start: 2016-06-29T10:13:53 * Date/Time End: 2016-06-29T14:12:52 * Campaign: P6-201_UWB_2016 (UWB_2016) * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
Comment:
Project: RESURV79
Region: Downstream region of the 79° N Glacier catchment
Owner / PI: Angelika Humbert (angelika.humbert@awi.de)
Email address of the provider:
angelika.humbert@awi.de
daniel.steinhage@awi.de
veit.helm@awi.de
Instrument 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.pdf
Method of navigation : GPS data was acquired by four NovAtel DL-V3 GPS receivers operating at 20Hz
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The netCDF files contain the following variables:
altitude: Platform altitude (WGS84) in meters
bed_elevation: Bed elevation for each trace (without applying a firn correction and permitivity of ice: 3.15) in meters
bed_pick: picked Bed location for each trace, expressed as twt in seconds from time zero
data: Radar data (Values in dBm after DC conversion)
data_agc: Scaled radar data using automatic gain control (AGC)
distance: Along-track distance in meters
ice_thickness: Ice thickness for each trace (without applying a firn correction and permitivity of ice: 3.15) in meters
lat: Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
lon: Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
range: Range between sensor and surface in meters
spacing: Along-track trace to trace spacing in meters
surface: Surface elevation derived from radar (WGS84) in meters
surface_pick: Picked surface reflection in two-way travel time in seconds
time: Seconds of day
twt: Two-way travel time (twt) in seconds
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Note that the surface picks were quality-checked for the standard product. For the qlook product only an auto-tracked surface pick is available.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season | Season | Humbert, Angelika | |||
| 2 | Event label | Event | Humbert, Angelika | |||
| 3 | Profile ID | Profile ID | Humbert, Angelika | |||
| 4 | Instrument | Instrument | Humbert, Angelika | |||
| 5 | Radar product | Radar prod | Humbert, Angelika | |||
| 6 | netCDF file | netCDF | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | standard | |
| 7 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | standard |
| 8 | netCDF file | netCDF | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | qlook | |
| 9 | GIS file | GIS | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | KML Files, standard | |
| 10 | GIS file | GIS | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | KML Files, qlook | |
| 11 | Image | IMAGE | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | Quicklook, standard | |
| 12 | Image | IMAGE | Humbert, Angelika | Ultra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5 | Quicklook, qlook |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
250 data points
Data
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