Eagles, Graeme; Ruppel, Antonia; Läufer, Andreas; Steinhage, Daniel; Helm, Veit (2025): ANT 2015/16: AWI airborne Radio-Echo Sounding data western DML over the Maud Belt and Ekström Ice Shelf (GEA-V-FMA project) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.987347
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Published: 2025-11-11 • DOI registered: 2025-12-10
Abstract:
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 western DML over the Maud Belt and Ekström Ice Shelf to investigate the geodynamic evolution of East Antarctica, the Forster magnetic anomaly (GEA-V-FMA). The data are available as netCDF files (including waveforms and metadata), KML files of the profile line locations, and quicklook images of the radargrams.
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
Nixdorf, Uwe; Steinhage, Daniel; Meyer, Uwe F; Hempel, L; Jenett, Martin; Wachs, P; Miller, Heinrich (1999): The newly developed airborne radio-echo sounding system of the AWI as a glaciological tool. Annals of Glaciology, 29, 231-238, https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346
Additional metadata:
O2A Registry: Metadata for radar system Ice Thickness Radar 150 MHz at current version. Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/6794
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PA_02077: P5-200_ANT_2015_2016, GEA-V-FMA
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -62.450690 * Median Longitude: -6.058398 * South-bound Latitude: -71.717889 * West-bound Longitude: -8.282642 * North-bound Latitude: 53.503692 * East-bound Longitude: 11.642147
Date/Time Start: 2015-09-24T09:49:38 * Date/Time End: 2016-01-04T12:59:20
Event(s):
P5_200_ANT_2015_2016_1509240101 * Latitude Start: 53.503692 * Longitude Start: 8.570948 * Latitude End: 53.503555 * Longitude End: 8.571269 * Date/Time Start: 2015-09-24T09:49:38 * Date/Time End: 2015-09-24T11:42:37 * Campaign: P5-200_ANT_2015_2016 (GEA-V-FMA, P5-ANT_GEA_2015_2016) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC) * Comment: Certification flight
P5_200_ANT_2015_2016_1512140201 * Latitude Start: -70.669046 * Longitude Start: -8.282642 * Latitude End: -70.669076 * Longitude End: -8.281962 * Date/Time Start: 2015-12-14T09:22:15 * Date/Time End: 2015-12-14T10:51:13 * Location: Antarctica * Campaign: P5-200_ANT_2015_2016 (GEA-V-FMA, P5-ANT_GEA_2015_2016) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P5_200_ANT_2015_2016_1512150301 * Latitude Start: -70.669077 * Longitude Start: -8.281964 * Latitude End: -70.669083 * Longitude End: -8.281950 * Date/Time Start: 2015-12-15T08:43:50 * Date/Time End: 2015-12-15T09:57:48 * Location: Antarctica * Campaign: P5-200_ANT_2015_2016 (GEA-V-FMA, P5-ANT_GEA_2015_2016) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
Comment:
Project PI: Graeme Eagles (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)
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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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The KML files are in EPSG:4326, and the quicklook images show the AGC product of the radargram.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season | Season | Eagles, Graeme | |||
| 2 | Profile ID | Profile ID | Eagles, Graeme | |||
| 3 | Instrument | Instrument | Eagles, Graeme | |||
| 4 | Radar product | Radar prod | Eagles, Graeme | |||
| 5 | netCDF file | netCDF | Eagles, Graeme | Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] | ||
| 6 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Eagles, Graeme | Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] | |
| 7 | GIS file | GIS | Eagles, Graeme | Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] | KML Files | |
| 8 | Image | IMAGE | Eagles, Graeme | Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] | Quicklook |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
133 data points