10.1594/PANGAEA.988312Miller, HeinrichHeinrichMiller0000-0003-1015-2828Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenHelm, VeitVeitHelm0000-0001-7788-9328Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenSteinhage, DanielDanielSteinhageAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenFranke, StevenStevenFranke0000-0001-8462-4379Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenBinder, TobiasTobiasBinder0000-0002-9826-8835Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenPANGAEA2026AWI UWBGreenland ice sheetJakobshavn IsbræPolar 6radio-echo soundingSeasonEvent labelProfile IDInstrumentRadar productnetCDF filenetCDF file (File Size)GIS fileImageAircraftUltra-wideband radar (UWB), MCoRDS 5P6-201_UWB_2016POLAR 62016-04-13T16:59:05/2016-04-26T15:48:29Dataset10.1594/PANGAEA.97209410.5194/tc-20-2485-2026https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/6809760 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalThis 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 Testflights
Region: Central-west and South-west Greenland ice sheet

Owner / PI: Heinrich Miller (heinrich.miller@awi.de)
Email address of the provider:
olaf.eisen@awi.de
daniela.jansen@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.-52.694882-47.11531666.8350170.732558Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhavenhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207AWI_PA_02078P6-201_UWB_2016