Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven AWI https://www.awi.de/ https://ror.org/032e6b942 Helm Veit Veit.Helm@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/veit-helm.html 0000-0001-7788-9328 Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven AWI https://www.awi.de/ https://ror.org/032e6b942 Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven AWI https://www.awi.de/ https://ror.org/032e6b942 2026 ANT 1995/96 : AWI airborne Radio-Echo Sounding data over western Dronning Maund Land for the EPICA DML ice core site selection (EPICA project) dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995486 2026-06-17T07:33:57 This dataset contains airborne radar data acquired using the AWI EMR system during the Antarctic season of 1995/96. The profiles extend across the western Dronning Maud around the EPICA DML ice core site. The data are available as netCDF files (including waveforms and metadata), KML files of the profile line locations, and quicklook images of the radargrams. Eisen Olaf olaf.eisen@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/olaf-eisen.html 0000-0002-6380-962X Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Franke Steven steven.franke@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0001-8462-4379 Helm Veit Veit.Helm@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/veit-helm.html 0000-0001-7788-9328 Binder Tobias tobias.binder@awi.de 0000-0002-9826-8835 Drews Reinhard reinhard.drews@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-2328-294X Eagles Graeme graeme.eagles@awi.de 0000-0001-5325-0810 Humbert Angelika Angelika.Humbert@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/angelika-humbert.html 0000-0002-0244-8760 Jansen Daniela Daniela.Jansen@awi.de 0000-0002-4412-5820 Jokat Wilfried wilfried.jokat@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/wilfried-jokat.html 0000-0002-7793-5854 Lambrecht Astrid astrid.lambrecht@badw.de Mieth Matthias Riedel Sven Miller Heinrich Heinrich.Miller@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/heinrich-miller.html 0000-0003-1015-2828 2024 Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers dataset bibliography https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094 Franke Steven steven.franke@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0001-8462-4379 Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Helm Veit Veit.Helm@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/veit-helm.html 0000-0001-7788-9328 Binder Tobias tobias.binder@awi.de 0000-0002-9826-8835 Nixdorf Uwe uwe.nixdorf@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/uwe-nixdorf.html 0000-0002-6288-4361 Miller Heinrich Heinrich.Miller@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/heinrich-miller.html 0000-0003-1015-2828 Humbert Angelika Angelika.Humbert@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/angelika-humbert.html 0000-0002-0244-8760 Jansen Daniela Daniela.Jansen@awi.de 0000-0002-4412-5820 Eagles Graeme graeme.eagles@awi.de 0000-0001-5325-0810 Eisermann Hannes heiserma@awi.de 0000-0002-5604-6484 Jokat Wilfried wilfried.jokat@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/wilfried-jokat.html 0000-0002-7793-5854 Ruppel Antonia Antonia.Ruppel@bgr.de 0000-0001-5101-411X Drews Reinhard reinhard.drews@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-2328-294X Zuhr Alexandra alexandra.zuhr@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-3861-365X Driemel Amelie amelie.driemel@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/amelie-driemel.html 0000-0001-8667-5217 Walter Andreas andreas.walter@awi.de 0000-0002-1153-7378 Konopatzky Peter peter.konopatzky@awi.de 0000-0003-3922-8398 Heß Robin Haas Antonie antonie.haas@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/antonie-haas.html 0000-0002-3771-4125 Koppe Roland roland.koppe@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/roland-koppe.html 0000-0002-2826-3932 Andreas Pascal H 0009-0003-1777-8708 Eisen Olaf olaf.eisen@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/olaf-eisen.html 0000-0002-6380-962X 2026 Review article: 30 years of airborne radar surveys on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the Alfred Wegener Institute journal article The Cryosphere 20(4) https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2485-2026 2485-2530 Nixdorf Uwe uwe.nixdorf@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/uwe-nixdorf.html 0000-0002-6288-4361 Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Meyer Uwe F Hempel L Jenett Martin Wachs P Miller Heinrich Heinrich.Miller@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/heinrich-miller.html 0000-0003-1015-2828 1999 The newly developed airborne radio-echo sounding system of the AWI as a glaciological tool journal article Annals of Glaciology 29 https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346 231-238 Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html 2001 Beiträge aus geophysikalischen Messungen in Dronning Maud Land, Antarktis, zur Auffindung eines optimalen Bohrpunktes für eine Eiskerntiefbohrung (Contributions of geophysical measurements in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, locating an optimal drill site for a deep ice core drilling) report Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research 384 https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0384_2001 91 pp Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Nixdorf Uwe uwe.nixdorf@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/uwe-nixdorf.html 0000-0002-6288-4361 Meyer Uwe F Miller Heinrich Heinrich.Miller@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/heinrich-miller.html 0000-0003-1015-2828 1999 New maps of the ice thickness and subglacial topography in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, determined by means of airborne radio-echo sounding journal article Annals of Glaciology 29 https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821409 267-272 Steinhage Daniel Daniel.Steinhage@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/daniel-steinhage.html Nixdorf Uwe uwe.nixdorf@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/uwe-nixdorf.html 0000-0002-6288-4361 Meyer Uwe F Miller Heinrich Heinrich.Miller@awi.de https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/heinrich-miller.html 0000-0003-1015-2828 2001 Subglacial topography and internal structure of central and western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, determined from airborne radio echo sounding journal article Journal of Applied Geophysics 47(3-4) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-9851(01)00063-5 183-189 O2A Registry Metadata for radar system Ice Thickness Radar 150 MHz at current version other Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/6794 -9.748787 4.168018 -74.847496 -70.645134 -7.038399062499999 -73.22174743750001 1997-01-09T14:34:05 1997-02-08T19:32:24 EPICA European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Project_for_Ice_Coring_in_Antarctica Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven AWI https://www.awi.de/ https://ror.org/032e6b942 Fifth Framework Programme FP5 https://doi.org/10.13039/100011104 EVK2-CT-2000-00077 European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/EVK2-CT-2000-00077 Fourth Framework Programme FP4 https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 ENV4980702 European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ENV4980702 EPICA_II_01 -70.648773 -8.260707 Weddell Sea 1997-01-09T14:34:05 -70.645134 -8.262885 1997-01-09T16:04:05 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_02 -70.645531 -8.259775 Weddell Sea 1997-01-10T14:29:30 -74.204247 -9.747202 1997-01-10T16:58:58 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_03 -74.204506 -9.747795 Weddell Sea 1997-01-12T11:16:14 -74.204292 -9.74696 1997-01-12T15:26:30 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_04 -74.204468 -9.747896 Weddell Sea 1997-01-14T13:42:55 -74.203926 -9.74681 1997-01-14T19:12:04 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_05 -74.204048 -9.747798 Weddell Sea 1997-01-16T11:18:51 -74.20443 -9.747519 1997-01-16T15:08:33 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_06 -74.204315 -9.746538 Weddell Sea 1997-01-19T13:06:30 -74.204773 -9.74773 1997-01-19T18:18:27 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_07a -74.204163 -9.747515 Weddell Sea 1997-01-21T10:59:40 -73.001686 2.045687 1997-01-21T12:40:46 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_07b -74.847496 4.168018 Weddell Sea 1997-01-21T14:10:22 -74.204285 -9.746743 1997-01-21T15:48:49 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_08 -74.20417 -9.74737 Weddell Sea 1997-01-22T10:42:04 -74.204391 -9.747356 1997-01-22T15:52:35 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_09 -74.204346 -9.748635 Weddell Sea 1997-01-24T10:37:56 -74.204636 -9.748695 1997-01-24T15:29:02 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_10 -74.204231 -9.747842 Weddell Sea 1997-01-25T11:41:44 -74.33342 2.666718 1997-01-25T13:47:43 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_11 -74.204338 -9.7485 Weddell Sea 1997-01-26T10:37:21 -74.204277 -9.74581 1997-01-26T15:36:25 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_12 -74.204384 -9.748787 Weddell Sea 1997-01-29T13:47:23 -70.762566 -8.891744 1997-01-29T16:05:51 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_13 -70.6455 -8.262473 Weddell Sea 1997-02-06T11:29:13 -70.649086 -8.259835 1997-02-06T15:33:34 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_14a -70.648735 -8.260531 Weddell Sea 1997-02-08T10:31:09 -72.128395 3.183713 1997-02-08T12:55:55 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC EPICA_II_14b -72.128708 3.18445 Weddell Sea 1997-02-08T15:11:35 -72.128662 3.184095 1997-02-08T19:32:24 EPICA_II EPICA_II 1996-12-01T00:00:00 1996-12-01 1997-03-31T00:00:00 1997-03-31 POLAR 2 Steinhage, Daniel Steinhage, Daniel POLAR 2 Aircraft AC 329 CC-BY-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Project PI: Heinrich Miller (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 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 -- The KML files are in EPSG:4326, and the quicklook images show the AGC product of the radargram. Season Season Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Season Profile ID Profile ID Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Profile ID Instrument Instrument Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Instrument Radar product Radar prod Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Radar prod netCDF file netCDF https://doi.org/10.5065/D6H70CW6 Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346 Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 netCDF netCDF file (File Size) netCDF (Size) Bytes https://doi.org/10.5065/D6H70CW6 Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346 Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 netCDF (Size) [Bytes] GIS file GIS Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346 Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 KML Files GIS Image IMAGE Ice Thickness Radar radio-echo sounding RES [Nixdorf et al. 1999] https://doi.org/10.3189/172756499781821346 Miller Heinrich heinrich.miller@awi.de 0000-0003-1015-2828 Quicklook IMAGE CurationLevelC Enhanced curation https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels citable AWI EMR Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica EDML Ice core Ice Sheet Polar 2 radio-echo sounding author10398 author104825 author10505 author113739 author113740 author26346 author27488 author30625 author33194 author33291 author36179 author36180 author36716 author36717 author40917 author51121 author52499 author53726 author56843 author56845 author59362 author62 author64912 author699 author72169 author72859 author72860 author78245 author79235 author855 author99244 award93 award94 basis4669 campaign3380235 campaign34140 curlevel30 event2829471 event2829472 event2829473 event2829474 event2829475 event2829476 event2829477 event2829478 event2829479 event2829480 event2829481 event2829482 event2829483 event2829484 event2829485 event2829486 funder20651 funder20652 geocode1599 geocode1600 geocode1601 inst32 journal1111 journal16572 journal4140 journal8090 license21 method10713 method12358 param150836 param16118 param513666 param516439 param541163 param54969 param87498 pi64912 project53 ref102460 ref130079 ref131119 ref131120 ref136739 ref24104 refds972094 term20356 term47590 term50638 term51493 term51910 term52462 term52913 term71527 term75171