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Operation IceBridge

Climate Variability & Change

37
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Deployments
10
Platforms
79
Data Products

The Campaign

NASA’s Operation IceBridge was a large-scale airborne investigation designed to bridge the gap in polar observations between the ICESat and ICESat-2 satellite missions. IceBridge consisted of several deployments from 2009 to 2021 across Greenland, Alaska, Antarctica, and the Arctic Sea. Over 1,000 aircraft surveys were completed with various remote sensors such as the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), the Digital Mapping System (DMS), and the Land Vegetation and Ice Sensor (LVIS) to map sea ice and topography across polar coastal regions. IceBridge was funded through NASA’s Cryospheric Sciences Program.

OIB

2009-03-31 — 2021-05-13

Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska, Arctic Sea
year round

N: 85°N

S: 85°S

W: 180°W

E: 180°E

Additional Notes

SEA ICE
POLAR ICE
GLACIERS
ICE SHEETS
ICE SHELVES
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY
ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
ICE SHEET ELEVATION
GLACIER ELEVATION
SEA ICE ELEVATION
SEA ICE THICKNESS
BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY
SNOW TEMPERATURE
ICE TEMPERATURE
ICE
SNOW
TERRAIN ELEVATION
TOPOGRAPHY
CLIMATE CHANGE
SATELLITE VALIDATION
ICESAT
ICESAT-2
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Events

37 Deployments
58 IOPs
46 Significant Events
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Filter data products from this campaign by specific platforms, instruments, or formats.

Platforms
PLATFORMS
Instruments
INSTRUMENTS
Formats
FORMATS
10.5067/UGI2BGTC4QJAExternal Link
10.5067/8Q93SAT2LG3QExternal Link
10.5067/6C6WA3R918HJExternal Link
10.5067/TD9TQQC6IZ24External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/BA180DOW1E1QExternal Link
10.5067/1207YUVC7KOOExternal Link
10.5067/CXEQS8KVIXEIExternal Link
10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGTExternal Link
10.5067/0ZBRL3GY720RExternal Link
10.5067/FAZTWP500V70External Link
10.5067/I883KXU7ZO8OExternal Link
Pyrometer
ASCII
10.5067/DQVUVQCRYAM4External Link
10.5067/STLZLZ7ZI7Z4External Link
10.5067/BCW6CI3TXOCYExternal Link
10.5067/XASIHXV1V5B5External Link
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
ASCII
10.5067/8DJW56PKY133External Link
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
ASCII
10.5067/5CHZMTE5DLU8External Link
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
10.5067/3X4CIKKSYQRUExternal Link
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
10.5067/39YO5T544XCCExternal Link
10.5067/NR1VABD1ZDTQExternal Link
Basler BT-67
HDF
10.5067/0ZY1XYHNIQNYExternal Link
10.5067/RELPCEXB0MY3External Link
10.5067/D7ZJT02NGCC1External Link
10.5067/OY7C2Y61YSYWExternal Link
P-3 Orion
Magnetometer
ASCII
10.5067/90S1XZRBAX5NExternal Link
10.5067/D7DX7J7J5JN9External Link
10.5067/N1F4NBFMIREJExternal Link
10.5067/2I5C7MQ2K6V1External Link
10.5067/AATE4JJ91EHCExternal Link
10.5067/F5FGUT9F5089External Link
10.5067/0I7PFBVQOGO5External Link
10.5067/9EBR2T0VXUDGExternal Link
10.5067/W2KXX0MYNJ9GExternal Link
10.5067/KH078MNXPAOVExternal Link
Basler BT-67
Laser altimeter
ASCII
10.5067/JV9DENETK13EExternal Link
Basler BT-67
Laser altimeter
ASCII
10.5067/U3E4Q5WWVSP9External Link
Basler BT-67
HDF
10.5067/CPRXXK3F39RVExternal Link
10.5067/KDNRYQC7V2CDExternal Link
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
10.5067/96JO0KIFDAS8External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/5SZA7GSQI0YTExternal Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
10.5067/SU3MNDAOQ7LZExternal Link
Gravimeter
ASCII
10.5067/E9E9QSRNLYTKExternal Link
10.5067/1HLB3BMORZ55External Link
Basler BT-67
Magnetometer
ASCII
10.5067/P8QCY55YPR8UExternal Link
10.5067/OMEAKG6GIJNBExternal Link
10.5067/A54HXUXMJ9UAExternal Link
10.5067/R4MWDWWUWQF9External Link
10.5067/FZHPYHXJ4JGVExternal Link
10.5067/YP1PVPR72IHGExternal Link
10.5067/EZQ5U3R3XWBSExternal Link
10.5067/V25X7LHDPMZYExternal Link
10.5067/SIEB3C4B9HKKExternal Link
10.5067/HYV1T0G7LVHEExternal Link
10.5067/5NSX14QW4U4JExternal Link
10.5067/R3TN4LOIKDMCExternal Link
10.5067/XILTNL9F1HCRExternal Link
10.5067/FIJDWQVIDKU4External Link
10.5067/1LI57H56EB7GExternal Link
10.5067/OZ6VNOPMPRJ0External Link
10.5067/DZYN0SKIG6FBExternal Link
10.5067/X2H7MP5DBTYPExternal Link
10.5067/Q0AVPHN3250HExternal Link
10.5067/R1RQ6NRIJV89External Link
10.5067/UHE07J35I3NBExternal Link
Pyrometer
ASCII
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Tom Wagner
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Steve Tanner
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