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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
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External Link10.5067/FAZTWP500V70
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Pyrometer
ASCII
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External Link10.5067/STLZLZ7ZI7Z4
External Link10.5067/BCW6CI3TXOCY
External Link10.5067/XASIHXV1V5B5
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
ASCII
External Link10.5067/8DJW56PKY133
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
ASCII
External Link10.5067/5CHZMTE5DLU8
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
External Link10.5067/3X4CIKKSYQRU
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
External Link10.5067/39YO5T544XCC
External Link10.5067/NR1VABD1ZDTQ
Basler BT-67
HDF
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External Link10.5067/RELPCEXB0MY3
External Link10.5067/D7ZJT02NGCC1
External Link10.5067/OY7C2Y61YSYW
P-3 Orion
Magnetometer
ASCII
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External Link10.5067/D7DX7J7J5JN9
External Link10.5067/N1F4NBFMIREJ
External Link10.5067/2I5C7MQ2K6V1
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External Link10.5067/F5FGUT9F5089
External Link10.5067/0I7PFBVQOGO5
External Link10.5067/9EBR2T0VXUDG
External Link10.5067/W2KXX0MYNJ9G
External Link10.5067/KH078MNXPAOV
Basler BT-67
Laser altimeter
ASCII
External Link10.5067/JV9DENETK13E
Basler BT-67
Laser altimeter
ASCII
External Link10.5067/U3E4Q5WWVSP9
Basler BT-67
HDF
External Link10.5067/CPRXXK3F39RV
External Link10.5067/KDNRYQC7V2CD
Basler BT-67
Gravimeter
XML, ASCII
External Link10.5067/96JO0KIFDAS8
No related platforms, instruments or formats
External Link10.5067/5SZA7GSQI0YT
No related platforms, instruments or formats
External Link10.5067/SU3MNDAOQ7LZ
Gravimeter
ASCII
External Link10.5067/E9E9QSRNLYTK
External Link10.5067/1HLB3BMORZ55
Basler BT-67
Magnetometer
ASCII
External Link10.5067/P8QCY55YPR8U
External Link10.5067/OMEAKG6GIJNB
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External Link10.5067/R4MWDWWUWQF9
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Pyrometer
ASCII
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Tom Wagner
Joseph MacGregor
Steve Tanner
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