NASA 2012_AN_NASA Project: Radar Echograms of Arctic and Antarctic Ice

NASA's 2012_AN_NASA Project dataset contains radar echograms collected by the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) using the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS). The data covers land and sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. It is hosted on AWS Open Data and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyzing ice sheet thickness and internal layering based on radar echogram data
• Mapping subglacial topography and bedrock interfaces for land ice
• Monitoring changes in sea ice extent and properties over time
• Training machine learning models for automated feature detection in radar imagery

Strengths

• Data originates from NASA's CReSIS, a leading institution for ice sheet remote sensing
• Covers two major polar regions: the Arctic and Antarctic
• Uses the specialized MCoRDS instrument designed for ice penetration

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), NASA

Collection Method

Collected via airborne Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS)

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Arctic and Antarctic regions