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ANT 2011/12: AWI airborne Accumulation Radar data over western DML around EDML, eastern DML over the Sør Rondane Mountains, and over Atka Bay (GEA and WEGAS Projects)

Description: This dataset contains airborne radar data acquired using the AWI Accumulation Radar (ACCU) system during the Antarctic season of 2011/12. The profiles cover western Dronning Maud Land around EDML, eastern Dronning Maud Land over the Sør Rondane Mountains, and over Atka Bay. The data are available as netCDF files (including waveforms and metadata), KML files of the profile line locations, and quicklook images of the radargrams.

Global identifier: 

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.983396",
)

Types: 
Measurements {
    domain: Unspecified,
    station: None,
    measured_variables: [
        "Season",
        "Profile ID",
        "Instrument",
        "Radar product",
        "netCDF file",
        "netCDF file (File Size)",
        "GIS file",
        "Image",
    ],
    methods: [
        "Accumulation Radar 400-800 MHz",
        "Accumulation Radar 400-800 MHz",
        "Accumulation Radar 400-800 MHz",
        "Accumulation Radar 400-800 MHz",
    ],
}
Dataset

Comment: Project PI: Daniel Steinhage (AWI) and Wilfried Jokat (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

Origins: /Wissenschaft/PANGAEA

Tags: Ameise ? Radar ? Metadaten ? Antarktis ? Daten ? AWI ACCU ? Accumulation radar ? Atka Bay ? Dronning Maud Land ? EDML ? East Antarctica ? Polar 6 ? Sør Rondane Mountains ? radio-echo sounding ?

Region: Weddell Sea Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica Antarctica, East

Bounding boxes: -8.279538° .. 23.2° x -75.00166° .. 53.50392°

License: cc-by/4.0

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Language: Englisch/English

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Modified: 2025-06-25

Time ranges: 2011-12-24 - 2012-09-19

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