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Description

This data set contains simplified, or thinned, flight lines from NASA Operation IceBridge Greenland, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alaska missions. The thinning was performed using a Python library called Shapely. The full resolution flight line data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

The corresponding flight reports can be found in the IceBridge L1B Flight Reports (IPFLR1B) data set.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT ,
C-185 ,
DHC-3 ,
DHC-6 ,
IKHANA ,
Multiple ,
P-3B ,
RQ-4
Instruments
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ,
MULTIPLE
Spatial Extent

N: 72 S: 55 E: -130 W: -156

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Location
ARCTIC ,
ALASKA ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-03-27 to 2018-11-17
Concept ID
C3204977164-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1781
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Flight Data Logs

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

NULL. (2018). IceBridge L1B Thinned Flight Lines, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/C3HEIVPUW8FW Date Accessed: 2026-06-17

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