Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
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Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. / Franke, Steven; Jansen, Daniela; Binder, Tobias; Paden, John D.; Doerr, Nils; Gerber, Tamara A.; Miller, Heinrich; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Helm, Veit; Steinhage, Daniel; Weikusat, Ilka; Wilhelms, Frank; Eisen, Olaf.
In: Earth System Science Data, Vol. 14, No. 2, 21.02.2022, p. 763-779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
AU - Franke, Steven
AU - Jansen, Daniela
AU - Binder, Tobias
AU - Paden, John D.
AU - Doerr, Nils
AU - Gerber, Tamara A.
AU - Miller, Heinrich
AU - Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe
AU - Helm, Veit
AU - Steinhage, Daniel
AU - Weikusat, Ilka
AU - Wilhelms, Frank
AU - Eisen, Olaf
PY - 2022/2/21
Y1 - 2022/2/21
N2 - We present a high-resolution airborne radar data set (EGRIP-NOR-2018) for the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). The radar data were acquired in May 2018 with the Alfred Wegener Institute's multichannel ultra-wideband (UWB) radar mounted on the Polar 6 aircraft. Radar profiles cover an area of similar to 24 000 km(2) and extend over the well-defined shear margins of the NEGIS. The survey area is centered at the location of the drill site of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP), and several radar lines intersect at this location. The survey layout was designed to (i) map the stratigraphic signature of the shear margins with radar profiles aligned perpendicular to ice flow, (ii) trace the radar stratigraphy along several flow lines, and (iii) provide spatial coverage of ice thickness and basal properties. While we are able to resolve radar reflections in the deep stratigraphy, we cannot fully resolve the steeply inclined reflections at the tightly folded shear margins in the lower part of the ice column. The NEGIS is causing the most significant discrepancies between numerically modeled and observed ice surface velocities. Given the high likelihood of future climate and ocean warming, this extensive data set of new high-resolution radar data in combination with the EastGRIP ice core will be a key contribution to understand the past and future dynamics of the NEGIS. The EGRIP-NOR-2018 radar data products can be obtained from the PANGAEA data publisher (https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA. 928569; Franke et al., 2021a).
AB - We present a high-resolution airborne radar data set (EGRIP-NOR-2018) for the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). The radar data were acquired in May 2018 with the Alfred Wegener Institute's multichannel ultra-wideband (UWB) radar mounted on the Polar 6 aircraft. Radar profiles cover an area of similar to 24 000 km(2) and extend over the well-defined shear margins of the NEGIS. The survey area is centered at the location of the drill site of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP), and several radar lines intersect at this location. The survey layout was designed to (i) map the stratigraphic signature of the shear margins with radar profiles aligned perpendicular to ice flow, (ii) trace the radar stratigraphy along several flow lines, and (iii) provide spatial coverage of ice thickness and basal properties. While we are able to resolve radar reflections in the deep stratigraphy, we cannot fully resolve the steeply inclined reflections at the tightly folded shear margins in the lower part of the ice column. The NEGIS is causing the most significant discrepancies between numerically modeled and observed ice surface velocities. Given the high likelihood of future climate and ocean warming, this extensive data set of new high-resolution radar data in combination with the EastGRIP ice core will be a key contribution to understand the past and future dynamics of the NEGIS. The EGRIP-NOR-2018 radar data products can be obtained from the PANGAEA data publisher (https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA. 928569; Franke et al., 2021a).
KW - GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
KW - DRONNING MAUD LAND
KW - INTERNAL LAYERS
KW - ACCUMULATION PATTERN
KW - WEST ANTARCTICA
KW - CORE SITE
KW - SHEET
KW - DOME
KW - THICKNESS
KW - DYNAMICS
U2 - 10.5194/essd-14-763-2022
DO - 10.5194/essd-14-763-2022
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 763
EP - 779
JO - Earth System Science Data
JF - Earth System Science Data
SN - 1866-3508
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 302386901