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IceBridge Mission Flight Reports

Entry ID: IFLTRPT

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Summary

Abstract: The IceBridge Mission Flight Reports data set contains flight reports from NASA Operation IceBridge Greenland, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alaska missions. Flight reports contain information on region, mission, aircraft model, flight data, purpose of flight, and on-board sensors. The flight reports were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns. The reports are stored in ASCII text and PDF formats and are available for periodic, ongoing campaigns from 27 March 2009 to the present via FTP.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -53.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

N: 72.0

S: 55.0

E: -130.0

W: -156.0

N: 90.0

S: 60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Studinger, Michael, Duncan Young, and Christopher Larsen

Dataset Title: IceBridge Mission Flight Reports

Dataset Series Name: IceBridge

Dataset Release Date: 2011-02-22

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA

Dataset Publisher: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Presentation Form: Digital Media

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/IFLTRPT.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2009-03-27

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > FLIGHT DATA LOGS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

Aircraft

DC-8 > Douglas DC-8

Instrument

VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

OIB > Operation Ice Bridge

Ancillary Keywords

Flight Report

IceBridge

NSIDC

NSIDC DAAC

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NASA/WFF/OSB

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 2 KB to 18 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 44 KB to 5 MB

Distribution Format: PDF

Personnel

CHRIS LARSEN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: Chris.Larsen at gi.alaska.edu

Contact Address:

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Geophysical Institute

City: Fairbanks

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99775

Country: USA

Publications/References

Refer to the NASA Earth Science Project Office Operation IceBridge Home Page for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the IceBridge project: http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-12-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-13

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