Low-frequency radar sounding of ice in East Antarctica and southern Greenland

We share data from a decameter-wavelength airborne radar sounder, the Warm Ice Sounding Explorer (WISE), that provides ice thickness in areas where radar signal penetration at higher frequencies is expected to be limited. We share results for three campaigns conducted in Greenland (2008, 2009, 2010) and two in Antarctica (2009, 2010). Comparisons with higher-frequency radar data indicate an accuracy of 55 m for ice-thickness measurements in Greenland and 25 m in Antarctica. We also estimate ice thickness of the Qassimiut lobe in southwest Greenland, where few ice-thickness measurements have been made, demonstrating that WISE penetrates in strongly scattering environments.
, , # Data from: Low-frequency radar sounding of ice in East Antarctica and southern Greenland

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.zs7h44jpp](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44jpp)

## Description of the data and file structure

**Low-frequency radar sounding of ice in East Antarctica and southern Greenland**

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.zs7h44jpp](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44jpp)

**Description of the data and file structure**

**Description of WISE:** JPL and the University of Iowa developed a low-frequency radar sounder, named WISE (Warm Ice Sounding Experiment), to probe deep, warm, glacier ice. In March 2006, we deployed this radar sounding system in Alaska on a single-engine Otter. In March 2007, we deployed the system in Patagonia, Chile on a Piper Seneca airplane. In May 2008, we deployed in Greenland onboard a Twin Otter aircraft owned by Air Greenland. In October 2008, we deployed again in Alaska. In January 2009, we deployed in East Antarctica on a Ken Borek (KBA) Twin Otter a...,