Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica

Hamish D. Pritchard; Peter T. Fretwell; Alice C. Fremand; Julien A. Bodart; James D. Kirkham; Alan Aitken; Jonathan Bamber; Robin Bell; Cesidio Bianchi; Robert G. Bingham; Donald D. Blankenship; Gino Casassa; Knut Christianson; Howard Conway; Hugh F.J. Corr; Xiangbin Cui; Detlef Damaske; Volkmar Damm; Boris Dorschel; Reinhard Drews; Graeme Eagles; Olaf Eisen; Hannes Eisermann; Fausto Ferraccioli; Elena Field; René Forsberg; Steven Franke; Vikram Goel; Siva Prasad Gogineni; Jamin Greenbaum; Benjamin Hills; Richard C.A. Hindmarsh; Andrew O. Hoffman; Nicholas Holschuh; John W. Holt; Angelika Humbert; Robert W. Jacobel; Daniela Jansen; Adrian Jenkins; Wilfried Jokat; Lenneke Jong; Tom A. Jordan; Edward C. King; Jack Kohler; William Krabill; Joséphine Maton; Mette Kusk Gillespie; Kirsty Langley; Joohan Lee; German Leitchenkov; Cartlon Leuschen; Bruce Luyendyk; Joseph A. MacGregor; Emma MacKie; Geir Moholdt; Kenichi Matsuoka; Mathieu Morlighem; Jérémie Mouginot; Frank O. Nitsche; Ole A. Nost; John Paden; Frank Pattyn; Sergey Popov; Eric Rignot; David M. Rippin; Andrés Rivera; Jason L. Roberts; Neil Ross; Antonia Ruppel; Dustin M. Schroeder; Martin J. Siegert; Andrew M. Smith; Daniel Steinhage; Michael Studinger; Bo Sun; Ignazio Tabacco; Kirsty J. Tinto; Stefano Urbini; David G. Vaughan; Douglas S. Wilson; Duncan A. Young; Achille Zirizzotti

doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y

Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica

Hamish D. Pritchard
, Peter T. Fretwell
, Alice C. Fremand
, Julien A. Bodart
, James D. Kirkham
, Alan Aitken
, Jonathan Bamber
, Robin Bell
, Cesidio Bianchi
, Robert G. Bingham
, Donald D. Blankenship
, Gino Casassa
, Knut Christianson
, Howard Conway
, Hugh F.J. Corr
, Xiangbin Cui
, Detlef Damaske
, Volkmar Damm
, Boris Dorschel
, Reinhard Drews

Graeme Eagles, Olaf Eisen, Hannes Eisermann, Fausto Ferraccioli, Elena Field, René Forsberg, Steven Franke, Vikram Goel, Siva Prasad Gogineni, Jamin Greenbaum, Benjamin Hills, Richard C.A. Hindmarsh, Andrew O. Hoffman, Nicholas Holschuh, John W. Holt, Angelika Humbert, Robert W. Jacobel, Daniela Jansen, Adrian Jenkins, Wilfried Jokat, Lenneke Jong, Tom A. Jordan, Edward C. King, Jack Kohler, William Krabill, Joséphine Maton, Mette Kusk Gillespie, Kirsty Langley, Joohan Lee, German Leitchenkov, Cartlon Leuschen, Bruce Luyendyk, Joseph A. MacGregor, Emma MacKie, Geir Moholdt, Kenichi Matsuoka, Mathieu Morlighem, Jérémie Mouginot, Frank O. Nitsche, Ole A. Nost, John Paden, Frank Pattyn, Sergey Popov, Eric Rignot, David M. Rippin, Andrés Rivera, Jason L. Roberts, Neil Ross, Antonia Ruppel, Dustin M. Schroeder, Martin J. Siegert, Andrew M. Smith, Daniel Steinhage, Michael Studinger, Bo Sun, Ignazio Tabacco, Kirsty J. Tinto, Stefano Urbini, David G. Vaughan, Douglas S. Wilson, Duncan A. Young, Achille Zirizzotti

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University of Edinburgh
University of Texas at Austin
Universidad de Magallanes
University of Washington
Polar Research Institute of China
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
University of Tübingen
National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research
University of Alabama
Colorado School of Mines
Amherst College
University of Arizona
University of Bremen
St. Olaf College
Northumbria University
University of Tasmania
Norwegian Polar Institute
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
ASIAQ Greenland Survey
Korea Polar Research Institute
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University of Kansas
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Dartmouth College
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Oceanbox.io
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Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition
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University of York
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Australian Antarctic Division
Newcastle University
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We present Bedmap3, the latest suite of gridded products describing surface elevation, ice-thickness and the seafloor and subglacial bed elevation of the Antarctic south of 60 °S. Bedmap3 incorporates and adds to all post-1950s datasets previously used for Bedmap2, including 84 new aero-geophysical surveys by 15 data providers, an additional 52 million data points and 1.9 million line-kilometres of measurement. These efforts have filled notable gaps including in major mountain ranges and the deep interior of East Antarctica, along West Antarctic coastlines and on the Antarctic Peninsula. Our new Bedmap3/RINGS grounding line similarly consolidates multiple recent mappings into a single, spatially coherent feature. Combined with updated maps of surface topography, ice shelf thickness, rock outcrops and bathymetry, Bedmap3 reveals in much greater detail the subglacial landscape and distribution of Antarctica's ice, providing new opportunities to interpret continental-scale landscape evolution and to model the past and future evolution of the Antarctic ice sheets.

Original language	English
Article number	414
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Number of pages	20
ISSN	2052-4463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Pritchard, H. D., Fretwell, P. T., Fremand, A. C., Bodart, J. A., Kirkham, J. D., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R. G., Blankenship, D. D., Casassa, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H. F. J., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damm, V., Dorschel, B., ... Zirizzotti, A. (2025). Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y

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AU - Nost, Ole A.

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AU - Pattyn, Frank

AU - Popov, Sergey

AU - Rignot, Eric

AU - Rippin, David M.

AU - Rivera, Andrés

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AU - Ross, Neil

AU - Ruppel, Antonia

AU - Schroeder, Dustin M.

AU - Siegert, Martin J.

AU - Smith, Andrew M.

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AU - Studinger, Michael

AU - Sun, Bo

AU - Tabacco, Ignazio

AU - Tinto, Kirsty J.

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Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica

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