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Description

ATL06 contains geolocated land-ice surface heights above the WGS84 ellipsoid, plus ancillary parameters that can be used to interpret and assess the quality of the height estimates. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the ICESat-2 observatory.

Version Description

Removed backup signal finder from ATL06 algorithm; Added fpb_warning_flag variable to indicate ATL06 segments that could be impacted by signal saturation and for which the first-photon bias correction has failed.

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2
Instruments
ATLAS
Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
20 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2018-10-14 to Present
Temporal Resolution
91 Day
Concept ID
C3564876127-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
448704
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

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Validation of global elevation models using ICESat-2 LiDAR data for floodplain modeling in the Ukrainian Carpathians
  • Nikoriak, V.V., Osypov, V.V., Osadcha, N.M.
A first look at the snow/ice penetration effect of SWOT observations on water level of global glacial lakes
  • Luo, Shuangxiao, Song, Chunqiao, Zhan, Pengfei, Li, Jiayi, Peng, Li
Polarimetric Signatures From the Base of Icebergs in BIOMASS P-Band SAR
  • Fischer, Georg, Kim, Jun Su, Hajnsek, Irena, Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P.
Variability in ice shelf basal melting in the Amundsen Sea Embayment
  • Meng, Xinyu, Liang, Qi, Li, Teng, Zheng, Lei, Cheng, Xiao
Wave erosion, frontal bending, and calving at Ross Ice Shelf
  • Sartore, Nicolas B., Wagner, Till J. W., Siegfried, Matthew R., Pujara, Nimish, Zoet, Lucas K.
Totten Ice Shelf history over the past century interpreted from satellite imagery
  • Miles, Bertie W. J., Li, Tian, Bingham, Robert G.
The Earth Topography 2022 (ETOPO 2022) global DEM dataset
  • MacFerrin, Michael, Amante, Christopher, Carignan, Kelly, Love, Matthew, Lim, Elliot
Subtle height change reveals melt water movement around and under glacial ice, an example from northern Ellesmere Island, Canada
  • Gray, Laurence
The Two-Decade Evolution of Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier and Its 2022
  • Fluegel, Bailey L., Walker, Catherine
Thwaites Glacier thins and retreats fastest where ice-shelf channels intersect its grounding zone
  • Chartrand, Allison M., Howat, Ian M., Joughin, Ian R., Smith, Benjamin E.
Triggers of the 2022 Larsen B multi-year landfast sea ice breakout and
  • Ochwat, Naomi E., Scambos, Ted A., Banwell, Alison F., Anderson, Robert S., Maclennan, Michelle L., Picard, Ghislain, Shates, Julia A., Marinsek, Sebastian, Margonari, Liliana, Truffer, Martin, Pettit, Erin C.
Tracking the Filling, Outburst Flood and Resulting Subglacial Water
  • Gray, Laurence, Lauzon, Benoit, Copland, Luke, Van Wychen, Wesley, Dow, Christine, Kochtitzky, Will, Alley, Karen E.
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