Skip to main content

Description

This data set (ATL13) contains along track surface heights of inland water bodies, including lakes, estuaries and rivers. Water surface slope and descriptive statistics are also provided. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2
Instruments
ATLAS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2018-10-13 to 2019-01-09
Temporal Resolution
91 Day
Concept ID
C4126500186-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Surface Water Features

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Jasinski, M., Stoll, J., Hancock, D., Robbins, J., Nattala, J., Pavelsky, T., Morison, J., Arp, C., Jones, B., & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2019). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.001 Date Accessed: 2026-08-10

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

Filters
Title Year Author Topic
Combining geomorphometry, feature extraction techniques and Earth-surface processes research: The way forward Sofia, G. Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height, Surface Water Features
Performance Assessment of ICESat-2 Laser Altimeter Data for Water-Level Measurement over Lakes and Reservoirs in China Yuan, Cui, Gong, Peng, Bai, Yuqi Surface Water Features
Tibetan Plateau's Lake Level and Volume Changes From NASA's ICESat/ICESat-2 and Landsat Missions Zhang, Guoqing, Chen, Wenfeng, Xie, Hongjie Surface Water Features
You're viewing 3 of 3