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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.
Product Summary
Platforms
Instruments
Spatial Extent
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
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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: 2026-09-10
@misc{jasinski_stoll_hancock_robbins_nattala_pavelsky_morison_arp_jones_the icesat-2 science team_2019,
title={ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height, Version 1},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/ATL13/versions/1},
DOI={10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.001},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Jasinski, Michael and Stoll, Jeremy and Hancock, David and Robbins, John and Nattala, Jyothi and Pavelsky, Tamlin and Morison, Jamie and Arp, Christopher and Jones, Benjamin and the ICESat-2 Science Team},
year={2019},
}
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: 2026-09-10
Jasinski, Michael, et al. “ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2019, https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.001. Date Accessed: 2026-09-10
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ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
DATA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
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