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Description

This data set contains resampled and smoothed elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, as well as Greenland, Arctic, Patagonia, and Antarctic region land ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
DHC-6 ,
P-3A ,
P-3A ORION ,
P-3B
Instruments
ATM
Spatial Extent

N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND ,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30
Concept ID
C3271308399-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
6516
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

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

Thomas, R., & Studinger, M. (2010). Pre-IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6C6WA3R918HJ Date Accessed: 2025-12-28

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