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Description

This data set contains surface elevation rate of change measurements derived from IceBridge and Pre-IceBridge Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) widescan elevation measurements data for Arctic and Antarctic missions flown under NASA's Operation IceBridge (OIB) and Arctic Ice Mapping (AIM) projects.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
DHC-6 ,
P-3A ,
P-3A ORION ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
ATM ,
ACORDS
Projects
2009_AN_NASA ,
2009_GR_NASA ,
2010_AN_NASA ,
2010_GR_NASA ,
2011_AN_NASA ,
2011_GR_NASA ,
2012_AN_NASA ,
2012_GR_NASA ,
2013_AN_NASA ,
2013_GR_NASA ,
2014_AN_NASA ,
2014_GR_NASA ,
2015_AN_NASA ,
2015_GR_NASA ,
2016_AN_NASA ,
2016_GR_NASA ,
MULTI_NASA ,
OIB
Spatial Extent

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

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
250 Meters x 250 Meters
Location
ARCTIC ,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,
ANTARCTICA ,
CANADA ,
GREENLAND ,
ICELAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1993-06-23 to 2018-05-01
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3189949380-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
342
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Terrain 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.

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Studinger, M. (2014). IceBridge ATM L4 Surface Elevation Rate of Change, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/BCW6CI3TXOCY Date Accessed: 2026-09-11

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Implications of high-resolution velocity and strain rate observations for modelling of Greenlandic tidewater glaciers Fahrner, Dominik, Gonzalez, Pablo J., Mair, Douglas W. F., Lea, James M. Ice Velocity, Terrain Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness
Reconstructing Continuous Ice Sheet Elevation Changes in the Amundsen Yue, Lianzhe, Chao, Nengfang, Chen, Gang, Chen, Lihao, Zhang, Baojun, Sun, Runzhi, Zhang, Yanze, Wang, Shuai, Wang, Zhengtao, Li, Fupeng, Yu, Nan, Ouyang, Guichong Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Multi-decadal elevation changes of the land terminating sector of West Greenland Saito, Jun, Meierbachtol, Toby, Harper, Joel Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity
Changes in elevation and mass of Arctic glaciers and ice caps, 20102017 Tepes, P., Gourmelen, N., Nienow, P., Tsamados, M., Shepherd, A., Weissgerber, F. Terrain Elevation, Sea Ice Concentration
Monthly Surface Elevation Changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet From ICESat-1, CryoSat-2, and ICESat-2 Altimetry Missions Lai, Yen-Ru, Wang, Lei Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Antarctic ice-shelf thickness changes from CryoSat-2 SARIn mode measurements: Assessment and comparison with IceBridge and ICESat Zhang, Baojun, Liu, Jingbin, Wang, Zemin, Liu, Tingting, Yang, Quanming Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Reflectance
Elevation Changes of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from Joint Envisat and CryoSat-2 Radar Altimetry Zhang, Baojun, Wang, Zemin, Yang, Quanming, Liu, Jingbin, An, Jiachun, Li, Fei, Liu, Tingting, Geng, Hong Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation
Four decades of Antarctic surface elevation changes from multi-mission satellite altimetry Schroder, Ludwig, Horwath, Martin, Dietrich, Reinhard, Helm, Veit, van den Broeke, Michiel R., Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M. Ice Velocity, Terrain Elevation
Ice Sheet Elevation Change in West Antarctica From Ka-Band Satellite Otosaka, Ines, Shepherd, Andrew, McMillan, Malcolm Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity
Exceptional retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, east Greenland, between 2016 and 2018 Brough, Stephen, Carr, J. Rachel, Ross, Neil, Lea, James M. Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness
Changing pattern of ice flow and mass balance for glaciers discharging into the Larsen A and B embayments, Antarctic Peninsula, 2011 to 2016 Rott, Helmut, Abdel Jaber, Wael, Wuite, Jan, Scheiblauer, Stefan, Floricioiu, Dana, van Wessem, Jan Melchior, Nagler, Thomas, Miranda, Nuno, van den Broeke, Michiel R. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Elevation Change Derived from SARAL/ALtiKa Altimetric Mission: Quality Assessment and Performance of the Ka-Band Yang, Quanming, Yang, Yuande, Wang, Zemin, Zhang, Baojun, Jiang, Hu Terrain Elevation
Influence of recent warming and ice dynamics on glacier surface elevations in the Canadian High Arctic, 19952014 MORTIMER, COLLEEN A., SHARP, MARTIN, VAN WYCHEN, WESLEY Albedo, Anisotropy, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation
Ice velocity of Jakobshavn Isbr, Petermann Glacier, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, and Zachari Isstrm, 20152017, from Sentinel 1-a/b SAR imagery Lemos, Adriano, Shepherd, Andrew, McMillan, Malcolm, Hogg, Anna E., Hatton, Emma, Joughin, Ian Ice Velocity, Terrain Elevation
Evaluation of Reconstructions of Snow/Ice Melt in Greenland by Regional Atmospheric Climate Models Using Laser Altimetry Data Sutterley, Tyler C., Velicogna, Isabella, Fettweis, Xavier, Rignot, Eric, Noel, Brice, van den Broeke, Michiel Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Reflectance
Improved retrieval of land ice topography from CryoSat-2 data and its impact for volume-change estimation of the Greenland Ice Sheet Nilsson, Johan, Gardner, Alex, Sandberg Srensen, Louise, Forsberg, Rene Terrain Elevation
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