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Description

This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, and Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula, and West Antarctic region ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Version Description

Version 2 data are in HDF5 format beginning with the 2013 Arctic campaign. Version 1 data are in Qfit binary format for 2012 and earlier campaigns.

Product Summary

Platforms
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25A ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
ATM
Projects
2013_AN_NASA ,
2013_GR_NASA ,
2014_AN_NASA ,
2014_GR_NASA ,
2015_AN_NASA ,
2015_GR_NASA ,
2016_AK_NASA ,
2016_AN_NASA ,
2016_GR_NASA ,
2017_AN_NASA ,
2017_GR_NASA ,
2018_AN_NASA ,
2018_GR_NASA ,
2019_AN_NASA ,
2019_GR_NASA ,
OIB
Spatial Extent

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

,

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

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-03-20 to 2019-11-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C2033639214-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
47181
Processing Level
1B
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

Studinger, M. (2013). IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT Date Accessed: 2026-10-03

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A comparison of contemporaneous airborne altimetry and ice-thickness measurements of Antarctic ice shelves
  • Chartrand, Allison M., Howat, Ian M.
New estimates of pan-Arctic sea ice-atmosphere neutral drag coefficients from ICESat-2 elevation data
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Arctic Sea-Ice Surface Elevation Distribution from NASA's Operation
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Spatio-temporal variations in seasonal ice tongue submarine melt rate at a tidewater glacier in southwest Greenland
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