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Description

This data set provides a quality-filtered set of ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height, Version 5 (ATL08) observations of relative canopy heights and aboveground biomass density model results for circumpolar boreal forests. The data were collected at 30 m along-track segment lengths for strong beams only during the 2019–2021 high northern latitude growing seasons. The ATL08 point observations were clipped to the extent of the boreal forest spatial domain.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2
Instruments
ATLAS
Spatial Extent

N: 71.41 S: 44.44 E: 169.14 W: -164.31

Spatial Resolution
30 Meters
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2019-05-01 to 2021-09-30
Temporal Resolution
3 Year
Concept ID
C3206501379-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Biomass

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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Montesano, P., Neuenschwander, A., Guenther, E., & Duncanson, L. (2024). ICESat-2 Derived 30 m Along-Track Boreal Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/D2E2L5GK7ER3 Date Accessed: 2026-09-11

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L. Duncanson a,* PM Montesano b,c,A. Neuenschwander d, A. Duncanson, L., Montesano, P.M., Neuenschwander, A., Zarringhalam, A., Thomas, N., Minor, D.M., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Guenther, E., Feng, T., Leitold, V., Hancock, S., Armston, J., Puliti, S., Mandel, A.I., Shah, S., Silva, C., Purslow, M., Bruening, J., Breidenbach, J., Nsset, E., Saarela, S., Hunka, N., Kellner, J.R., Healey, S.P., Schepaschenko, D., Wallerman, J., Neigh, C.S.R., Carvalhais, N., Dubayah, R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Biomass, Terrestrial Ecosystems, LIDAR WAVEFORM, Evergreen Vegetation, Shrubland/Scrub, Grasslands, Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Deciduous Vegetation
Forest Carbon Diligence: Digital MRV for mapping forest structure and Anderson, Christopher B., Joseph, Maxwell B., Sothe, Camile, de Souza Mendes, Flavia, Maschler, Thomas, McCarthy, Ryan C., Mascaro, Joseph, OShea, Tara, Rosenthal, Amy, Marvin, David C. Biomass, Forests, Evergreen Vegetation, Deciduous Vegetation, Shrubland/Scrub, Grasslands, LIDAR WAVEFORM, Canopy Characteristics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Carbon
Towards Global Spaceborne Lidar Biomass: Developing and Applying Boreal Forest Biomass Models for Icesat-2 Laser Altimetry Data Neuenschwander, A., Duncanson, L., Montesano, P., Minor, D., Guenther, E., Hancock, S., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Purslow, M., Thomas, N., Mandel, A., Feng, T., Armston, J., Kellner, J.R., Andersen, H.E., Boschetti, L., Fekety, P., Hudak, A., Pisek, J., Sanchez-Lopez, N., Sterenczak, K. Canopy Characteristics, Biomass
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