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Description

This data set reports monthly, gridded winter sea ice thickness across the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice thickness is estimated using ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard (ATL10), Version 4 data and NASA Eulerian Snow On Sea Ice Model (NESOSIM) snow loading.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2 ,
MODELS
Instruments
ATLAS ,
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3411)
Location
ARCTIC OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2018-11-01 to 2021-04-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Month
Concept ID
C4139310355-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Freeboard ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Snow Depth

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

Petty, A., Kurtz, N., Kwok, R., Markus, T., & Neumann, T. (2021). ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CV6JEXEE31HF Date Accessed: 2026-08-14

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
ICESat-2 Mission: Contributions of a spaceborne lidar to ocean science Neumann, Thomas, Magruder, Lori, Kurtz, Nathan Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Freeboard, Sea Surface Height, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Winter Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat2 freeboards Petty, Alek A., Kurtz, Nathan T., Kwok, Ron, Markus, Thorsten, Neumann, Thomas A. Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Roughness, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Depth, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation
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