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Description

This data set provides monthly, gridded, winter Arctic sea ice thickness, freeboard, ice density, snow depth, and snow density estimates derived from ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness (IS2SITDAT4).

Version Description

-Version 4 derived from ATL10 v7 -Temporal coverage extended through April 2025 -Provided e5 reanalysis and m2 reanalysis forced SnowModel-LG snow loading and resultant sea ice thickness -Added grid cell area parameter -Added time parameter

Product Summary

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

N: 88 S: 30 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 2025-04-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Month
Concept ID
C3878683537-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
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., & Keeney, N. (2025). ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness, Version 4 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TXDHDJ1JT0CG Date Accessed: 2026-08-22

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A recent stabilization in the lengthening of the Arctic sea ice melt season into a highly variable regime Boisvert, Linette, Parker, Chelsea, Valkonen, Elina, Tilling, Rachel Brightness Temperature, Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth, Ice Depth/Thickness
Estimating Arctic sea ice thickness from satellite-based ice history Kimura, Noriaki, Hasumi, Hiroyasu Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Global performance evaluation of an unstructured mesh ocean-sea ice coupled model (E3SMv2-MPAS) Lv, Xinyuan, Wang, Huizan, Cao, Yu, Ren, Kaijun, Wang, Yangjun, Bao, Senliang, Ding, Hao Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Retrieval of Sea Ice Concentration and Thickness During the Arctic Xu, Xin, Shi, Lijian, Zou, Bin, Ren, Peng, Shi, Yingni, Zeng, Tao, Lu, Xiaoqing, Tang, Qi, Hu, Shuhan, Qiu, Shiyuan, Li, Jiahua, Liu, Yilin, Liu, Xin, Liu, Zongqiang Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Evaluating Arctic Thin Ice Thickness Retrieved from Latest Version of Li, Huan, Lian, Jiarui, Zhang, Yu, Guo, Hailong, Chen, Changsheng, Shao, Weizeng, Zhou, Yi, Wang, Deshuai, Hu, Song Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Freezing enhances CO2 mineralization in Ca2+-containing solutions Sun, Minghao, Gao, Dong, Li, Bowen, Francisco, Joseph S., Bai, Guoying, Zhang, Xinxing Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
Initial assessment of all-season Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat-2 Petty, Alek, Cabaj, Alex, Landy, Jack C. Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Ice Depth/Thickness
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