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ICESat-2 Data Access and Tools

NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) platform measures the height of Earth’s surfaces. Explore ICESat-2 datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series V006 ATLAS 2019-03-29 to 2025-03-02 006 COMPLETE HDF5 Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series V007 ATLAS 2019-03-29 to Present 007 ACTIVE HDF5 Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V002 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2020-04-01 002 DEPRECATED HDF5 Aerosol Fraction, APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY, Blowing Snow, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V003 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2021-07-01 003 DEPRECATED HDF5 Aerosol Fraction, APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY, Blowing Snow, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V004 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2022-08-01 004 DEPRECATED HDF5 Aerosol Fraction, APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY, Blowing Snow, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V006 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present 006 ACTIVE HDF5 Aerosol Fraction, APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY, Blowing Snow, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness
Circumpolar Boreal Forest Aboveground Biomass Density, V3 ATLAS, Sentinel-2 MSI, GEDI, Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 3 COMPLETE COG Biomass, Forests
Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021 ATLAS, GEDI 2018-10-01 to 2021-10-01 1 COMPLETE COG Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Flux, Forests
Global Vegetation Height Metrics from GEDI and ICESat2 ATLAS, GEDI 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 COMPLETE COG Vegetation Height, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure
ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2 L4 Monthly Arctic Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness V001 SIRAL, ATLAS 2018-10-01 to 2021-04-30 1 COMPLETE netCDF-4 Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
ICESat-2 Derived 30 m Along-Track Boreal Aboveground Biomass Density V001 ATLAS 2019-05-01 to 2021-09-30 1 COMPLETE GeoPackage Biomass
ICESat-2 Derived Canopy Height Model V001 ATLAS 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31 1 COMPLETE COG Vegetation Height
ICESat-2 Derived Sea Ice Melt Pond Characteristics from the Density-Dimension Algorithm V003 ATLAS 2020-06-04 to 2020-08-28 3 COMPLETE ASCII, PNG Melt Pond
ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness V001 ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-10-14 to 2022-05-01 001 COMPLETE netCDF-4 Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
ICESat-2 L4 Grounding Zone for Antarctic Ice Shelves V001 ATLAS 2019-03-30 to 2020-09-30 1 COMPLETE HDF5, JPEG Grounding Line
ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V001 ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-11-01 to 2021-04-30 1 DEPRECATED NetCDF Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V002 ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-11-01 to 2022-04-30 2 DEPRECATED netCDF-4 Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V003 ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-11-01 to 2024-04-30 3 DEPRECATED netCDF-4 Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V004 ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-11-01 to 2025-04-30 4 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Ice Depth/Thickness, Snow Depth
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Grounded Ice Sheet Elevation Change V001 SIRAL, RA-2, RA, RADAR ALTIMETERS, GLAS, ATLAS 1985-04-17 to 2020-12-16 1 COMPLETE netCDF-4 Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Vegetation Height in High Latitude Forests from ICESat-2 and HLS, 2020 Computer, Sentinel-2 MSI, ATLAS 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 1 INREVIEW COG Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Height, Forests, Vegetation Index

ICESat-2 Data Tools

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Biomass Earthdata Dashboard Observe global forest biomass harmonization activity with the Biomass Earthdata Dashboard. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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