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IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength V002

Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

ILATM1B

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT

Citation

Center/Project

National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

HDF5

Spatial Extent

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

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

Location

ARCTIC ,

ANTARCTICA ,

GREENLAND

Temporal Extent

2013-03-20 to 2019-11-20

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

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

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

Published

2013-11-26

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.

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Studinger, M. (2013). IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT Date Accessed: 2026-05-30

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 User Guide

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
LiDAR for marine applications	2017	Karimi, Bobak	Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, VISIBLE IMAGERY
Sensitivity of polarimetric SAR interferometry data to different vertical subsurface structures of the Greenland ice sheet	2017	Fischer, Georg, Parrella, Giuseppe, Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P., Hajnsek, Irena	Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation