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Description

This data set (ATL06) provides geolocated, land-ice surface heights (above the WGS 84 ellipsoid, ITRF2014 reference frame), plus ancillary parameters that can be used to interpret and assess the quality of the height estimates. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory.

Version Description

Changes for this version include the removal and addition of parameters as well as changed values for several parameter descriptions. See the User Guide for a complete list of changes.

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2
Instruments
ATLAS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
20 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2018-10-14 to 2021-07-15
Temporal Resolution
91 Day
Concept ID
C2018215698-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
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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Smith, B., Fricker, H., Gardner, A., Siegfried, M., Adusumilli, S., Csath??, B., Holschuh, N., Nilsson, J., Paolo, F., & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2021). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height, Version 4 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.004 Date Accessed: 2026-09-12

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Discovering Research Areas in Dataset Applications through Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models Gerasimov, Irina, Mehrabian, Armin, KC, Binita, Alfred, Jerome, McGuire, Michael P. Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
IceSat2R: ICESat-2 Altimeter Data using R Mouselimis, Lampros Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation
Grounding line retreat and tide-modulated ocean channels at Li, Tian, Dawson, Geoffrey J., Chuter, Stephen J., Bamber, Jonathan L. Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
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Accelerating Ice Loss From Peripheral Glaciers in North Greenland Khan, Shfaqat A., Colgan, William, Neumann, Thomas A., van den Broeke, Michiel R., Brunt, Kelly M., Noel, Brice, Bamber, Jonathan L., Hassan, Javed, Bjrk, Anders A. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Continuous measurement of sea ice freeboard with tide gauges and GNSS interferometric reflectometry Xie, Surui Brightness Temperature, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Surface Height
High-resolution imaging of supraglacial hydrological features on the Greenland Ice Sheet with NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrument suite Studinger, Michael, Manizade, Serdar S., Linkswiler, Matthew A., Yungel, James K. Albedo, Snow/Ice Temperature, Surface Melt, Water Vapor, Ice Temperature, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sensor Counts, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
ICESat-2 Applications for Investigating Emerging Volcanoes Simurda, Christine, Magruder, Lori A., Markel, Jonathan, Garvin, James B., Slayback, Daniel A. Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Surface Height
A leading-edge-based method for correction of slope-induced errors in ice-sheet heights derived from radar altimetry Li, Weiran, Slobbe, Cornelis, Lhermitte, Stef Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
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