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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
For this version, the data set the h_robust_sprd parameter was removed from the ATL06_quality_summary flag.
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@misc{smith_adusumilli_csath??_felikson_fricker_gardner_holschuh_lee_nilsson_paolo_et al._2021,
title={ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height, Version 5},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/ATL06/versions/5},
DOI={10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.005},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Smith, Ben and Adusumilli, Susheel and Csath??, Be??ta and Felikson, Denis and Fricker, Helen and Gardner, Alex and Holschuh, Nick and Lee, Jeff and Nilsson, Johan and Paolo, Fernando and Siegfried, Matthew and Sutterley, Tyler and the ICESat-2 Science Team},
year={2021},
}
Smith, B., Adusumilli, S., Csath??, B., Felikson, D., Fricker, H., Gardner, A., Holschuh, N., Lee, J., Nilsson, J., Paolo, F., Siegfried, M., Sutterley, T., & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2021). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height, Version 5 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.005 Date Accessed: 2026-09-12
Smith, Ben, et al. “ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height, Version 5.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.005. Date Accessed: 2026-09-12
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