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Description

This data set (ATL13) contains along-track surface water products for inland water bodies. Inland water bodies include lakes, reservoirs, rivers, bays, estuaries and a 7km near-shore buffer. Principal data products include the along-track water surface height and standard deviation, subsurface signal (532 nm) attenuation, significant wave height, wind speed, and coarse depth to bottom topography (where data permit).

Version Description

Changes for Version 6 are as follows:
  • Modified the computations of the deconvolution of subsurface backscatter profile and deconvolution of surface water profile
  • Expanded iteration range of subsurface parameters within deconvolution scheme and added quality flags
  • Added surface quality flags
  • Defined end of partial short segments as the final signal photon
  • To avoid inadvertently capturing subsurface photons associated with bottom reflection and machine error, such photons are further screened and removed from processing using a mirroring approach applied to the water surface
  • Replaced “crossing-number” algorithm with “winding number” algorithm for better determination of ICESat-2 transects within the inland water mask shapes

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat-2
Instruments
ATLAS
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2018-10-13 to 2025-03-02
Concept ID
C2684928243-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
8588
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Surface Water Processes/Measurements

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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Jasinski, M., Stoll, J., Hancock, D., Robbins, J., Nattala, J., Pavelsky, T., Morison, J., Jones, B., Ondrusek, M., Parrish, C., Carabajal, C., & Team, T. I. C. E. S.-2 S. (2023). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data, Version 6 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.006 Date Accessed: 2026-01-31

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