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Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength V001

Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

BLATM1B

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5067/8Q93SAT2LG3Q

Citation

Center/Project

National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

Binary

Spatial Extent

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

N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Location

ARCTIC ,

ANTARCTICA ,

GREENLAND ,

SOUTH AMERICA

Temporal Extent

1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

Description

This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic, Greenland, Antarctic, and Patagonia sea ice and ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms

DHC-6 ,

NASA DC-8 ,

P-3A ,

P-3A ORION ,

P-3B

Instruments

ATM

Projects

1993_AN_NASA ,

1993_GR_NASA ,

1994_AN_NASA ,

1994_GR_NASA ,

1995_AN_NASA ,

1995_GR_NASA ,

1996_AN_NASA ,

1996_GR_NASA ,

1997_AN_NASA ,

1997_GR_NASA ,

1998_AN_NASA ,

1998_GR_NASA ,

1999_AN_NASA ,

1999_GR_NASA ,

2000_AN_NASA ,

2000_GR_NASA ,

2001_AN_NASA ,

2001_GR_NASA ,

2002_AN_NASA ,

2002_GR_NASA ,

2003_AN_NASA ,

2003_GR_NASA ,

2004_AN_NASA ,

2004_GR_NASA ,

2005_AN_NASA ,

2005_GR_NASA ,

2006_AN_NASA ,

2006_GR_NASA ,

2007_AN_NASA ,

2007_GR_NASA ,

2008_AN_NASA ,

2008_GR_NASA

Spatial Extent

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

N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)

WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Location

ARCTIC ,

ANTARCTICA ,

GREENLAND ,

SOUTH AMERICA

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

Temporal Extent

1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Concept ID

C3271308375-NSIDC_CPRD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

8230

Processing Level

Published

2012-09-27

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. (2012). Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/8Q93SAT2LG3Q Date Accessed: 2026-08-01

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength, Version 1 User Guide

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Triggers of the 2022 Larsen B multi-year landfast sea ice breakout and	2024	Ochwat, Naomi E., Scambos, Ted A., Banwell, Alison F., Anderson, Robert S., Maclennan, Michelle L., Picard, Ghislain, Shates, Julia A., Marinsek, Sebastian, Margonari, Liliana, Truffer, Martin, Pettit, Erin C.	Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, Sea Ice Motion, Snow Depth
A comparison of contemporaneous airborne altimetry and ice-thickness measurements of Antarctic ice shelves	2023	Chartrand, Allison M., Howat, Ian M.	Ice Velocity, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Depth/Thickness, Sea Ice Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Bed Elevation
Remote sensing of glacier and ice sheet grounding lines: A review	2020	Friedl, Peter, Weiser, Frank, Fluhrer, Anke, Braun, Matthias H.	Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Influence of recent warming and ice dynamics on glacier surface elevations in the Canadian High Arctic, 19952014	2018	MORTIMER, COLLEEN A., SHARP, MARTIN, VAN WYCHEN, WESLEY	Albedo, Anisotropy, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation
Recent dynamic changes on Fleming glacier after the disintegration of Wordie ice shelf, Antarctic peninsula	2018	Friedl, Peter, Seehaus, Thorsten C., Wendt, Anja, Braun, Matthias H., Hoppner, Kathrin	Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Reflectance