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Description

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

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
DHC-6 ,
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: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 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
C3271308399-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
6516
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
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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Thomas, R., & Studinger, M. (2010). Pre-IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6C6WA3R918HJ Date Accessed: 2026-09-17

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Evaluating the Retreat, Arrest, and Regrowth of Crane Glacier Against Marine Ice Cliff Process Models Needell, C., Holschuh, N. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Innovative Method of Combing Multidecade Remote Sensing Data for Detecting Precollapse Elevation Changes of Glaciers in the Larsen B Region, Antarctica Tian, Yixiang, Xia, Menglian, An, Lu, Scaioni, Marco, Li, Rongxing Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Velocity
Helheim Glacier Poised for Dramatic Retreat Williams, Joshua J., Gourmelen, Noel, Nienow, Peter, Bunce, Charlie, Slater, Donald Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Antarctic ice shelf thickness change from multimission lidar mapping Sutterley, Tyler C., Markus, Thorsten, Neumann, Thomas A., van den Broeke, Michiel, van Wessem, J. Melchior, Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M. Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Basins, Coastline, Ice Shelves, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Semi-automated open water iceberg detection from Landsat applied to Disko Bay, West Greenland SCHEICK, JESSICA, ENDERLIN, ELLYN M., HAMILTON, GORDON Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Evaluation of Reconstructions of Snow/Ice Melt in Greenland by Regional Atmospheric Climate Models Using Laser Altimetry Data Sutterley, Tyler C., Velicogna, Isabella, Fettweis, Xavier, Rignot, Eric, Noel, Brice, van den Broeke, Michiel Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Reflectance
Simulating ice thickness and velocity evolution of Upernavik Isstrom Haubner, Konstanze, Box, Jason E., Schlegel, Nicole J., Larour, Eric Y., Morlighem, Mathieu, Solgaard, Anne M., Kjeldsen, Kristian K., Larsen, Signe H., Rignot, Eric, Dupont, Todd K., Kjr, Kurt H. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
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