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Description
This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, and Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula, and West Antarctic region ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.
Version Description
Version 2 data are in HDF5 format beginning with the 2013 Arctic campaign. Version 1 data are in Qfit binary format for 2012 and earlier campaigns.
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. (2013). IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT Date Accessed: 2026-05-02
Studinger, Michael. “IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2013. doi:10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT. Date Accessed: 2026-05-02
Studinger, Michael. IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2013, doi:10.5067/19SIM5TXKPGT. Date Accessed: 2026-05-02
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