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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.

Product Summary

Platforms
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25A ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
WP-3D ORION
Instruments
ATM
Spatial Extent

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

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-03-20 to 2019-11-20
Concept ID
C2033639214-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
47181
Processing Level
1B
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.

Copy Citation

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: 2025-12-13

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