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Description

This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Greenland, Arctic, and Antarctic sea ice acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) narrow-swath instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Version Description

-Beginning with the 2013 Greenland campaign, the data file format is HDF5 (Version 1 data are in Qfit binary format for 2012 and earlier campaigns) -Qfit data files for all previous campaigns are to be replaced with HDF5 files -The data set title changed from "IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength" to "IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength"

Product Summary

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

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

,

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

Spatial Resolution
2 Meters x 2 Meters
Location
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-03-20 to 2019-11-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3188457860-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
31013
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Sea Ice 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. (2014). IceBridge Narrow Swath 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/CXEQS8KVIXEI Date Accessed: 2026-04-30

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Latest Altimetry-Based Sea Ice Freeboard and Volume Inter-Annual Garnier, Florent, Bocquet, Marion, Fleury, Sara, Bouffard, Jerome, Tsamados, Michel, Remy, Frederique, Garric, Gilles, Chenal, Aliette Sea Ice Concentration, Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Motion, Snow Depth, Sea Ice Elevation
Assessment of ICESat2 Sea Ice Surface Classification with Sentinel2 Imagery: Implications for Freeboard and New Estimates of Lead and Floe Geometry Petty, A. A., Bagnardi, M., Kurtz, N. T., Tilling, R., Fons, S., Armitage, T., Horvat, C., Kwok, R. Sea Ice Elevation
ICESat-2 Surface Height and Sea Ice Freeboard Assessed With ATM Lidar Acquisitions From Operation IceBridge Kwok, R., Kacimi, S., Markus, T., Kurtz, N. T., Studinger, M., Sonntag, J. G., Manizade, S. S., Boisvert, L. N., Harbeck, J. P. Sea Ice Elevation
High-resolution airborne observations of sea-ice pressure ridge sail height Duncan, K., Farrell, S. L., Connor, L. N., Richter-Menge, J., Hutchings, J. K., Dominguez, R. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation
Three years of sea ice freeboard, snow depth, and ice thickness of the Weddell Sea from Operation IceBridge and CryoSat-2 Kwok, Ron, Kacimi, Sahra Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Cover, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation
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