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Description

This data set provides Arctic summer sea ice heights acquired using the Leica Chiroptera 4X (CHIR) airborne lidar system. The near-infrared (NIR) lidar data were acquired during a July 2022 calibration/validation airborne campaign to evaluate the positional accuracies of NASA’s ICESat-2 ATLAS measurements.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
G-V
Instruments
LIDAR
Spatial Extent

N: 86.1 S: 76.3 E: -41.9 W: -81.9

Spatial Resolution
0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
ARCTIC
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2022-07-19 to 2022-07-26
Concept ID
C4169261231-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
48
Processing Level
2
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

Saylam, K., Averett, A. R., Andrews, J. R., Kurtz, N. T., & Tilling, R. L. (2026). ICESat-2 Cal/Val 2022 L2 CHIR NIR Lidar Arctic Sea Ice Heights, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/B0EV8BIL17U2 Date Accessed: 2026-08-07

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