N: 83.6 S: 59.1 E: -6.9 W: -73.6
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This dataset contains 50m horizontal resolution gridded digital elevation models (DEMs) of Greenland Ice Sheet outlet glaciers collected during the NASA Oceans Melting Greenland mission. Between 2016 and 2019 the GLacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer airborne (GLISTIN-A) radar measured surface elevations around the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet using Ka-Band (8.4 mm wavelength) single-pass interferometry. Level 2 (L2) GLISTIN-A elevation data, available on the JPL UAVSAR website (uavsar.jpl.nasa.gov), were collected each year in 81 swaths of varying lengths and 10-12km widths and then mapped to 3m horizontal grids. This Level 3 (L3) dataset was created to facilitate analysis of the year-to-year glacier surface elevation changes. Improvements over the L2 dataset include: a consistent swath numbering scheme (1 to 81) corresponding to repeated flight lines; common regular equal-area grids for each swath; filtering and flagging of outliers; an ancillary geoid layer; and UTM map projections corresponding to swath location. The interested user may generate their own L3 DEMs at different horizontal resolutions and projections using the Python 3 resample_GLISTIN_DEMs package available which will be available from https://github.com/NASA/resample_GLISTIN_DEMs
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Variables
Variables are a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something. For example, temperature and pressure are variables of the atmosphere. Parameters and variables can be used interchangeably. Variable level attributes provide individual information for each variable.
The Name in this table is the variable name. Fill value indicates missing or undefined data points in a variable. Valid range is the range of values the variable can store. Scale factor is used to increase or decrease the size of an object and can be used to correct for distortion. For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.
| Name Sort descending | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elevation | Elevation is referenced to the WGS1984 geoid. To obtain height above mean sea level, use correction provided in the geoid variable. | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 22.2 to 1967 | 1 |
| elevation_count | Number of elevation measurements within averaging bin | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 0 to 688 | 1 |
| elevation_qualityFlag | Recommended to use elevation_qualityFlag=0 for robust results. | meters | byte | 4 | N/A | 1 |
| elevation_standardDeviation | Standard deviation of elevation measurements within averaging bin | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 0 to 173.02440026538 | 1 |
| geoid | This field can be subtracted from the elevation field to obtain elevation referenced to mean sea level. Geoid correction is from Fecher et al 2017. | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 30.503240202979 to 33.432921827038 | 1 |
| latitude | latitude | degrees_north | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 71.964611330247 to 72.500803630437 | 1 |
| longitude | longitude | degrees_east | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | -52.936166842068 to -51.725227935923 | 1 |
| projection | projection | meters | string | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| x | Projected horizontal coordinates of the grid | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 435000 to 474950 | 1 |
| y | Projected vertical coordinates of the grid | meters | double | 9.9692099683869E+36 | 7986000 to 8044950 | 1 |