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  <Entry_ID>BLATM1B</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Krabill, William B</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2012-09-27</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC DAAC: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>William</First_Name>
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      <Address>National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)</Address>
      <Address>Wallops Flight Facility</Address>
      <Address>Building N159 Room E201</Address>
      <Address>Mailstop 972.0</Address>
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      <Province_or_State>VA</Province_or_State>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Technical Contact</Role>
    <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
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    <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
    <Phone>1 303 492-6199 x</Phone>
    <Fax>1 303  492-2468 x</Fax>
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      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Glaciers/Ice Sheets</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>Elevation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>ATM</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Elevation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>IceBridge</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Lidar Return Signal</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NASA</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC DAAC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Surface Elevation</Keyword>
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    <Short_Name>ATM</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Airborne Topographic Mapper</Long_Name>
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    <Short_Name>AIRCRAFT</Short_Name>
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  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>DC-8</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Douglas DC-8</Long_Name>
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  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>1993-06-23</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>2008-10-30</Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>-90</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>-53</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-180</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Southernmost_Latitude>60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>90</Northernmost_Latitude>
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    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>ANTARCTICA</Location_Type>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>NORTH AMERICA</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>GREENLAND</Location_Subregion1>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>ARCTIC</Location_Type>
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  <Project>
    <Short_Name>OIB</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Operation Ice Bridge</Long_Name>
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  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
  <Originating_Center>NASA/GSFC/WFF/OSB</Originating_Center>
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      <Short_Name>NSIDC_DAAC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
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      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
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        <Country>USA</Country>
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      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
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    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org</Data_Center_URL>
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      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_ICEBRIDGE</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>Operation IceBridge</Long_Name>
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    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
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    <Distribution_Media>FTP</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Size>672 GB</Distribution_Size>
    <Distribution_Format>Binary</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>Refer to the NASA Earth Science Project Office Operation IceBridge Home Page for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the IceBridge project: http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/</Reference>
  <Summary>The NASA Pre-IceBridge ATM Level-1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength (BLATM1B) data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctic sea ice and ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation. The data are stored in qfit binary format and are available via FTP for periodic campaigns from 23 June 1993 to 30 October 2008.</Summary>
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    <URL>http://atm.wff.nasa.gov/</URL>
    <Description>NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper Web Site</Description>
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      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
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    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/ilatm1b.html</URL>
    <Description>IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/ilatm2.html</URL>
    <Description>IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/icebridge/index.html</URL>
    <Description>IceBridge Product Web Site</Description>
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  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2012-09-27</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-10-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History>Corrected data access url. </DIF_Revision_History>
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