IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength

Data Contributors KRABILL, WILLIAM B. Parameters GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION Instruments ATM : AIRBORNE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPER

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The NASA IceBridge ATM Level-1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength (ILATM1B) 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, and are stored in qfit binary format and are available for periodic, ongoing campaigns from 31 March 2009 to the present via FTP.

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Krabill, William B. 2009, updated current year. IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength, [list dates of data used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. http://nsidc.org/data/ilatm1b.html.

See Also

• IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness
• IceBridge Product Web Site
• NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper Web Site
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