ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height, Version 7
Data set id:
ATL08
DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL08.007
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
-Removed canopy finding flag in ATL08 regions 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
-Incorporated the CAB delineation of a ground surface to remove noise bands from the ATL03 data product prior to DRAGANN.
-Aligned the weak beam to the strong beam from ATL09 based on along-track distance for CAB profile cloud filtering
-Updated description for MSW flag
-Incorporated a single surface search to improve ground finding
-Updated parameters on the quality_ph flag to allow certain photons as input into ATL08
-Added a terrain and canopy quality score
-Added steps for identifying whether photons are from a single surface or multi-surface
-Added ground finding correction based on a priori DEM bias
-Added extension of nighttime canopy photons, above FINALGROUND surface
-Added steps to reject photons in the presence of fog or low-lying clouds
-Incorporated the CAB delineation of a ground surface to remove noise bands from the ATL03 data product prior to DRAGANN.
-Aligned the weak beam to the strong beam from ATL09 based on along-track distance for CAB profile cloud filtering
-Updated description for MSW flag
-Incorporated a single surface search to improve ground finding
-Updated parameters on the quality_ph flag to allow certain photons as input into ATL08
-Added a terrain and canopy quality score
-Added steps for identifying whether photons are from a single surface or multi-surface
-Added ground finding correction based on a priori DEM bias
-Added extension of nighttime canopy photons, above FINALGROUND surface
-Added steps to reject photons in the presence of fog or low-lying clouds
Overview
ATL08 contains along-track estimates of terrain height, canopy height, and canopy cover, as well as beam and reference parameters. Data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the ICESat-2 observatory.
Parameter(s):
TERRAIN ELEVATION
VEGETATION HEIGHT
Platform(s):
ICESat-2
Sensor(s):
ATLAS
Data Format(s):
HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
- 14 October 2018 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 91 day
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
- N:88S:-88E:180W:-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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