ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data, Version 7
Data set id:
ATL13
DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.007
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Introduced parameters to allow for limiting of mode identification to above a certain depth to avoid bright subsurface signal to overwhelm local surface mode; Reduced sseg signal photon aggregation requirement for small lake/reservoirs, removed instrument effects from all analysis based on photon quality flag, and refined long segment bathymetry results for each member short segment based on its individual photon distribution; Made mirroring criteria water body type dependent & added apply_mirror parameter to control which types undergo mirroring processing; Added minimum number of photons required where downscaling long segment bathymetry to short segment scale; Added sseg_length and sseg_dist_from_eq to output; Reversed 0/1 on/off assignments used for apply_mirror and limit_hist_depth arrays to match convention used for previous parameters; Added an improved methodology for identifying bathymetry that couples density thresholds with examination of photon distribution in the water column, controllable by water body type; Added apparent standard deviation to the non-anomalous short segment output; Updated min mirror cnt for coastal water bodies.

Overview

ATL13 provides along-track surface water products for inland water bodies, defined as lakes, reservoirs, bays, estuaries, rivers, and a 7 km near-shore buffer. Data parameters include surface water height statistics and related parameters including significant wave height, transect slope, subsurface signal attenuation, and shallow water bathymetry. Water surface heights are provided as both orthometric height and height referencing the WGS84 ellipsoid. ATL13 is also used to produce the ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data product (ATL22).
Parameter(s):
SURFACE WATER FEATURES
Platform(s):
ICESat-2
Sensor(s):
ATLAS
Data Format(s):
HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
  • 13 October 2018 to present
Temporal Resolution:
  • 91 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • WGS 84
    EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    88
    Southern latitude
    -88
    Eastern longitude
    180
    Western longitude
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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