ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Gridded Antarctic and Arctic Land Ice Height Change, Version 4
Data set id:
ATL15
DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL15.004
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Version 4 was derived from ATL11 Version 6 and includes the following changes:
-Extend temporal coverage through cycle 21
-Relax constraints for higher velocity ice sheets in Greenland
-Smooth error estimates before interpolation to correct for zero error conditions reported
-Correct longitude metadata extents for Antarctic regions
-Remove data from cycle 1 (Quarter 4 of 2018) to avoid artifacts from previous geolocation challenges
-Extend temporal coverage through cycle 21
-Relax constraints for higher velocity ice sheets in Greenland
-Smooth error estimates before interpolation to correct for zero error conditions reported
-Correct longitude metadata extents for Antarctic regions
-Remove data from cycle 1 (Quarter 4 of 2018) to avoid artifacts from previous geolocation challenges
Overview
This data set contains land ice height changes and change rates for the Antarctic ice sheet and regions around the Arctic gridded at four spatial resolutions (1 km, 10 km, 20 km, and 40 km). The data are derived from the ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series product (ATL11).
Parameter(s):
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
Platform(s):
ICESat-2
Sensor(s):
ATLAS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 2019 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic
EPSG:3031
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
59
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
-60
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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