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ATL17
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 3
This data set contains a gridded summary of monthly global cloud fraction, total column optical depth over the oceans, polar cloud fraction, blowing snow frequency, apparent surface reflectivity, and ground detection frequency.
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary:
Changes for this version include:
- The blowing snow frequency parameter based on the 1 Hz average backscatter data was renamed to low-rate blowing snow frequency and a high-rate blowing snow frequency parameter generated from 25 Hz backscatter data was added.
- The grid size for the weekly product (ATL16) changed from 2° x 2° to a 3° latitude x 3° longitude for the global coverage and to a 1° latitude x 3° longitude for the polar coverage.
- The grid size for the monthly product (ATL17) changed from 1° x 1° to a 1° latitude x 1° longitude for the global coverage and to a 0.5° latitude x 1.5° longitude for the polar coverage.
- Gridded parameter minimum, maximum, and standard deviation values in addition to the average are written on each image and included in the data product.
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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Palm, S. P., E. T. Northam, and U. C. Herzfeld. 2021. ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 3. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL17.003. [Date Accessed].How To
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