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ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1
Data set id:
IS2SITDAT4
DOI: 10.5067/JTI5YG3S6VAJ
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set reports daily, along-track winter sea ice thickness across the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice thickness is estimated using ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard (ATL10), Version 5 data and NASA Eulerian Snow On Sea Ice Model (NESOSIM) snow loading.
Parameter(s):
FREEBOARD
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
SNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
ICESat-2
MODELS
Sensor(s):
ATLAS
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
  • 14 October 2018 to 1 May 2022
Temporal Resolution:
  • 91 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • varies
  • varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
    EPSG:3411
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    88
    S:
    60
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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