Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0523

Overview

This data set contains lake boundaries, volume changes, and gridded elevations for 124 active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. The data are provided in Keyhole Markup Language (KML), comma-separated values (CSV), and GEOTiff formats, and are available via FTP.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
Platform(s):
ICESat
Sensor(s):
GLAS
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
1 September 2003 to 1 November 2009
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • 1 to 50
  • 1 to 50
Spatial Coverage:
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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