Name: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 2
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: AEROSOL FRACTION,APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY,BLOWING SNOW,CLOUD FRACTION,CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 2

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ATL16

DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL16.002

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Palm, S. P., Northam, E. T. & Herzfeld, U. C. (2020). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere. (ATL16, Version 2). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL16.002. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-21-2025.

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Initial release.

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This product reports weekly global cloud fraction, total column optical depth over the oceans, polar cloud fraction, blowing snow frequency, apparent surface reflectivity, and ground detection frequency.

Parameter(s):

AEROSOL FRACTION

APPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITY

BLOWING SNOW

CLOUD FRACTION

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

Platform(s):

ICESat-2

Sensor(s):

ATLAS

Data Format(s):

HDF5

Temporal Coverage:

13 October 2018 to 1 April 2020

Temporal Resolution:

7 days to 10 days

Spatial Resolution:

2 degrees

2 degrees

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84
EPSG:4326

Spatial Coverage:

N:
90
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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