ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 2
Data set id:
ATL16
DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL16.002
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release.
Overview
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 FRACTIONAPPARENT SURFACE REFLECTIVITYBLOWING SNOWCLOUD FRACTIONCLOUD 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.
Data Access & Tools
This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.
Documentation
User Guide
ATBDs
General Resources
Product Specification Documents
Help Articles
General Questions & FAQs
This article covers frequently asked questions about the NASA NSIDC DAAC's Earthdata cloud migration project and what it means to data users.
This short article describes the customization services available for ICESat-2 data using Earthdata Search.
How to Articles
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All data from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is directly accessible through our HTTPS file system using Wget or curl. This article provides basic command line instructions for accessing data using this method.