ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere, Version 4

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ATL16

DOI: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL16.004

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Palm, S. P., Northam, E. T. & Herzfeld, U. C. (2022). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere. (ATL16, Version 4). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL16.004. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 12-12-2024.

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Version Summary

This version update includes a series of additional parameters and data groups. See the user guide section on version history for details.

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 August 2022

Temporal Resolution:

7 days to 10 days

Spatial Resolution:

2 degrees

2 degrees

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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