Name: IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION,ICE ROUGHNESS

IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 1

Data set id:

ILATM2

DOI: 10.5067/FCCZIIFRPZ3O

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Krabill, W. B. (2010). IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness. (ILATM2, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/FCCZIIFRPZ3O. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-16-2026.

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Version Summary

Initial release

Overview

This data set contains resampled and smoothed elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, and Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula, and West Antarctic region land ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Parameter(s):

GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION

ICE ROUGHNESS

Platform(s):

AIRCRAFT

NASA DC-8

P-3B

Sensor(s):

ATM

Data Format(s):

ASCII

Temporal Coverage:

31 March 2009 to 8 November 2012

Temporal Resolution:

Varies

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

Not Specified

Spatial Coverage:

Northern latitude
90
Southern latitude
60
Eastern longitude
180
Western longitude
-180
Northern latitude
-53
Southern latitude
-90
Eastern longitude
180
Western longitude
-180

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IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 1 User Guide

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