IceBridge ATM Waveform Derived Snow Effective Grain Radius, Version 1
Data set id:
ILATMGR
DOI: 10.5067/1207YUVC7KOO
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set reports surface grain size estimates of snow and ice using waveform measurements from NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) narrow-swath and wide-swath instrumentation over the Greenland ice sheet and surrounding sea ice.
Parameter(s):
SNOW GRAIN SIZE
Platform(s):
NASA DC-8, NASA P-3
Sensor(s):
ATM
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
17 July 2017 to 11 September 2019
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
- 0.5 m
- 0.5 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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