This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Greenland, Arctic, and Antarctic sea ice acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) narrow-swath instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.
IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version 2 data are in HDF5 format beginning with the 2013 Arctic campaign.
Version 1 data are in Qfit binary format for 2012 and earlier campaigns.
- Beginning with the 2013 Greenland campaign, the data file format is HDF5.
- Qfit data files for all previous campaigns are to be replaced with HDF5 files.
- The data set title (longname) changes from "IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength" to "IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength".
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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Studinger, M. 2014, updated 2020. IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/CXEQS8KVIXEI. [Date Accessed].