ICESat-2 Cal/Val 2022 L2 CHIR NIR Lidar Arctic Sea Ice Heights, Version 1
Data set id:
IS2CV22L2H
DOI: 10.5067/B0EV8BIL17U2
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set provides Arctic summer sea ice heights acquired using the Leica Chiroptera 4X (CHIR) airborne lidar system. The near-infrared (NIR) lidar data were acquired during a July 2022 calibration/validation airborne campaign to evaluate the positional accuracies of NASA’s ICESat-2 ATLAS measurements.
Parameter(s):
SEA ICE ELEVATION
Platform(s):
G-V
Sensor(s):
LIDAR
Data Format(s):
LAZ
Temporal Coverage:
- 19 July 2022 to 26 July 2022
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
- 0.5 m
- 0.5 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
- NAD83 / UTM zone 16NEPSG:26916
- NAD83 / UTM zone 19NEPSG:26919
- NAD83 / UTM zone 23NEPSG:26923
Spatial Coverage:
- Northern latitude86.1Southern latitude76.3Eastern longitude-41.9Western longitude-81.9
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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