ICESat-2 Derived Sea Ice Melt Pond Characteristics from the Density-Dimension Algorithm, Version 3
Data set id:
IS2MPDDA
DOI: 10.5067/LLRQ29WG4MZH
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Overview

This data set provides locations and depths of melt ponds in the Multi-Year Arctic Sea Ice Region, calculated from ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data, Version 5 (ATL03) using an autoadaptive algorithm.
Parameter(s):
MELT POND
Platform(s):
ICESat-2
Sensor(s):
ATLAS
Data Format(s):
ASCII, PNG
Temporal Coverage:
4 June 2020 to 28 August 2020
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • varies
  • varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
75
E:
0
W:
-150
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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