The ICESat-2 mission, at the recommendation of the Satellite Needs Working Group, has released a subset of ATLAS/ICESat-2 data sets that will be available at an expedited latency. These “quick look” data sets are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). The data sets, which include sea ice height, land and vegetation height, atmospheric layer characteristics, sea ice freeboard, and inland water surface heights, will be provided to users within 3 days of satellite observation. The expedited data are part of NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) program.
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Height Quick Look (ATL07QL), Version 5 Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL07QL.005
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height Quick Look (ATL08QL), Version 5 Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL08QL.005
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics Quick Look (ATL09QL), Version 5 Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL09QL.005
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard Quick Look (ATL10QL), Version 5 Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL10QL.005
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data Quick Look (ATL13QL), Version 5 Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13QL.005