Data transformation services through NASA Earthdata Harmony are now available for 8 ATLAS/ICESat-2 data sets archived at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). Earthdata Harmony allows users to subset NASA ESDIS data available in Earthdata Cloud to their specific spatial and temporal regions of interest. Users can access Earthdata Harmony through the NASA Earthdata Search interface or programmatically via Harmony’s API or harmony-py Python library. Data processed by Harmony can be accessed directly in the cloud or downloaded to a local computer for further analysis.
Details about Earthdata Harmony can be found at
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/articles/harmony-in-the-cloud
Spatial and temporal subsetting services will be available for the following data sets:
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data, Version 6 (ATL03)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Normalized Relative Backscatter Profiles, Version 6 (ATL04)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL04.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height, Version 6 (ATL06)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Height, Version 6 (ATL07)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL07.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height, Version 6 (ATL08)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL08.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics, Version 6 (ATL09)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL09.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height, Version 6 (ATL12)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL12.006
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data, Version 6 (ATL13)
Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.006
To start using Earthdata Harmony in Earthdata Search, please refer to the following help article:
https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/search-order-and-cust…
While these data sets will remain available via the legacy Earthdata Search customization service and API for now, these legacy services will be retired soon. Therefore, users are encouraged to update their customization workflows to use the new Earthdata Harmony customization service in Earthdata Search or the new API.
For any questions or comments, please contact NSIDC DAAC User Services at nsidc@nsidc.org.