OpenAltimetry
How to cite
As a condition of use, NSIDC requests that you properly cite the Open Altimetry tool and underlying data products to acknowledge the creators and allow others to discover and re-use data visualizations made with OpenAltimetry. Formal citations also make it easier for us to track the use and impact of our data and tools, and helps us report data distribution activity and tool usage metrics to funding agencies.
Tool citation
If you have used OpenAltimetry in your research, please cite us as follows:
Khalsa, S.J.S., Borsa, A., Nandigam, V. et al. OpenAltimetry - rapid analysis and visualization of Spaceborne altimeter data. Earth Sci Inform (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-020-00520-2.
Data citations
As a condition of using any of these data sets, you must include the appropriate citation(s) below.
ICESAT-2
ATL03
Neumann, T. A., Hancock, D., Robbins, J., Gibbons, A., Lee, J., Brenner, A., Felikson, D., Harbeck, K., Saba, J., Luthcke, S. B., Rebold, T., Reese, A. & Sutterley, T. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data. (ATL03, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL06
Smith, B., Adusumilli, S., Csathó, B. M., Felikson, D., Fricker, H. A., Gardner, A. S., Holschuh, N., Lee, J., Nilsson, J., Paolo, F., Siegfried, M. R., Sutterley, T. & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height. (ATL06, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL06.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL07
Kwok, R., Petty, A. A., Cunningham, G., Markus, T., Hancock, D., Ivanoff, A., Wimert, J., Bagnardi, M., Kurtz, N. & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Height. (ATL07, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL07.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL08
Neuenschwander, A. L., Pitts, K. L., Jelley, B. P., Robbins, J., Markel, J., Popescu, S. C., Nelson, R. F., Harding, D., Pederson, D., Klotz, B. & Sheridan, R. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height. (ATL08, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL08.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL10
Kwok, R., Petty, A. A., Cunningham, G., Markus, T., Hancock, D., Ivanoff, A., Wimert, J., Bagnardi, M., Kurtz, N. & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard. (ATL10, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL10.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL12
Morison, J. H., Hancock, D., Dickinson, S., Robbins, J., Roberts, L., Kwok, R., Palm, S. P., Smith, B., Jasinski, M. F. & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height. (ATL12, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL12.007. [Date Accessed].
ATL13
Jasinski, M. F., Stoll, J. D., Hancock, D., Robbins, J., Nattala, J., Pavelsky, T. M., Morison, J., Jones, B. M., Ondrusek, M. E., Parrish, C., Carabajal, C. & the ICESat-2 Science Team. (2025). ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data. (ATL13, Version 7). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.007. [Date Accessed].
ICESat
GLAH06
Zwally, H. J., R. Schutz, J. Dimarzio, and D. Hancock. (2014). GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data (HDF5), Version 34 [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ICESAT/GLAS/DATA109. [Date Accessed].
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