Short Name:

ATL03

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V002

This data set (ATL03) contains height above the WGS 84 ellipsoid (ITRF2014 reference frame), latitude, longitude, and time for all photons downlinked by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory. The ATL03 product was designed to be a single source for all photon data and ancillary information needed by higher-level ATLAS/ICESat-2 products. As such, it also includes spacecraft and instrument parameters and ancillary data not explicitly required for ATL03.

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Spatial Extent:

Bounding Rectangle:

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Format(s):

Distribution: HDF5

Temporal Extent:

2018-10-13 to 2019-11-15

Platform(s):

ICESat-2

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS

Instrument(s):

ATLAS

Version:

002

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NSIDC_ECS_ECHO_ORDERS View Service Record
Type: ECHO ORDERS
Description: NSIDC_ECS EOSDIS ECHO ORDERS Service Implementation
NSIDC_ECS_ICESAT2 View Service Record
Type: ESI
Description: NSIDC_ECS ESI EOSDIS Service Implementation to the ICESAT2 Subsetter
NSIDC_ECS_EGI_API_NO_PROCESSING View Service Record
Type: EGI - No Processing
Description: Using this service, data from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) can be accessed directly from our HTTPS file system, or through our Application Programming Interface (API). This API offers you the ability to programmatically order and bulk-download data using temporal and spatial filters without the need to script against NSIDC's data directory structure. This may be valuable if you are interested in incorporating data access commands into your analysis or visualization code.

NSIDC_ECS_Sea_Ice_Tutorial View Tool Record
Type: Downloadable Tool
Description: A series of Python-based Jupyter Notebooks demonstrating data discovery, access, and subsetting services, along with open source libraries used to harmonize and analyze sea ice height and ice surface temperature data from NASA’s ICESat-2 and MODIS missions, respectively.
NSIDC_ECS_HDFView View Tool Record
Type: Downloadable Tool
Description: HDFView is a visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files. Using HDFView, you can view a file hierarchy in a tree structure, create new files, add or delete groups and datasets, view and modify the content of a dataset, and add, delete and modify attributes.
NSIDC_ECS_Panoply View Tool Record
Type: Downloadable Tool
Description: Panoply is a desktop application that interactively plots georeferenced and other arrays encoded in the netCDF, HDF and GRIB file formats. With Panoply you can: Slice and plot geo-referenced latitude-longitude, latitude-vertical, longitude-vertical, time-latitude or time-vertical arrays from larger multidimensional variables; slice and plot "generic" 2D arrays from larger multidimensional variables; slice 1D arrays from larger multidimensional variables and create line plots; combine two geo-referenced arrays in one plot by differencing, summing or averaging; plot lon-lat data on a global or regional map using any of over 100 map projections or make a zonal average line plot; overlay continent outlines or masks on lon-lat map plots; use any of numerous color tables for the scale colorbar, or apply your own custom ACT, CPT, or RGB color table.

Title: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V002
Version: 002
Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.002, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

Purpose
Scientific Research
DOI
10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.002
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Processing Level

Level 2A

Derived geophysical variables

Quality

Collection Progress
Planned

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ISO Topic Categories

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Additional Attributes

Name: identifier_product_doi STRING Description: Digital object identifier that uniquely identifies this data product
Name: identifier_product_doi_authority STRING Description: URL of the digital object identifier resolving authority

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	ORBIT

Coverage Type	Swath Width	Period	Inclination Angle	Number of Orbits	Start Circular Latitude	Granule Representation
ORBITAL	36.0	96.8	92.0	0.071428571	0.0	ORBIT

Location Keywords

- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL

NASA NSIDC DAAC
ARCHIVER
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

Email
Archiving Data Center
https://nsidc.org/daac

Home Page
NASA NSIDC DAAC
DISTRIBUTOR
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

Email
Archiving Data Center
https://nsidc.org/daac

Home Page
NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS
PROCESSOR
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/esdis-project

Home Page
NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS
ORIGINATOR
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/esdis-project

Home Page

NSIDC Services
Technical Contact

NSIDC Services
- CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

1 303 492 2468

Email
Thomas Neumann
Technical Contact

Thomas Neumann
- Greenbelt, MD 20770
1 301 614 5923

Email
Anita Brenner
Technical Contact

Anita Brenner
- Code 614.5
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
Email
David Hancock
Technical Contact

David Hancock
- ISIPS Manager
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Wallops Flight Facility
Email
Scott Luthcke
Technical Contact

Scott Luthcke

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Jeff Lee
Technical Contact

Jeff Lee

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John Robbins
Technical Contact

John Robbins

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Kaitlin Harbeck
Technical Contact

Kaitlin Harbeck

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Jack Saba
Technical Contact

Jack Saba

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Kelly Brunt
Technical Contact

Kelly Brunt
- Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
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Aimée Gibbons
Technical Contact

Aimée Gibbons

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Thomas Neumann
Technical Contact

Thomas Neumann
- Greenbelt, MD 20770
1 301 614 5923

Email
Anita Brenner
Technical Contact

Anita Brenner
- Code 614.5
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
Email
David Hancock
Technical Contact

David Hancock
- ISIPS Manager
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Wallops Flight Facility
Email
Scott Luthcke
Technical Contact

Scott Luthcke

This contact does not have any addresses listed.

This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Jeff Lee
Technical Contact

Jeff Lee

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
John Robbins
Technical Contact

John Robbins

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Kaitlin Harbeck
Technical Contact

Kaitlin Harbeck

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Jack Saba
Technical Contact

Jack Saba

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Kelly Brunt
Technical Contact

Kelly Brunt
- Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Aimée Gibbons
Technical Contact

Aimée Gibbons

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This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
User Services

National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Boulder, Colorado
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Metadata Dates

Creation	2019-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

File Distribution Information

Format: HDF5

Format Type: Native

Format Description: HTTPS

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V002

Collection Information

Data Identification

Related URLs

Other Descriptive Keywords

ISO Topic Categories

Additional Attributes

Acquisition Information

Temporal Information

Spatial Information

Location Keywords

Data Centers

NASA NSIDC DAAC

NASA NSIDC DAAC

NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS

NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS

Data Contacts

NSIDC Services

NSIDC Services

Thomas Neumann

Thomas Neumann

Anita Brenner

Anita Brenner

David Hancock

David Hancock

Scott Luthcke

Scott Luthcke

Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee

John Robbins

John Robbins

Kaitlin Harbeck

Kaitlin Harbeck

Jack Saba

Jack Saba

Kelly Brunt

Kelly Brunt

Aimée Gibbons

Aimée Gibbons

et al

et al

Thomas Neumann

Thomas Neumann

Anita Brenner

Anita Brenner

David Hancock

David Hancock

Scott Luthcke

Scott Luthcke

Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee

John Robbins

John Robbins

Kaitlin Harbeck

Kaitlin Harbeck

Jack Saba

Jack Saba

Kelly Brunt

Kelly Brunt

Aimée Gibbons

Aimée Gibbons

et al

et al

National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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