Short Name:

ATL12

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height V003

This data set (ATL12) contains along-track sea surface heights at variable length scales over cloud-free regions. Estimates of height distributions, surface roughness, surface slope, and apparent reflectance are also provided. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory.

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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 now

Platform(s):

ICESat-2

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS

Instrument(s):

ATLAS

Version:

003

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Description: NSIDC_ECS ESI EOSDIS Service Implementation to the ICESAT2 Subsetter
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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.
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Description: Allows users to download select NSIDC Earth Observing System (EOS) DAAC data directly via HTTPS. Products are available from AMSR, AMSR-E, ASO, Aquarius, HMA, IceBridge, ICESat/GLAS, ICESat-2, MEaSUREs, MODIS, NIMBUS, NISE, Passive Microwave, SnowEx, SMAP and VIIRS.

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NSIDC_ECS_OPENALTIMETRY View Tool Record
Type: Web User Interface
Description: OpenAltimetry is a cyberinfrastructure platform for discovery, access, and visualization of data from NASA’s ICESat and ICESat-2 missions.
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Description: A search interface providing users the ability to search amongst all data sets cataloged by NSIDC.
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Description: Search and filter data files for a given data set using a map-based interface. Data filtering options include filename wildcard, start and end date, and spatial area as bounding box, polygon, or geospatial file import.
NSIDC_ECS_ICEPYX View Tool Record
Type: Downloadable Tool
Description: icepyx is a python software library for accessing and working with ICESat-2 data. Acting as a wrapper around Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) supported by the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), icepyx enables data acquisition in as few as three lines of code.
NSIDC_ECS_NASA_Earthdata_Search View Tool Record
Type: Web User Interface
Description: NASA Earthdata Search is a map-based interface where users can search for Earth science data, filter results based on spatial and temporal constraints, and when available, order data with customizations including re-formatting, re-projecting, and spatial and parameter subsetting. Thousands of Earth science data sets are accessible from 12 science-oriented Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). The NSIDC DAAC distributes several hundred data sets in NASA Earthdata Search, many with customization options.

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Title: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height V003
Version: 003
Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

DOI

10.5067/ATLAS/ATL12.003

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL12.003, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

Purpose
Scientific Research
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Processing Level

Level 3

Geophysical variables mapped on a grid

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	94.29	92.0	4.0	0.0	ORBIT

Location Keywords

- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL OCEAN

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
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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.
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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
James Morison
Technical Contact

James Morison
- Polar Science Center
  Applied Physics Laboratory
  University of Washington
  Seattle, WA 98105
1 206 543 1394

1 206 616 3142

Email
David Hancock
Technical Contact

David Hancock
- ISIPS Manager
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Wallops Flight Facility
Email
Suzanne Dickinson
Technical Contact

Suzanne Dickinson

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John Robbins
Technical Contact

John Robbins

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Leeann Roberts
Technical Contact

Leeann Roberts

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et al
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et al

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James Morison
Technical Contact

James Morison
- Polar Science Center
  Applied Physics Laboratory
  University of Washington
  Seattle, WA 98105
1 206 543 1394

1 206 616 3142

Email
David Hancock
Technical Contact

David Hancock
- ISIPS Manager
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Wallops Flight Facility
Email
Suzanne Dickinson
Technical Contact

Suzanne Dickinson

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

John Robbins

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Leeann Roberts
Technical Contact

Leeann Roberts

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Ron Kwok
Technical Contact

Ron Kwok
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  California Institute of Technology
  Pasadena, CA
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Steve Palm
Technical Contact

Steve Palm
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
  Lanham, MD
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Ben Smith
Technical Contact

Ben Smith
- University of Washington
  Department of Earth and Space Sciences
  Seattle, WA 98195
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Michael Jasinski
Technical Contact

Michael Jasinski

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the Team
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NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User Services

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- Boulder, Colorado
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Metadata Dates

Creation	2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

File Distribution Information

Format: HDF5

Format Type: Native

Format Description: HTTPS

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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height V003

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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

James Morison

James Morison

David Hancock

David Hancock

Suzanne Dickinson

Suzanne Dickinson

John Robbins

John Robbins

Leeann Roberts

Leeann Roberts

et al

et al

James Morison

James Morison

David Hancock

David Hancock

Suzanne Dickinson

Suzanne Dickinson

John Robbins

John Robbins

Leeann Roberts

Leeann Roberts

Ron Kwok

Ron Kwok

Steve Palm

Steve Palm

Ben Smith

Ben Smith

Michael Jasinski

Michael Jasinski

the Team

the Team

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

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