Short Name:

ATL17

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V002

This data set contains a gridded summary of monthly global cloud fraction, total column optical depth over the oceans, polar cloud fraction, blowing snow frequency, apparent surface reflectivity, and ground detection frequency.

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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/SED/ESD/I2-SIPS

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_HEG View Service Record
Type: ESI
Description: NSIDC_ECS ESI EOSDIS Service Implementation to the HEG Subsetter
NSIDC_ECS_NO View Service Record
Type: NOT PROVIDED
Description: NSIDC_ECS ESI EOSDIS Service Implementation of the No Processing Service. This service provides a programmatic access API to data, but no customization options; subsetting, reformatting, and transformation are not supported through this service.

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.

Title: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V002
Version: 002
Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL17.002, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

Purpose
Scientific Research
DOI
10.5067/ATLAS/ATL17.002
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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

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Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

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

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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/SED/ESD/I2-SIPS
PROCESSOR
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Home Page
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/I2-SIPS
ORIGINATOR
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Originating Data Center
https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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
Steve Palm
Technical Contact

Steve Palm
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
  Lanham, MD
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Thomas Northam
Technical Contact

Thomas Northam

This contact does not have any addresses listed.

This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Ute Herzfeld
Technical Contact

Ute Herzfeld
- Geomathematik, Fachereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften,
  Universitaet Trier,
  Trier, Germany
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Steve Palm
Technical Contact

Steve Palm
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
  Lanham, MD
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Thomas Northam
Technical Contact

Thomas Northam

This contact does not have any addresses listed.

This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Ute Herzfeld
Technical Contact

Ute Herzfeld
- Geomathematik, Fachereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften,
  Universitaet Trier,
  Trier, Germany
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User Services

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
- Boulder, Colorado
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.

Metadata Dates

Creation	2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

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NASA NSIDC DAAC

NASA NSIDC DAAC

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/I2-SIPS

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/I2-SIPS

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NSIDC Services

NSIDC Services

Steve Palm

Steve Palm

Thomas Northam

Thomas Northam

Ute Herzfeld

Ute Herzfeld

Steve Palm

Steve Palm

Thomas Northam

Thomas Northam

Ute Herzfeld

Ute Herzfeld

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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