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IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength V001

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DOI

-

Short Name

ILATM1B

Description

This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, and Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula, and West Antarctic region ice surface acquired using the NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrumentation. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded aircraft survey campaigns.

Version

1

Measurement

Cryosphere › Glaciers/Ice Sheets › Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

Processing Level

Level 1B

Coverage

Arctic

Northernmost Latitude

-53.0

Southernmost Latitude

-90.0

Westernmost Longitude

-180.0

Easternmost Longitude

180.0

Time Span(s)

March 31, 2009 to November 8, 2012

Resolution

-

Projection

-

Platform/Sensor

AIRCRAFT/ATM, DC-8/ATM, P-3B/ATM

Project

Operation IceBridge West Antarctica/Antarctic Sea Ice 2009 (2009_AN_NASA)

Data Provider

NSIDC

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