Dataset Information

short_name: ATL11
Conventions: CF-1.6
contributor_name: Thomas A Neumann (thomas.neumann@nasa.gov), Thorsten Markus (thorsten.markus@nasa.gov), Suneel Bhardwaj (suneel.bhardwaj@nasa.gov) David W Hancock III (david.w.hancock@nasa.gov)
date_created: 2025-09-22T17:29:20.169101Z
contributor_role: Instrument Engineer, Investigator, Principle Investigator, Data Producer, Data Producer
date_type: UTC
featureType: trajectory
geospatial_lat_max: -78.994011517244402
geospatial_lat_min: -88.037139860977035
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max: 157.91700093027168
geospatial_lon_min: -3.1996215593138118
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
granule_type: ATL11
hdfversion: HDF5 1.14.4
history: 2025-09-22T17:29:20.171089Z
identifier_file_uuid: d21ba820-2fe0-32f9-876d-e345fd646ef0
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org
identifier_product_format_version: 3.0
level: L3B
license: Data may not be reproduced or distributed without including the citation for this product included in this metadata. Data may not be distributed in an altered form without the written permission of the ICESat-2 Science Project Office at NASA/GSFC.
naming_authority: http://dx.doi.org
spatial_coverage_type: Horizontal
standard_name_vocabulary: CF-1.6
time_coverage_start: 2019-03-29T08:39:11.000000Z
time_type: CCSDS UTC-A
time_coverage_duration: 191254180.57086730
time_coverage_end: 2025-04-19T22:48:44.000000Z
publisher_email: nsidc@nsidc.org
publisher_url: http://nsidc.org/daac/
identifier_product_type: ATL11
title: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series
platform: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
publisher_name: NSIDC DAAC > NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
identifier_product_doi: doi:10.5067/ATLAS/ATL11.007
institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
creator_name: GSFC I-SIPS > ICESat-2 Science Investigator-led Processing System
description: This data set provides time series of land-ice surface heights derived from the ICESat-2 ATL06 Land Ice Height product. It is a spatially organized product that allows easy access to height-change information derived from ICESat-2 observations.
summary: The purpose of ATL11 is to provide an ICESat-2 satellite cycle summary of heights and height changes of land-based ice and will be provided as input to ATL14 and ATL15, gridded estimates of heights and height-changes.
keywords: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION > NONE > NONE > NONE
keywords_vocabulary: NASA/GCMD Science Keywords
citation: Cite these data in publications as follows: The data used in this study were produced by the ICESat-2 Science Project Office at NASA/GSFC. The data archive site is the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center.
processing_level: 3B
references: http://nsidc.org/data/icesat2/data.html
source: Spacecraft
project: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
instrument: ATLAS > Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System


Variables in this Dataset

METADATA_iso_19139_dataset_xml: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: ISO 19139 Dataset XML
description: ISO 19139 Dataset XML
origname: iso_19139_dataset_xml
fullnamepath: /METADATA/iso_19139_dataset_xml
METADATA_iso_19139_series_xml: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: ISO 19139 Series XML
description: ISO 19139 Series XML
origname: iso_19139_series_xml
fullnamepath: /METADATA/iso_19139_series_xml
ancillary_data_release: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Release Number
units: 1
source: Operations
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Release number of the granule. The release number is incremented when the software or ancillary data used to create the granule has been changed.
origname: release
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/release
ancillary_data_end_geoseg: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending Geolocation Segment
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The ending geolocation segment number associated with the data contained within this granule. ICESat granule geographic regions are further refined by geolocation segments. During the geolocation process, a geolocation segment is created approximately every 20m from the start of the orbit to the end. The geolocation segments help align the ATLAS strong a weak beams and provide a common segment length for the L2 and higher products. The geolocation segment indices differ slightly from orbit-to-orbit because of the irregular shape of the Earth. The geolocation segment indices on ATL01 and ATL02 are only approximate because beams have not been aligned at the time of their creation.
origname: end_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_geoseg
ancillary_data_version: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Version
units: 1
source: Operations
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Version number of this granule within the release. It is a sequential number corresponding to the number of times the granule has been reprocessed for the current release.
origname: version
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/version
ancillary_data_end_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending Region
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The ending product-specific region number associated with the data contained within this granule. ICESat-2 data products are separated by geographic regions. The data contained within a specific region are the same for ATL01 and ATL02. ATL03 regions differ slightly because of different geolocation segment locations caused by the irregular shape of the Earth. The region indices for other products are completely independent.
origname: end_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_region
ancillary_data_atlas_sdp_gps_epoch: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: ATLAS Epoch Offset
units: seconds since 1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z
source: Operations
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Number of GPS seconds between the GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z UTC) and the ATLAS Standard Data Product (SDP) epoch (2018-01-01:T00.00.00.000000 UTC). Add this value to delta time parameters to compute full gps_seconds (relative to the GPS epoch) for each data point.
origname: atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
ancillary_data_end_rgt: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending Reference Groundtrack
units: 1
source: Derived
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The ending reference groundtrack (RGT) number associated with the data contained within this granule. There are 1387 reference groundtrack in the ICESat-2 repeat orbit. The reference groundtrack increments each time the spacecraft completes a full orbit of the Earth and resets to 1 each time the spacecraft completes a full cycle.
origname: end_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_rgt
ancillary_data_end_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: ATLAS End Time (Actual)
standard_name: time
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch at the last data point in the file. The ATLAS Standard Data Products (SDP) epoch offset is defined within /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch as the number of GPS seconds between the GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z UTC) and the ATLAS SDP epoch. By adding the offset contained within atlas_sdp_gps_epoch to delta time parameters, the time in gps_seconds relative to the GPS epoch can be computed.
origname: end_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_delta_time
ancillary_data_end_orbit: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending Orbit Number
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The ending orbit number associated with the data contained within this granule. The orbit number increments each time the spacecraft completes a full orbit of the Earth.
origname: end_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_orbit
ancillary_data_start_cycle: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Starting Cycle
units: 1
source: Derived
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 99
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The starting cycle number associated with the data contained within this granule. The cycle number is the counter of the number of 91-day repeat cycles completed by the mission.
origname: start_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_cycle
ancillary_data_data_end_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the last data point within the granule.
origname: data_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_end_utc
ancillary_data_control: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Control File
units: 1
source: Operations
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: PGE-specific control file used to generate this granule. To re-use, replace breaks (BR) with linefeeds.
origname: control
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/control
ancillary_data_start_gpssow: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Start GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
units: seconds
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the first data point in the granule.
origname: start_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpssow
ancillary_data_granule_end_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Requested end time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
origname: granule_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_end_utc
ancillary_data_end_cycle: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending Cycle
units: 1
source: Derived
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 99
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The ending cycle number associated with the data contained within this granule. The cycle number is the counter of the number of 91-day repeat cycles completed by the mission.
origname: end_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_cycle
ancillary_data_granule_start_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Requested start time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
origname: granule_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_start_utc
ancillary_data_start_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: ATLAS Start Time (Actual)
standard_name: time
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch at the first data point in the file. The ATLAS Standard Data Products (SDP) epoch offset is defined within /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch as the number of GPS seconds between the GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z UTC) and the ATLAS SDP epoch. By adding the offset contained within atlas_sdp_gps_epoch to delta time parameters, the time in gps_seconds relative to the GPS epoch can be computed.
origname: start_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_delta_time
ancillary_data_start_geoseg: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Starting Geolocation Segment
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The starting geolocation segment number associated with the data contained within this granule. ICESat granule geographic regions are further refined by geolocation segments. During the geolocation process, a geolocation segment is created approximately every 20m from the start of the orbit to the end. The geolocation segments help align the ATLAS strong a weak beams and provide a common segment length for the L2 and higher products. The geolocation segment indices differ slightly from orbit-to-orbit because of the irregular shape of the Earth. The geolocation segment indices on ATL01 and ATL02 are only approximate because beams have not been aligned at the time of their creation.
origname: start_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_geoseg
ancillary_data_start_orbit: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Starting Orbit Number
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The starting orbit number associated with the data contained within this granule. The orbit number increments each time the spacecraft completes a full orbit of the Earth.
origname: start_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_orbit
ancillary_data_data_start_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the first data point within the granule.
origname: data_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_start_utc
ancillary_data_end_gpsweek: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS week number of the last data point in the granule.
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
source: Derived
origname: end_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpsweek
ancillary_data_start_rgt: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Starting Reference Groundtrack
units: 1
source: Derived
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The starting reference groundtrack (RGT) number associated with the data contained within this granule. There are 1387 reference groundtrack in the ICESat-2 repeat orbit. The reference groundtrack increments each time the spacecraft completes a full orbit of the Earth and resets to 1 each time the spacecraft completes a full cycle.
origname: start_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_rgt
ancillary_data_end_gpssow: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Ending GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
units: seconds
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the last data point in the granule.
origname: end_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpssow
ancillary_data_qa_at_interval: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: QA Along-Track Interval
units: seconds/cell
source: control
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Statistics time interval for along-track QA data.
origname: qa_at_interval
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/qa_at_interval
ancillary_data_start_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Starting Region
units: 1
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: The starting product-specific region number associated with the data contained within this granule. ICESat-2 data products are separated by geographic regions. The data contained within a specific region are the same for ATL01 and ATL02. ATL03 regions differ slightly because of different geolocation segment locations caused by the irregular shape of the Earth. The region indices for other products are completely independent.
origname: start_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_region
ancillary_data_start_gpsweek: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Start GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
source: Derived
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS week number of the first data point in the granule.
origname: start_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpsweek
orbit_info_bounding_polygon_lat1: Array of 32 bit Reals [orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1 = 0..26]
description: Polygon extent vertex latitude
units: degrees North
long_name: Polygon vertex latitude
source: model
origname: bounding_polygon_lat1
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/bounding_polygon_lat1
coordinates: orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1
orbit_info_bounding_polygon_lon1: Array of 32 bit Reals [orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1 = 0..26]
description: Polygon extent vertex longitude
units: degrees East
long_name: Polygon vertex longitude
source: model
origname: bounding_polygon_lon1
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/bounding_polygon_lon1
coordinates: orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1
pt1_cycle_stats_atl06_summary_zero_count: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments with ATL06_quality_summary==0 (0 indicates the best-quality data)
long_name: ATL06 best quality count
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
valid_min: 0
origname: atl06_summary_zero_count
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/atl06_summary_zero_count
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_bsnow_conf: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Maximum bsnow_conf flag from ATL06: indicates the greatest (among segments) confidence flag for presence of blowing snow for each cycle
long_name: maxmimum blowing snow confidence flag
source: ATL06
valid_min: -5
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_max: 6
origname: bsnow_conf
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/bsnow_conf
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_bsnow_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average blowing snow layer height for each cycle
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average blowing snow height
source: ATL06
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: bsnow_h
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/bsnow_h
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_asr: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum apparent-surface-reflectance -based cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: Minimum apparent surface reflectance flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 5
origname: cloud_flg_asr
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_asr
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_atm: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: minimum cloud flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 10
origname: cloud_flg_atm
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_atm
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average dynamic atmosphere correction for each pass
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average dynamic atmosphere correction
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dac
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/dac
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_dh_geoloc: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Height correction to correct for Antarctic geolocation bias
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: geolocation height bias
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dh_geoloc
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/dh_geoloc
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_h_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Weighted-average of surface heights, not including the correction for the reference surface
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average uncorrected surface heights
source: ATL06
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_mean
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/h_mean
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_h_rms_misfit: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
long_name: weighted average RMS fit error
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average RMS misfit between PE heights and along-track land-ice segment fit
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_rms_misfit
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/h_rms_misfit
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_min_signal_selection_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
long_name: minimum signal selection source
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 4
units: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of the ATL06 signal_selection_source value (indicates the highest-quality segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
origname: min_signal_selection_source
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/min_signal_selection_source
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_min_snr_significance: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
long_name: minumum signal-noise ration significance
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of SNR_significance (indicates the quality of the best segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 1.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: min_snr_significance
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/min_snr_significance
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_r_eff: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Weighted-average effective, uncorrected reflectance for each pass.
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average reflectance
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: r_eff
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/r_eff
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_seg_count: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments marked as valid for each cycle. Equal to 0 for those cycles not included in the reference-surface shape fit.
long_name: number valid segments
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 14
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
origname: seg_count
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/seg_count
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_at: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate x horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
source: ATL06
long_name: average horizontal x-coordinate geolocation error
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_at
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_at
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average total vertical geolocation error due to PPD and POD
long_name: average vertical geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_h
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_h
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_xt: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate y horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
long_name: average horizontal y-coordinate geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_xt
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_xt
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average ocean tide for each pass
long_name: weighted average ocean tide
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/tide_ocean
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted average of pair-center RGT x coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt x-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/x_atc
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_cycle_stats_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted mean of pair-center RGT y coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt y-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: -30000.000000000000
valid_max: 30000.000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_stats/y_atc
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Mean number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /pt1/delta_time
coordinates: pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_h_corr: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the mean corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_corr
fullnamepath: /pt1/h_corr
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_h_corr_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 15.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the formal error in the corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height error
origname: h_corr_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt1/h_corr_sigma
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_h_corr_sigma_systematic: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: the magnitude of all errors that might be correlated at scales larger than a single fit center (e.g. pointing errors, GPS errors, etc)
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
long_name: corrected height error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
origname: h_corr_sigma_systematic
fullnamepath: /pt1/h_corr_sigma_systematic
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees North
description: center latitude based on selected segments
long_name: latitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: latitude
fullnamepath: /pt1/latitude
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_longitude
pt1_longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees East
description: center longitude based on selected segments
long_name: longitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: longitude
fullnamepath: /pt1/longitude
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude
pt1_quality_summary: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Summary flag: zero indicates high-quality cycles: where min_signal_selection_source <=1 and min_SNR_significance < 0.02, and ATL06_summary_zero_count >0.
long_name: quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
origname: quality_summary
fullnamepath: /pt1/quality_summary
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_cycle_number
pt1_ref_surf_at_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean along-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: along-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: at_slope
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/at_slope
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_complex_surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
long_name: complex surface flag
description: 0 indicates that normal fitting was attempted, 1 indicates that the signal selection algorithm rejected too many repeats, and only a linear fit was attempted
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: complex_surface_flag
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/complex_surface_flag
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_curvature: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the RMS of the slope of the fit polynomial within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: curvature
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: curvature
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/curvature
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_deg_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in x
long_name: max-degree x polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_x
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/deg_x
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_deg_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in y
long_name: max-degree y polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_y
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/deg_y
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_dem_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: DEM elevation, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/dem_h
long_name: DEM elevation
source: ATL06
valid_min: -400.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dem_h
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/dem_h
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_e_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean East-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: east-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: e_slope
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/e_slope
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_fit_quality: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Indicates quality of the fit: 0: no problem identified, 1: One or more polynomial coefficients has an error of 10 or larger, 2: One or more surface slope components is greater than 0.02, 3: both 1 and 2
long_name: fit quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: fit_quality
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/fit_quality
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_geoid_free2mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Additive value to convert geoid heights from the tide-free system to the mean-tide system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_free2mean
long_name: Geoid Free-to-Mean conversion
source: ATL06
valid_min: -10.00000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_free2mean
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/geoid_free2mean
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_geoid_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Geoid height above WGS-84 reference ellipsoid in the tide-free system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_h
long_name: Geoid Height
source: ATL06
valid_min: -110.0000000
valid_max: 500.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_h
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/geoid_h
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_misfit_chi2r: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
description: misfit chi square, divided by the number of degrees in the solution
long_name: misfit chi square
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_chi2r
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/misfit_chi2r
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_misfit_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: RMS misfit for the surface-polynomial fit
long_name: misfit RMS
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_rms
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/misfit_rms
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_n_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean North-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: north-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: n_slope
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/n_slope
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_poly_coeffs: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
long_name: polynomial coefficients
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
description: polynomial coefficients (up to degree 3), for polynomial components scaled by 100 m
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: poly_coeffs
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/poly_coeffs
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt1_ref_surf_poly_coeffs_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569][pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
description: formal errors for the polynomial coefficients
long_name: polynomial coefficients error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
origname: poly_coeffs_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/poly_coeffs_sigma
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt1_ref_surf_rgt_azimuth: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees
description: Reference track azimuth, in degrees east of local north
long_name: RGT azimuth
source: ATL06
valid_min: -180.0000000
valid_max: 180.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: rgt_azimuth
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/rgt_azimuth
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Along-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Along track distance
source: ATL06
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/x_atc
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_xt_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean cross-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: across-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: xt_slope
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/xt_slope
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt1_ref_surf_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Across-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Across track distance
source: ATL06
valid_min: -20000.000000000000
valid_max: 20000.000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/y_atc
coordinates: pt1_delta_time pt1_latitude pt1_longitude
pt2_cycle_stats_atl06_summary_zero_count: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments with ATL06_quality_summary==0 (0 indicates the best-quality data)
long_name: ATL06 best quality count
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
valid_min: 0
origname: atl06_summary_zero_count
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/atl06_summary_zero_count
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_bsnow_conf: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Maximum bsnow_conf flag from ATL06: indicates the greatest (among segments) confidence flag for presence of blowing snow for each cycle
long_name: maxmimum blowing snow confidence flag
source: ATL06
valid_min: -5
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_max: 6
origname: bsnow_conf
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/bsnow_conf
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_bsnow_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average blowing snow layer height for each cycle
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average blowing snow height
source: ATL06
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: bsnow_h
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/bsnow_h
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_asr: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum apparent-surface-reflectance -based cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: Minimum apparent surface reflectance flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 5
origname: cloud_flg_asr
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_asr
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_atm: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: minimum cloud flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 10
origname: cloud_flg_atm
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_atm
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average dynamic atmosphere correction for each pass
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average dynamic atmosphere correction
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dac
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/dac
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_dh_geoloc: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Height correction to correct for Antarctic geolocation bias
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: geolocation height bias
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dh_geoloc
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/dh_geoloc
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_h_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Weighted-average of surface heights, not including the correction for the reference surface
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average uncorrected surface heights
source: ATL06
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_mean
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/h_mean
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_h_rms_misfit: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
long_name: weighted average RMS fit error
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average RMS misfit between PE heights and along-track land-ice segment fit
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_rms_misfit
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/h_rms_misfit
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_min_signal_selection_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
long_name: minimum signal selection source
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 4
units: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of the ATL06 signal_selection_source value (indicates the highest-quality segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
origname: min_signal_selection_source
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/min_signal_selection_source
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_min_snr_significance: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
long_name: minumum signal-noise ration significance
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of SNR_significance (indicates the quality of the best segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 1.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: min_snr_significance
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/min_snr_significance
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_r_eff: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Weighted-average effective, uncorrected reflectance for each pass.
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average reflectance
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: r_eff
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/r_eff
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_seg_count: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments marked as valid for each cycle. Equal to 0 for those cycles not included in the reference-surface shape fit.
long_name: number valid segments
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 14
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
origname: seg_count
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/seg_count
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_at: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate x horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
source: ATL06
long_name: average horizontal x-coordinate geolocation error
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_at
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_at
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average total vertical geolocation error due to PPD and POD
long_name: average vertical geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_h
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_h
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_xt: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate y horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
long_name: average horizontal y-coordinate geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_xt
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_xt
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average ocean tide for each pass
long_name: weighted average ocean tide
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/tide_ocean
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted average of pair-center RGT x coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt x-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/x_atc
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_cycle_stats_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted mean of pair-center RGT y coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt y-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: -30000.000000000000
valid_max: 30000.000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_stats/y_atc
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Mean number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /pt2/delta_time
coordinates: pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_h_corr: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the mean corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_corr
fullnamepath: /pt2/h_corr
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_h_corr_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 15.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the formal error in the corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height error
origname: h_corr_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt2/h_corr_sigma
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_h_corr_sigma_systematic: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: the magnitude of all errors that might be correlated at scales larger than a single fit center (e.g. pointing errors, GPS errors, etc)
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
long_name: corrected height error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
origname: h_corr_sigma_systematic
fullnamepath: /pt2/h_corr_sigma_systematic
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees North
description: center latitude based on selected segments
long_name: latitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: latitude
fullnamepath: /pt2/latitude
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_longitude
pt2_longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees East
description: center longitude based on selected segments
long_name: longitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: longitude
fullnamepath: /pt2/longitude
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude
pt2_quality_summary: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Summary flag: zero indicates high-quality cycles: where min_signal_selection_source <=1 and min_SNR_significance < 0.02, and ATL06_summary_zero_count >0.
long_name: quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
origname: quality_summary
fullnamepath: /pt2/quality_summary
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_cycle_number
pt2_ref_surf_at_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean along-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: along-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: at_slope
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/at_slope
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_complex_surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
long_name: complex surface flag
description: 0 indicates that normal fitting was attempted, 1 indicates that the signal selection algorithm rejected too many repeats, and only a linear fit was attempted
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: complex_surface_flag
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/complex_surface_flag
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_curvature: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the RMS of the slope of the fit polynomial within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: curvature
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: curvature
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/curvature
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_deg_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in x
long_name: max-degree x polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_x
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/deg_x
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_deg_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in y
long_name: max-degree y polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_y
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/deg_y
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_dem_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: DEM elevation, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/dem_h
long_name: DEM elevation
source: ATL06
valid_min: -400.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dem_h
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/dem_h
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_e_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean East-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: east-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: e_slope
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/e_slope
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_fit_quality: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Indicates quality of the fit: 0: no problem identified, 1: One or more polynomial coefficients has an error of 10 or larger, 2: One or more surface slope components is greater than 0.02, 3: both 1 and 2
long_name: fit quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: fit_quality
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/fit_quality
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_geoid_free2mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Additive value to convert geoid heights from the tide-free system to the mean-tide system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_free2mean
long_name: Geoid Free-to-Mean conversion
source: ATL06
valid_min: -10.00000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_free2mean
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/geoid_free2mean
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_geoid_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Geoid height above WGS-84 reference ellipsoid in the tide-free system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_h
long_name: Geoid Height
source: ATL06
valid_min: -110.0000000
valid_max: 500.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_h
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/geoid_h
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_misfit_chi2r: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
description: misfit chi square, divided by the number of degrees in the solution
long_name: misfit chi square
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_chi2r
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/misfit_chi2r
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_misfit_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: RMS misfit for the surface-polynomial fit
long_name: misfit RMS
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_rms
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/misfit_rms
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_n_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean North-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: north-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: n_slope
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/n_slope
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_poly_coeffs: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
long_name: polynomial coefficients
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
description: polynomial coefficients (up to degree 3), for polynomial components scaled by 100 m
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: poly_coeffs
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/poly_coeffs
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt2_ref_surf_poly_coeffs_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557][pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
description: formal errors for the polynomial coefficients
long_name: polynomial coefficients error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
origname: poly_coeffs_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/poly_coeffs_sigma
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt2_ref_surf_rgt_azimuth: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees
description: Reference track azimuth, in degrees east of local north
long_name: RGT azimuth
source: ATL06
valid_min: -180.0000000
valid_max: 180.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: rgt_azimuth
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/rgt_azimuth
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Along-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Along track distance
source: ATL06
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/x_atc
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_xt_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean cross-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: across-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: xt_slope
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/xt_slope
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt2_ref_surf_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Across-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Across track distance
source: ATL06
valid_min: -20000.000000000000
valid_max: 20000.000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/y_atc
coordinates: pt2_delta_time pt2_latitude pt2_longitude
pt3_cycle_stats_atl06_summary_zero_count: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments with ATL06_quality_summary==0 (0 indicates the best-quality data)
long_name: ATL06 best quality count
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
valid_min: 0
origname: atl06_summary_zero_count
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/atl06_summary_zero_count
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_bsnow_conf: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Maximum bsnow_conf flag from ATL06: indicates the greatest (among segments) confidence flag for presence of blowing snow for each cycle
long_name: maxmimum blowing snow confidence flag
source: ATL06
valid_min: -5
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_max: 6
origname: bsnow_conf
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/bsnow_conf
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_bsnow_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average blowing snow layer height for each cycle
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average blowing snow height
source: ATL06
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: bsnow_h
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/bsnow_h
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_asr: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum apparent-surface-reflectance -based cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: Minimum apparent surface reflectance flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 5
origname: cloud_flg_asr
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_asr
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_cloud_flg_atm: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Minimum cloud flag from ATL06: Flag indicates confidence that clouds with OT > 0.2 are present in the lower 3 km of the atmosphere based on ATL09
long_name: minimum cloud flag
source: ATL06
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 10
origname: cloud_flg_atm
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/cloud_flg_atm
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Weighted-average dynamic atmosphere correction for each pass
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average dynamic atmosphere correction
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dac
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/dac
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_dh_geoloc: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: Height correction to correct for Antarctic geolocation bias
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: geolocation height bias
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dh_geoloc
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/dh_geoloc
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_h_mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Weighted-average of surface heights, not including the correction for the reference surface
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average uncorrected surface heights
source: ATL06
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_mean
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/h_mean
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_h_rms_misfit: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
long_name: weighted average RMS fit error
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average RMS misfit between PE heights and along-track land-ice segment fit
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_rms_misfit
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/h_rms_misfit
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_min_signal_selection_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
long_name: minimum signal selection source
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 4
units: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of the ATL06 signal_selection_source value (indicates the highest-quality segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
origname: min_signal_selection_source
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/min_signal_selection_source
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_min_snr_significance: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
long_name: minumum signal-noise ration significance
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Minimum of SNR_significance (indicates the quality of the best segment in the cycle)
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 1.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: min_snr_significance
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/min_snr_significance
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_r_eff: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Weighted-average effective, uncorrected reflectance for each pass.
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
long_name: weighted average reflectance
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: r_eff
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/r_eff
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_seg_count: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Number of segments marked as valid for each cycle. Equal to 0 for those cycles not included in the reference-surface shape fit.
long_name: number valid segments
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 14
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: counts
origname: seg_count
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/seg_count
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_at: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate x horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
source: ATL06
long_name: average horizontal x-coordinate geolocation error
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_at
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_at
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average total vertical geolocation error due to PPD and POD
long_name: average vertical geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_h
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_h
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_sigma_geo_xt: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Root-mean-weighted-square-average local-coordinate y horizontal geolocation error for each cycle due to PPD and POD
long_name: average horizontal y-coordinate geolocation error
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: sigma_geo_xt
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/sigma_geo_xt
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
description: Weighted-average ocean tide for each pass
long_name: weighted average ocean tide
source: ATL06
valid_min: -50.00000000
valid_max: 50.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/tide_ocean
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted average of pair-center RGT x coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt x-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/x_atc
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_cycle_stats_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: meters
description: weighted mean of pair-center RGT y coordinates for each cycle
long_name: weighted average rgt y-coordinates
source: ATL06
valid_min: -30000.000000000000
valid_max: 30000.000000000000
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_stats/y_atc
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: Mean number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL06
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /pt3/delta_time
coordinates: pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_h_corr: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the mean corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: -460.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: h_corr
fullnamepath: /pt3/h_corr
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_h_corr_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
valid_max: 15.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
description: the formal error in the corrected height
long_name: mean corrected height error
origname: h_corr_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt3/h_corr_sigma
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_h_corr_sigma_systematic: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
description: the magnitude of all errors that might be correlated at scales larger than a single fit center (e.g. pointing errors, GPS errors, etc)
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
units: meters
long_name: corrected height error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
origname: h_corr_sigma_systematic
fullnamepath: /pt3/h_corr_sigma_systematic
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees North
description: center latitude based on selected segments
long_name: latitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: latitude
fullnamepath: /pt3/latitude
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_longitude
pt3_longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees East
description: center longitude based on selected segments
long_name: longitude
source: ATL06 segments
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: longitude
fullnamepath: /pt3/longitude
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude
pt3_quality_summary: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
units: 1
description: Summary flag: zero indicates high-quality cycles: where min_signal_selection_source <=1 and min_SNR_significance < 0.02, and ATL06_summary_zero_count >0.
long_name: quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, cycle_number
origname: quality_summary
fullnamepath: /pt3/quality_summary
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_cycle_number
pt3_ref_surf_at_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean along-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: along-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: at_slope
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/at_slope
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_complex_surface_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
long_name: complex surface flag
description: 0 indicates that normal fitting was attempted, 1 indicates that the signal selection algorithm rejected too many repeats, and only a linear fit was attempted
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: complex_surface_flag
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/complex_surface_flag
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_curvature: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the RMS of the slope of the fit polynomial within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: curvature
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: curvature
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/curvature
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_deg_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in x
long_name: max-degree x polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_x
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/deg_x
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_deg_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: Maximum degree of non-zero polynomial components in y
long_name: max-degree y polynomial
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: deg_y
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/deg_y
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_dem_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: DEM elevation, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/dem_h
long_name: DEM elevation
source: ATL06
valid_min: -400.0000000
valid_max: 8400.000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: dem_h
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/dem_h
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_e_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean East-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: east-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: e_slope
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/e_slope
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_fit_quality: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Indicates quality of the fit: 0: no problem identified, 1: One or more polynomial coefficients has an error of 10 or larger, 2: One or more surface slope components is greater than 0.02, 3: both 1 and 2
long_name: fit quality summary
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: fit_quality
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/fit_quality
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_geoid_free2mean: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Additive value to convert geoid heights from the tide-free system to the mean-tide system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_free2mean
long_name: Geoid Free-to-Mean conversion
source: ATL06
valid_min: -10.00000000
valid_max: 10.00000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_free2mean
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/geoid_free2mean
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_geoid_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Geoid height above WGS-84 reference ellipsoid in the tide-free system, derived from ATL06 /gtxx/atl06_segments/dem/geoid_h
long_name: Geoid Height
source: ATL06
valid_min: -110.0000000
valid_max: 500.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: geoid_h
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/geoid_h
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_misfit_chi2r: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
units: meters
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
description: misfit chi square, divided by the number of degrees in the solution
long_name: misfit chi square
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_chi2r
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/misfit_chi2r
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_misfit_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: RMS misfit for the surface-polynomial fit
long_name: misfit RMS
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0.000000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: misfit_rms
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/misfit_rms
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_n_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: the mean North-component slope for the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: north-component slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: n_slope
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/n_slope
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_poly_coeffs: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
long_name: polynomial coefficients
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
description: polynomial coefficients (up to degree 3), for polynomial components scaled by 100 m
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: poly_coeffs
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/poly_coeffs
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt3_ref_surf_poly_coeffs_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534][pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
units: 1
description: formal errors for the polynomial coefficients
long_name: polynomial coefficients error
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt, (poly_exponent_x, poly_exponent_y)
origname: poly_coeffs_sigma
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/poly_coeffs_sigma
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y
pt3_ref_surf_rgt_azimuth: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: degrees
description: Reference track azimuth, in degrees east of local north
long_name: RGT azimuth
source: ATL06
valid_min: -180.0000000
valid_max: 180.0000000
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: rgt_azimuth
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/rgt_azimuth
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
valid_min: 0.0000000000000000
valid_max: 40200000.000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Along-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Along track distance
source: ATL06
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/x_atc
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_xt_slope: Array of 32 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: 1
description: Mean cross-track component of the slope of the reference surface within 50 m of the fit center
long_name: across-track slope
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
origname: xt_slope
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/xt_slope
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
pt3_ref_surf_y_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: meters
description: Across-track coordinate of the reference point, measured along the RGT from its first equator crossing.
long_name: Across track distance
source: ATL06
valid_min: -20000.000000000000
valid_max: 20000.000000000000
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/y_atc
coordinates: pt3_delta_time pt3_latitude pt3_longitude
quality_assessment_qa_granule_fail_reason: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Granule Failure Reason
units: 1
source: Operations
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 5
contentType: qualityInformation
description: Flag indicating granule failure reason. 0=no failure; 1=processing error; 2=Insufficient output data was generated; 3=TBD Failure; 4=TBD_Failure; 5=other failure.
flag_meanings: no_failure PROCESS_ERROR INSUFFICIENT_OUTPUT failure_3 failure_4 OTHER_FAILURE
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
origname: qa_granule_fail_reason
fullnamepath: /quality_assessment/qa_granule_fail_reason
quality_assessment_qa_granule_pass_fail: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
long_name: Granule Pass Flag
units: 1
source: Operations
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
description: Flag indicating granule quality. 0=granule passes automatic QA. 1=granule fails automatic QA.
flag_meanings: PASS FAIL
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: qa_granule_pass_fail
fullnamepath: /quality_assessment/qa_granule_pass_fail
orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1: Array of 32 bit Integers [orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1 = 0..26]
description: Polygon extent vertex count
units: 1
long_name: Polygon vertex count
source: model
origname: bounding_polygon_dim1
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/bounding_polygon_dim1
pt1_cycle_number: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: cycle_number
units: counts
description: cycle number
long_name: cycle number
source: ATL06
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 99
origname: cycle_number
fullnamepath: /pt1/cycle_number
pt1_ref_pt: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt1_ref_pt = 0..40569]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: The reference point is the segment_id corresponding to the center of the ATL06 data used for each ATL11 point. Segment_id is counted from the equator crossing of the RGT, with one segment every 20m.
long_name: reference point number
source: ATL06
coordinates: delta_time latitude longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 2000000
origname: ref_pt
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_pt
pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_x
units: counts
description: exponents for the x factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial x exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_x
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/poly_exponent_x
pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt1_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_y
units: counts
description: exponents for the y factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial y exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_y
fullnamepath: /pt1/ref_surf/poly_exponent_y
pt2_cycle_number: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: cycle_number
units: counts
description: cycle number
long_name: cycle number
source: ATL06
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 99
origname: cycle_number
fullnamepath: /pt2/cycle_number
pt2_ref_pt: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt2_ref_pt = 0..40557]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: The reference point is the segment_id corresponding to the center of the ATL06 data used for each ATL11 point. Segment_id is counted from the equator crossing of the RGT, with one segment every 20m.
long_name: reference point number
source: ATL06
coordinates: delta_time latitude longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 2000000
origname: ref_pt
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_pt
pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_x
units: counts
description: exponents for the x factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial x exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_x
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/poly_exponent_x
pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt2_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_y
units: counts
description: exponents for the y factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial y exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_y
fullnamepath: /pt2/ref_surf/poly_exponent_y
pt3_cycle_number: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_cycle_number = 0..25]
DIMENSION_LABELS: cycle_number
units: counts
description: cycle number
long_name: cycle number
source: ATL06
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 99
origname: cycle_number
fullnamepath: /pt3/cycle_number
pt3_ref_pt: Array of 32 bit Integers [pt3_ref_pt = 0..40534]
DIMENSION_LABELS: ref_pt
units: counts
description: The reference point is the segment_id corresponding to the center of the ATL06 data used for each ATL11 point. Segment_id is counted from the equator crossing of the RGT, with one segment every 20m.
long_name: reference point number
source: ATL06
coordinates: delta_time latitude longitude
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 2000000
origname: ref_pt
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_pt
pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_x = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_x
units: counts
description: exponents for the x factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial x exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_x
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/poly_exponent_x
pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y: Array of 16 bit Integers [pt3_ref_surf_poly_exponent_y = 0..7]
DIMENSION_LABELS: poly_exponent_y
units: counts
description: exponents for the y factors in the surface polynomial
long_name: polynomial y exponents
source: derived, ATL11 algorithm
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: poly_exponent_y
fullnamepath: /pt3/ref_surf/poly_exponent_y
FakeDim0: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: level