Dataset Information

GDAL_AREA_OR_POINT: Area
Conventions: CF-1.6
short_name: ATL14
level: L3B
title: SET_BY_META
description: This data set (ATL14) contains seasonal gridded land ice elevation.
contributor_name: Benjamin Smith (besmith@uw.edu), Tyler Sutterley (tsutterl@uw.edu), Suzanne Dickinson (sdickins@uw.edu), Benjamin Jelley (benjamin.p.jelley@nasa.gov), Denis Felikson (denis.felikson@nasa.gov), Thomas A Neumann (thomas.neumann@nasa.gov), Helen Fricker (hafricker@ucsd.edu), Alex Gardner (alex.s.gardner@jpl.nasa.gov), Laurence Padman (padman@esr.org), Thorsten Markus (thorsten.markus@nasa.gov), Nathan Kurtz (nathan.t.kurtz@nasa.gov), Suneel Bhardwaj (suneel.bhardwaj@nasa.gov), David W Hancock III (david.w.hancock@nasa.gov), Jeffrey Lee (jeffrey.e.lee@nasa.gov)
contributor_role: Investigator, Investigator, Algorithm Developer, Algorithm Developer, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Algorithm Developer
date_type: UTC
geospatial_lat_max: -60.881516331468902
geospatial_lat_min: -78.135893650825196
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max: 171.75897882317099
geospatial_lon_min: -176.14392791390799
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
granule_type: ATL14
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org
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
reference_frame: ITRF2014
shortName: ATL14_META
spatial_coverage_type: Horizontal
standard_name_vocabulary: CF-1.6
time_type: CCSDS UTC-A
vertical_datum: WGS84
date_created: 2022-10-13T16:19:08.949134Z
fileName: ATL14_AA_0314_100m_002_02.nc
history: 2022-10-13T16:19:08.949134Z
identifier_product_format_version: 2.0
time_coverage_duration: 94150869.626310587
time_coverage_end: 2022-03-23T03:19:26.843657Z
time_coverage_start: 2019-03-29T10:18:17.217346Z
netcdfversion: 4.8.1
identifier_file_uuid: 1a63d97e-cd0e-4d8e-896a-92a6549316b8
publisher_name: NSIDC DAAC > NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
publisher_email: nsidc@nsidc.org
publisher_url: http://nsidc.org/daac/
identifier_product_type: ATL14
identifier_product_doi: doi:10.5067/ATLAS/ATL14.002
institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
creator_name: GSFC I-SIPS > ICESat-2 Science Investigator-led Processing System
summary: The purpose of ATL14 is to provide an IceSat-2 gridded satellite summary of heights of land-based ice.
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
project: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
instrument: ATLAS > Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System
platform: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
source: Spacecraft
Unlimited_Dimension: orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1


Variables in this Dataset

orbit_info_bounding_polygon_lat1: Array of 32 bit Reals [orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1 = 0..135]
long_name: Polygon vertex latitude
units: degrees North
source: model
contentType: modelResult
description: Polygon extent vertex latitude
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..135]
long_name: Polygon vertex longitude
units: degrees East
source: model
contentType: modelResult
description: Polygon extent vertex longitude
origname: bounding_polygon_lon1
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/bounding_polygon_lon1
coordinates: orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1
misfit_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node data residual
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: misfit_rms
fullnamepath: /misfit_rms
tile_stats_sigma_tt: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters years^-2
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: weighting values for the constraint equations on the second temporal derivatives of the surface height
long_name: sigma_tt
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: sigma_tt
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/sigma_tt
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_RMS_d2z0dx2: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters^-1
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: root mean square of the constraint equation residuals for the second spatial derivative of z0
long_name: RMS_d2z0dx2
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: RMS_d2z0dx2
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/RMS_d2z0dx2
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_RMS_d2zdt2: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters years^2
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: root mean square of the constraint equation residuals for the second temporal derivative of dz
long_name: RMS_d2zdt2
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: RMS_d2zdt2
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/RMS_d2zdt2
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_N_bias: Array of 32 bit Integers [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: int32
description: number of bias values solved for
long_name: N_bias
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: N_bias
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/N_bias
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_RMS_data: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: root mean of squared, scaled data misfits
long_name: RMS_data
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: RMS_data
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/RMS_data
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_sigma_xxt: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters^-1 years^-1
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: weighting values for the constraint equations on the second spatial derivatives of the height-change rate
long_name: sigma_xxt
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: sigma_xxt
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/sigma_xxt
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_RMS_bias: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: root mean of squared, scaled bias values
long_name: RMS_bias
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: RMS_bias
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/RMS_bias
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_N_data: Array of 32 bit Integers [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: int32
description: number of data used in fit
long_name: N_data
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: N_data
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/N_data
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_RMS_d2zdx2dt: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters^-1 years^-1
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: root mean square of the constraint equation residuals for the second temporal derivative of dz/dt
long_name: RMS_d2zdx2dt
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: RMS_d2zdx2dt
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/RMS_d2zdx2dt
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
tile_stats_sigma_xx0: Array of 32 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110][tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters^-1
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
description: weighting values for the constraint equations on the second spatial derivatives of the DEM
long_name: sigma_xx0
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: sigma_xx0
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/sigma_xx0
coordinates: tile_stats_y tile_stats_x
misfit_scaled_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the error-scaled residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node scaled data uncertainty
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: misfit_scaled_rms
fullnamepath: /misfit_scaled_rms
Polar_Stereographic: 16 bit Integer
standard_name: Polar_Stereographic
grid_mapping_name: polar_stereographic
straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole: 0.0000000000000000
latitude_of_projection_origin: -90.000000000000000
standard_parallel: -71.000000000000000
scale_factor_at_projection_origin: 1.0000000000000000
false_easting: 0.0000000000000000
false_northing: 0.0000000000000000
semi_major_axis: 6378.1369999999997
semi_minor_axis: 6356.7520000000004
inverse_flattening: 298.25722356300003
spatial_epsg: 3031
spatial_ref: PROJCS["WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-71],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3031"]]
crs_wkt: PROJCS["WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-71],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3031"]]
GeoTransform: -2670000.0000000000, 100.00000000000000, 0.0000000000000000, 2270000.0000000000, 0.0000000000000000, -100.00000000000000
origname: Polar_Stereographic
fullnamepath: /Polar_Stereographic
quality_assessment_qa_granule_fail_reason: Array of 32 bit Integers [quality_assessment_phony_dim_1 = 0..0]
source: Operations
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 5
contentType: qualityInformation
flag_meanings: no_failure PROCESS_ERROR INSUFFICIENT_OUTPUT failure_3 failure_4 OTHER_FAILURE
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
long_name: Granule Failure Reason
units: 1
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.
origname: qa_granule_fail_reason
fullnamepath: /quality_assessment/qa_granule_fail_reason
quality_assessment_qa_granule_pass_fail: Array of 32 bit Integers [quality_assessment_phony_dim_1 = 0..0]
source: Operations
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
flag_meanings: PASS FAIL
flag_values: 0, 1
units: 1
long_name: Granule Pass Flag
description: Flag indicating granule quality. 0=granule passes automatic QA. 1=granule fails automatic QA.
origname: qa_granule_pass_fail
fullnamepath: /quality_assessment/qa_granule_pass_fail
ice_area: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters^2
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Ice-covered area of each grid cell, accounting for the area distortion in the polar-stereographic projections
long_name: DEM grid ice-covered area
source: 3.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: ice_area
fullnamepath: /ice_area
h_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: Uncertainty in the DEM surface height
long_name: DEM uncertainty
source: 4.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: h_sigma
fullnamepath: /h_sigma
data_count: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Weighted number of data contributing to each node in the DEM.
long_name: DEM data count
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: data_count
fullnamepath: /data_count
h: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: DEM surface height, referenced to WGS84
long_name: DEM height
source: 3.2
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: h
fullnamepath: /h
orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1: Array of 32 bit Integers [orbit_info_bounding_polygon_dim1 = 0..135]
long_name: Polygon vertex count
units: 1
source: model
contentType: modelResult
description: Polygon extent vertex count
origname: bounding_polygon_dim1
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/bounding_polygon_dim1
quality_assessment_phony_dim_1: Array of 32 bit Reals [quality_assessment_phony_dim_1 = 0..0]
tile_stats_x: Array of 64 bit Reals [tile_stats_x = 0..135]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
description: tile-center x-coordinate, in projected coordinates
long_name: x
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: x
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/x
tile_stats_y: Array of 64 bit Reals [tile_stats_y = 0..110]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
description: tile-center y-coordinate, in projected coordinates
long_name: y
source: 4.1.2.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
origname: y
fullnamepath: /tile_stats/y
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
origname: x
fullnamepath: /x
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
origname: y
fullnamepath: /y