Variables in this Dataset

ancillary_data_atlas_sdp_gps_epoch: 64 bit Real
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.
long_name: ATLAS Epoch Offset
source: Operations
units: seconds since 1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z
origname: atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
ancillary_data_data_end_utc: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the last data point within the granule.
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: data_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_end_utc
ancillary_data_data_start_utc: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the first data point within the granule.
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: data_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_start_utc
ancillary_data_end_cycle: Byte
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
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.
long_name: Ending Cycle
units: 1
origname: end_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_cycle
ancillary_data_end_delta_time: 64 bit Real
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.
long_name: ATLAS End Time (Actual)
source: Derived
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
standard_name: time
origname: end_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_delta_time
ancillary_data_end_geoseg: 32 bit Integer
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.
long_name: Ending Geolocation Segment
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: end_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_geoseg
ancillary_data_end_gpssow: 64 bit Real
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the last data point in the granule.
long_name: Ending GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
source: Derived
units: seconds
origname: end_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpssow
ancillary_data_end_gpsweek: 32 bit Integer
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS week number of the last data point in the granule.
long_name: Ending GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
source: Derived
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
origname: end_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpsweek
ancillary_data_end_orbit: 16 bit Integer
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
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.
long_name: Ending Orbit Number
units: 1
origname: end_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_orbit
ancillary_data_end_region: Byte
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.
long_name: Ending Region
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: end_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_region
ancillary_data_end_rgt: 16 bit Unsigned integer
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
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.
long_name: Ending Reference Groundtrack
units: 1
origname: end_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_rgt
ancillary_data_granule_end_utc: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Requested end time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: granule_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_end_utc
ancillary_data_granule_start_utc: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Requested start time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
source: Derived
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
units: 1
origname: granule_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_start_utc
ancillary_data_release: String
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.
long_name: Release Number
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: release
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/release
ancillary_data_resource: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: ATL03 granule used to produce this granule
long_name: ATL03 Resource
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: resource
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/resource
ancillary_data_sliderule_commit: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Operations
description: Git commit ID (https://github.com/SlideRuleEarth/sliderule.git) of SlideRule software used to generate this granule
long_name: SlideRule Commit
units: 1
origname: sliderule_commit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/sliderule_commit
ancillary_data_sliderule_environment: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Git commit ID (https://github.com/SlideRuleEarth/sliderule.git) of SlideRule environment used to generate this granule
long_name: SlideRule Environment
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: sliderule_environment
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/sliderule_environment
ancillary_data_sliderule_version: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Version of SlideRule software used to generate this granule
long_name: SlideRule Version
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: sliderule_version
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/sliderule_version
ancillary_data_start_cycle: Byte
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.
long_name: Starting Cycle
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: start_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_cycle
ancillary_data_start_delta_time: 64 bit Real
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
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.
long_name: ATLAS Start Time (Actual)
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: start_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_delta_time
ancillary_data_start_geoseg: 32 bit Integer
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Geolocation Segment
source: Derived
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.
units: 1
origname: start_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_geoseg
ancillary_data_start_gpssow: 64 bit Real
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the first data point in the granule.
long_name: Start GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
source: Derived
units: seconds
origname: start_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpssow
ancillary_data_start_gpsweek: 32 bit Integer
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: GPS week number of the first data point in the granule.
long_name: Start GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
source: Derived
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
origname: start_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpsweek
ancillary_data_start_orbit: 16 bit Integer
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.
long_name: Starting Orbit Number
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: start_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_orbit
ancillary_data_start_region: Byte
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
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.
long_name: Starting Region
units: 1
origname: start_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_region
ancillary_data_start_rgt: 16 bit Unsigned integer
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.
long_name: Starting Reference Groundtrack
source: Derived
units: 1
origname: start_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_rgt
ancillary_data_version: String
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.
long_name: Version
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: version
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/version
gt1l_class_ph: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResults
description: 0 - unclassified, 1 - other, 40 - bathymetry, 41 - sea surface
long_name: Photon classification
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1l/class_ph
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_confidence: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: ensemble confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 where larger numbers represent higher confidence in classification
long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt1l/confidence
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt1l/delta_time
coordinates: gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_ellipse_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Photon WGS84 height
source: ATL03
units: meters
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid including refraction correction. Note neither the geoid, ocean tide nor the dynamic atmosphere (DAC) corrections are applied to the ellipsoidal heights.
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt1l/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_index_ph: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
long_name: Photon index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1l/index_ph
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_index_seg: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 geolocation group
long_name: Segment index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
fullnamepath: /gt1l/index_seg
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_invalid_kd: Array of Bytes [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
long_name: Invalid Kd
description: Indicates that no data was available in the VIIRS Kd490 8-day cycle dataset at the time and location of the photon
source: VIIRS Kd490
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_kd
fullnamepath: /gt1l/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_invalid_wind_speed: Array of Bytes [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that ATL09 data was not able to be read to determine wind speed
long_name: Invalid wind speed
source: ATL09
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_wind_speed
fullnamepath: /gt1l/invalid_wind_speed
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_lat_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
long_name: Latitude
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
source: ATL03
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1l/lat_ph
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_lon_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: Longitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1l/lon_ph
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph
gt1l_low_confidence_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
description: There is low confidence that the photon classified as bathymetry is actually bathymetry
units: boolean
long_name: Low confidence bathymetry flag
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: low_confidence_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1l/low_confidence_flag
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_night_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: The solar elevation was less than 5 degrees at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Night flag
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1l/night_flag
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_ortho_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt1l/ortho_h
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_sensor_depth_exceeded: Array of Bytes [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
long_name: Sensor depth exceeded
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_sigma_thu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_sigma_tvu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous vertical uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_surface_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: The geoid corrected height of the sea surface at the detected photon
long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt1l/surface_h
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
long_name: Distance from equator crossing
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt1l/x_atc
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1l_y_atc: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..188587]
contentType: modelResult
description: Across-track distance projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon from the reference ground track. This is based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm described in Section 3.1 of the ATBD.
long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt1l/y_atc
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_lat_ph gt1l_lon_ph
gt1r_class_ph: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResults
description: 0 - unclassified, 1 - other, 40 - bathymetry, 41 - sea surface
long_name: Photon classification
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1r/class_ph
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_confidence: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: ensemble confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 where larger numbers represent higher confidence in classification
long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt1r/confidence
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt1r/delta_time
coordinates: gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_ellipse_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid including refraction correction. Note neither the geoid, ocean tide nor the dynamic atmosphere (DAC) corrections are applied to the ellipsoidal heights.
long_name: Photon WGS84 height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt1r/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_index_ph: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
long_name: Photon index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1r/index_ph
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_index_seg: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 geolocation group
long_name: Segment index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
fullnamepath: /gt1r/index_seg
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_invalid_kd: Array of Bytes [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that no data was available in the VIIRS Kd490 8-day cycle dataset at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Invalid Kd
source: VIIRS Kd490
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_kd
fullnamepath: /gt1r/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_invalid_wind_speed: Array of Bytes [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that ATL09 data was not able to be read to determine wind speed
long_name: Invalid wind speed
source: ATL09
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_wind_speed
fullnamepath: /gt1r/invalid_wind_speed
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_lat_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1r/lat_ph
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_lon_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: Longitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt1r/lon_ph
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph
gt1r_low_confidence_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
description: There is low confidence that the photon classified as bathymetry is actually bathymetry
long_name: Low confidence bathymetry flag
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: low_confidence_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1r/low_confidence_flag
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_night_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: The solar elevation was less than 5 degrees at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Night flag
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1r/night_flag
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_ortho_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt1r/ortho_h
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_sensor_depth_exceeded: Array of Bytes [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
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source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_sigma_thu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_sigma_tvu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous vertical uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
gt1r_surface_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..36267]
contentType: modelResult
description: The geoid corrected height of the sea surface at the detected photon
long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt1r/surface_h
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
long_name: Distance from equator crossing
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt1r/x_atc
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Across-track distance projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon from the reference ground track. This is based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm described in Section 3.1 of the ATBD.
long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt1r/y_atc
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_lat_ph gt1r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResults
description: 0 - unclassified, 1 - other, 40 - bathymetry, 41 - sea surface
long_name: Photon classification
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2l/class_ph
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_confidence: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..106046]
contentType: modelResult
description: ensemble confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 where larger numbers represent higher confidence in classification
long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt2l/confidence
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt2l/delta_time
coordinates: gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_ellipse_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..106046]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid including refraction correction. Note neither the geoid, ocean tide nor the dynamic atmosphere (DAC) corrections are applied to the ellipsoidal heights.
long_name: Photon WGS84 height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt2l/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_index_ph: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..106046]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
long_name: Photon index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2l/index_ph
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_index_seg: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..106046]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 geolocation group
long_name: Segment index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
fullnamepath: /gt2l/index_seg
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that no data was available in the VIIRS Kd490 8-day cycle dataset at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Invalid Kd
source: VIIRS Kd490
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_kd
fullnamepath: /gt2l/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_invalid_wind_speed: Array of Bytes [ = 0..106046]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that ATL09 data was not able to be read to determine wind speed
long_name: Invalid wind speed
source: ATL09
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_wind_speed
fullnamepath: /gt2l/invalid_wind_speed
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2l/lat_ph
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Longitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2l/lon_ph
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph
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contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
description: There is low confidence that the photon classified as bathymetry is actually bathymetry
long_name: Low confidence bathymetry flag
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: low_confidence_flag
fullnamepath: /gt2l/low_confidence_flag
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_night_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..106046]
contentType: modelResult
description: The solar elevation was less than 5 degrees at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Night flag
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt2l/night_flag
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt2l/ortho_h
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
long_name: Sensor depth exceeded
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_sigma_thu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..106046]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
gt2l_sigma_tvu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..106046]
contentType: modelResult
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous vertical uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: The geoid corrected height of the sea surface at the detected photon
long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt2l/surface_h
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
long_name: Distance from equator crossing
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt2l/x_atc
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Across-track distance projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon from the reference ground track. This is based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm described in Section 3.1 of the ATBD.
long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt2l/y_atc
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_lat_ph gt2l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResults
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long_name: Photon classification
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2r/class_ph
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt2r/confidence
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
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source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt2r/delta_time
coordinates: gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
gt2r_ellipse_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29728]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid including refraction correction. Note neither the geoid, ocean tide nor the dynamic atmosphere (DAC) corrections are applied to the ellipsoidal heights.
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source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt2r/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
gt2r_index_ph: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..29728]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
long_name: Photon index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2r/index_ph
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 geolocation group
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source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
fullnamepath: /gt2r/index_seg
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Invalid Kd
source: VIIRS Kd490
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
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fullnamepath: /gt2r/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Invalid wind speed
source: ATL09
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
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fullnamepath: /gt2r/invalid_wind_speed
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2r/lat_ph
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Longitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt2r/lon_ph
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph
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contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
description: There is low confidence that the photon classified as bathymetry is actually bathymetry
long_name: Low confidence bathymetry flag
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flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
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fullnamepath: /gt2r/low_confidence_flag
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt2r/night_flag
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt2r/ortho_h
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
long_name: Sensor depth exceeded
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt2r/surface_h
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
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source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt2r/x_atc
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt2r/y_atc
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_lat_ph gt2r_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResults
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source: ATL03
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origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3l/class_ph
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt3l/confidence
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
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source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt3l/delta_time
coordinates: gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
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source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt3l/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
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source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3l/index_ph
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: physicalMeasurement
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source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
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coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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fullnamepath: /gt3l/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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flag_meanings: false, true
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coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3l/lat_ph
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3l/lon_ph
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph
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contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
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coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
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contentType: modelResult
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source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt3l/night_flag
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_ortho_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt3l/ortho_h
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_sensor_depth_exceeded: Array of Bytes [ = 0..122727]
contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
long_name: Sensor depth exceeded
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_sigma_thu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_sigma_tvu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: modelResult
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous vertical uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_surface_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: modelResult
description: The geoid corrected height of the sea surface at the detected photon
long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt3l/surface_h
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
long_name: Distance from equator crossing
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt3l/x_atc
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3l_y_atc: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..122727]
contentType: modelResult
description: Across-track distance projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon from the reference ground track. This is based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm described in Section 3.1 of the ATBD.
long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt3l/y_atc
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_lat_ph gt3l_lon_ph
gt3r_class_ph: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResults
description: 0 - unclassified, 1 - other, 40 - bathymetry, 41 - sea surface
long_name: Photon classification
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: class_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3r/class_ph
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_confidence: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: ensemble confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 where larger numbers represent higher confidence in classification
long_name: Ensemble confidence
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: confidence
fullnamepath: /gt3r/confidence
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. 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.
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: ATL03
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt3r/delta_time
coordinates: gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_ellipse_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid including refraction correction. Note neither the geoid, ocean tide nor the dynamic atmosphere (DAC) corrections are applied to the ellipsoidal heights.
long_name: Photon WGS84 height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ellipse_h
fullnamepath: /gt3r/ellipse_h
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_index_ph: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 heights group
long_name: Photon index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3r/index_ph
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_index_seg: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: 0-based index of the photon in the ATL03 geolocation group
long_name: Segment index
source: ATL03
units: scalar
origname: index_seg
fullnamepath: /gt3r/index_seg
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_invalid_kd: Array of Bytes [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that no data was available in the VIIRS Kd490 8-day cycle dataset at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Invalid Kd
source: VIIRS Kd490
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_kd
fullnamepath: /gt3r/invalid_kd
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_invalid_wind_speed: Array of Bytes [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Indicates that ATL09 data was not able to be read to determine wind speed
long_name: Invalid wind speed
source: ATL09
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: invalid_wind_speed
fullnamepath: /gt3r/invalid_wind_speed
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_lat_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_north
standard_name: latitude
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
origname: lat_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3r/lat_ph
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_lon_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Longitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Longitude
source: ATL03
units: degrees_east
standard_name: longitude
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
origname: lon_ph
fullnamepath: /gt3r/lon_ph
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph
gt3r_low_confidence_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
source: ATL03
description: There is low confidence that the photon classified as bathymetry is actually bathymetry
long_name: Low confidence bathymetry flag
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: low_confidence_flag
fullnamepath: /gt3r/low_confidence_flag
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_night_flag: Array of Bytes [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: The solar elevation was less than 5 degrees at the time and location of the photon
long_name: Night flag
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: night_flag
fullnamepath: /gt3r/night_flag
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_ortho_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: Height of each received photon, relative to the geoid.
long_name: Orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: ortho_h
fullnamepath: /gt3r/ortho_h
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_sensor_depth_exceeded: Array of Bytes [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: The subaqueous photon is below the maximum depth detectable by the ATLAS sensor given the Kd of the water column
long_name: Sensor depth exceeded
source: ATL03
units: boolean
flag_meanings: false, true
flag_values: 0, 1
origname: sensor_depth_exceeded
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sensor_depth_exceeded
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_sigma_thu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous horizontal uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total horizontal uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_thu
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sigma_thu
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_sigma_tvu: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: The combination of the aerial and subaqueous vertical uncertainty for each received photon
long_name: Total vertical uncertainty
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: sigma_tvu
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sigma_tvu
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_surface_h: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: The geoid corrected height of the sea surface at the detected photon
long_name: Sea surface orthometric height
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: surface_h
fullnamepath: /gt3r/surface_h
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_x_atc: Array of 64 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Along-track distance in a segment projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon, based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm. Total along track distance can be found by adding this value to the sum of segment lengths measured from the start of the most recent reference groundtrack.
long_name: Distance from equator crossing
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: x_atc
fullnamepath: /gt3r/x_atc
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
gt3r_y_atc: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..29322]
contentType: modelResult
description: Across-track distance projected to the ellipsoid of the received photon from the reference ground track. This is based on the Along-Track Segment algorithm described in Section 3.1 of the ATBD.
long_name: Distance off RGT
source: ATL03
units: meters
origname: y_atc
fullnamepath: /gt3r/y_atc
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_lat_ph gt3r_lon_ph
metadata_atl24: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: atl24 algorithm versioning and build information
long_name: ATL24 MetaData
source: Derived
units: json
origname: atl24
fullnamepath: /metadata/atl24
metadata_extent: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: geospatial and temporal extents
long_name: Query MetaData
source: Derived
units: json
origname: extent
fullnamepath: /metadata/extent
metadata_sliderule: String
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
source: Derived
description: sliderule server and request information
long_name: SlideRule MetaData
units: json
origname: sliderule
fullnamepath: /metadata/sliderule
orbit_info_crossing_time: 64 bit Real
contentType: referenceInformation
source: POD/PPD
description: The time, in seconds since the ATLAS SDP GPS Epoch, at which the ascending node crosses the equator. 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.
long_name: Ascending Node Crossing Time
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
standard_name: time
origname: crossing_time
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/crossing_time
orbit_info_cycle_number: Byte
contentType: referenceInformation
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01. A unique orbit number can be determined by subtracting 1 from the cycle_number, multiplying by 1387 and adding the rgt value.
long_name: Cycle Number
source: POD/PPD
units: counts
origname: cycle_number
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/cycle_number
orbit_info_lan: 64 bit Real
contentType: referenceInformation
description: Longitude at the ascending node crossing.
long_name: Ascending Node Longitude
source: POD/PPD
units: degrees_east
origname: lan
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/lan
orbit_info_orbit_number: 16 bit Integer
contentType: referenceInformation
description: Unique identifying number for each planned ICESat-2 orbit.
long_name: Orbit Number
source: Operations
units: 1
origname: orbit_number
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/orbit_number
orbit_info_rgt: 16 bit Unsigned integer
contentType: referenceInformation
description: The reference ground track (RGT) is the track on the earth at which a specified unit vector within the observatory is pointed. Under nominal operating conditions, there will be no data collected along the RGT, as the RGT is spanned by GT2L and GT2R. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
long_name: Reference Ground Track
source: POD/PPD
units: counts
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/rgt
orbit_info_sc_orient: 16 bit Integer
contentType: referenceInformation
description: This parameter tracks the spacecraft orientation between forward, backward and transitional flight modes. ICESat-2 is considered to be flying forward when the weak beams are leading the strong beams; and backward when the strong beams are leading the weak beams. ICESat-2 is considered to be in transition while it is maneuvering between the two orientations. Science quality is potentially degraded while in transition mode.
long_name: Spacecraft Orientation
source: POD/PPD
units: 1
flag_meanings: backward forward transition
flag_values: 0, 1, 2
origname: sc_orient
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/sc_orient
orbit_info_sc_orient_time: 64 bit Real
contentType: referenceInformation
source: POD/PPD
description: The time of the last spacecraft orientation change between forward, backward and transitional flight modes, expressed in seconds since the ATLAS SDP GPS Epoch. ICESat-2 is considered to be flying forward when the weak beams are leading the strong beams; and backward when the strong beams are leading the weak beams. ICESat-2 is considered to be in transition while it is maneuvering between the two orientations. Science quality is potentially degraded while in transition mode. 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.
long_name: Time of Last Spacecraft Orientation Change
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
standard_name: time
origname: sc_orient_time
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/sc_orient_time