Dataset Information

granule_type: ATL13
short_name: ATL13
level: 3A
description: This data set (ATL13) contains along track surface heights of inland water bodies, including lakes, estuaries and rivers. Water surface slope and descriptive statistics are also provided. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter S
contributor_name: Thomas E 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)
contributor_role: Instrument Engineer, Investigator, Principle Investigator, Data Producer, Data Producer
Conventions: CF-1.6
date_type: UTC
featureType: trajectory
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
identifier_product_doi: 10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.001
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org
identifier_product_type: ATL13
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_type: CCSDS UTC-A
date_created: 2019-10-10T16:01:36.000000Z
hdfversion: HDF5 1.10.3
history: 2019-10-10T16:01:36.000000Z;f9ce9365-de8f-3ea8-b744-93887d239290;Created by PGE atlas_l3a_iw Version 3.2
identifier_file_uuid: f9ce9365-de8f-3ea8-b744-93887d239290
identifier_product_format_version: 3.2
time_coverage_duration: 22630.000000000000
time_coverage_end: 2019-03-31T03:39:51.000000Z
time_coverage_start: 2019-03-30T21:22:41.000000Z
geospatial_lat_min: -90.000000000000000
geospatial_lon_min: -180.00000000000000
geospatial_lat_max: 90.000000000000000
geospatial_lon_max: 180.00000000000000
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/
title: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height
identifier_file_product_type: ATL13
institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
creator_name: GSFC I-SIPS > ICESat-2 Science Investigator-led Processing System
summary: The purpose of ATL13 is to provide along-track inland water surface heights and associated statistics.
keywords: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > NONE > 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: 3A
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: gt1l_delta_time, gt1r_delta_time, gt2l_delta_time, gt2r_delta_time, gt3l_delta_time, gt3r_delta_time, orbit_info_crossing_time, orbit_info_sc_orient_time


Variables in this Dataset

orbit_info_cycle_number: Array of 16 bit Integers [orbit_info_crossing_time = 0..3]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: A count of the number of exact repeats of this reference orbit.
source: Operations
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle_number
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/cycle_number
coordinates: orbit_info_crossing_time
orbit_info_orbit_number: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [orbit_info_crossing_time = 0..3]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Orbit Number
description: Unique identifying number for each planned ICESat-2 orbit.
source: Operations
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 65000
origname: orbit_number
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/orbit_number
coordinates: orbit_info_crossing_time
orbit_info_lan: Array of 64 bit Reals [orbit_info_crossing_time = 0..3]
units: degrees_east
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Ascending Node Longitude
description: Longitude at the ascending node crossing.
source: POD/PPD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: lan
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/lan
coordinates: orbit_info_crossing_time
orbit_info_sc_orient: Array of 16 bit Integers [orbit_info_sc_orient_time = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Spacecraft Orientation
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.
source: POD/PPD
flag_meanings: backward forward transition
flag_values: 0, 1, 2
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 2
origname: sc_orient
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/sc_orient
coordinates: orbit_info_sc_orient_time
orbit_info_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [orbit_info_crossing_time = 0..3]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: POD/PPD
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/rgt
coordinates: orbit_info_crossing_time
gt1r_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt1r/rgt
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time
gt1r_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_ice
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt1r/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt1r/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt1r/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt1r/water_depth
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1r/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt1r/cycle
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt1r/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt1r/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1r/ice_flag
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_lon
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat
gt1r_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt1r/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_lat
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1r/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1r/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt1r/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt1r/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt1r/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time
gt1r_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt1r/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt1r_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt1r/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time
gt1r_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt1r/segment_dac
coordinates: gt1r_delta_time gt1r_segment_lat gt1r_segment_lon
gt2r_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt2r/rgt
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time
gt2r_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_ice
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt2r/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt2r/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt2r/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt2r/water_depth
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2r/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt2r/cycle
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt2r/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt2r/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt2r/ice_flag
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_lon
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat
gt2r_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt2r/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_lat
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2r/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2r/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt2r/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt2r/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt2r/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time
gt2r_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt2r/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt2r_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt2r/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time
gt2r_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt2r/segment_dac
coordinates: gt2r_delta_time gt2r_segment_lat gt2r_segment_lon
gt1l_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt1l/rgt
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time
gt1l_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_ice
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt1l/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt1l/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt1l/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt1l/water_depth
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1l/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt1l/cycle
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt1l/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt1l/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt1l/ice_flag
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_lon
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat
gt1l_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt1l/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_lat
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1l/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt1l/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt1l/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt1l/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt1l/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time
gt1l_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt1l/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
gt1l_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt1l/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time
gt1l_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt1l/segment_dac
coordinates: gt1l_delta_time gt1l_segment_lat gt1l_segment_lon
quality_assessment_qa_granule_fail_reason: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Granule Failure Reason
description: Flag indicating granule failure reason. 0=no failure; 1=processing failure; 2=insufficient data; 3=TBD3; 4=TBD4; 5=TBD5
source: Operations
flag_meanings: no_failure processing_failure insufficient_data TBD3 TBD4 TBD5
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 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]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Granule Pass Flag
description: Flag indicating granule quality. 0=granule passes automatic QA. 1=granule fails automatic QA.
source: Operations
flag_meanings: PASS FAIL
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qa_granule_pass_fail
fullnamepath: /quality_assessment/qa_granule_pass_fail
gt3l_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt3l/rgt
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time
gt3l_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_ice
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt3l/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt3l/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt3l/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt3l/water_depth
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3l/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt3l/cycle
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt3l/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt3l/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt3l/ice_flag
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_lon
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat
gt3l_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt3l/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_lat
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3l/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3l/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt3l/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt3l/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt3l/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time
gt3l_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt3l/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt3l_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt3l/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time
gt3l_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt3l/segment_dac
coordinates: gt3l_delta_time gt3l_segment_lat gt3l_segment_lon
gt2l_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt2l/rgt
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time
gt2l_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_ice
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt2l/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt2l/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt2l/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt2l/water_depth
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2l/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt2l/cycle
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt2l/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt2l/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt2l/ice_flag
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_lon
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat
gt2l_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt2l/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_lat
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2l/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt2l/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt2l/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt2l/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt2l/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time
gt2l_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt2l/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
gt2l_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt2l/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time
gt2l_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt2l/segment_dac
coordinates: gt2l_delta_time gt2l_segment_lat gt2l_segment_lon
ancillary_data_release: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Release Number
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.
source: Operations
origname: release
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/release
ancillary_data_end_geoseg: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending Geolocation Segment
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.
source: Derived
origname: end_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_geoseg
ancillary_data_version: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Version
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.
source: Operations
origname: version
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/version
ancillary_data_end_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending Region
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.
source: Derived
origname: end_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_region
ancillary_data_atlas_sdp_gps_epoch: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: seconds since 1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: ATLAS Epoch Offset
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.
source: Operations
origname: atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch
ancillary_data_end_rgt: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending Reference Groundtrack
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.
source: Derived
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: end_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_rgt
ancillary_data_end_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: ATLAS End Time (Actual)
standard_name: time
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.
source: Derived
origname: end_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_delta_time
ancillary_data_end_orbit: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending Orbit Number
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.
source: Derived
origname: end_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_orbit
ancillary_data_start_cycle: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Cycle
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.
source: Derived
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 99
origname: start_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_cycle
ancillary_data_data_end_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the last data point within the granule.
source: Derived
origname: data_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_end_utc
ancillary_data_control: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Control File
description: PGE-specific control file used to generate this granule. To re-use, replace breaks (BR) with linefeeds.
source: Operations
origname: control
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/control
ancillary_data_start_gpssow: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: seconds
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Start GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the first data point in the granule.
source: Derived
origname: start_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpssow
ancillary_data_granule_end_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: End UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
description: Requested end time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
source: Derived
origname: granule_end_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_end_utc
ancillary_data_end_cycle: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending Cycle
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.
source: Derived
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 99
origname: end_cycle
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_cycle
ancillary_data_granule_start_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Requested)
description: Requested start time (in UTC CCSDS-A) of this granule.
source: Derived
origname: granule_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/granule_start_utc
ancillary_data_start_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: ATLAS Start Time (Actual)
standard_name: time
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.
source: Derived
origname: start_delta_time
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_delta_time
ancillary_data_start_geoseg: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Geolocation Segment
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.
source: Derived
origname: start_geoseg
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_geoseg
ancillary_data_inland_water_atm_window2: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: ATM Background Window Top
description: Upper limit of height above coarse water surface height for atmospheric background count calculation.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: atm_window2
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/atm_window2
ancillary_data_inland_water_b1_sseg1: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Small Segment Bin Size
description: Bin size to be used for histogramming of each small segment.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: b1_sseg1
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/b1_sseg1
ancillary_data_inland_water_s_seg1: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length
description: Short segment size, operationally used as unit length over which to identify water surface height anomalies such as islands, bridges, etc.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: s_seg1
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/s_seg1
ancillary_data_inland_water_detrend_width: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Detrend Width
description: Number of standard deviations +/- mode to include in detrend band.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: detrend_width
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/detrend_width
ancillary_data_inland_water_sub_max: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Subsurf Max Vertical Profile
description: Maximum vertical profile of water subsurface to include in estimation of subsurface characteristics
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sub_max
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sub_max
ancillary_data_inland_water_ref_dist_iw_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Reference Difference
description: Maximum distance from a water body that a geosegment reference photon indicates the need for overlap testing each individual photon in the geosegment
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: ref_dist_iw_bdy
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/ref_dist_iw_bdy
ancillary_data_inland_water_sseg_mode_freq_test: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mode Frequency Test
description: Threshold to test number of short segment histogram modes against for inclusion or exclusion of short segment.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sseg_mode_freq_test
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sseg_mode_freq_test
ancillary_data_inland_water_type_to_process: Array of 16 bit Integers [FakeDim1 = 0..8]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
long_name: Type to Process
description: Water body types that are to be processed by the ATL13 algorithm. This parameter is a rank 1 array of extent 9, with the body type digits coinciding with the array subscripts 1 through 9. Array elements are binary values, if 0 then process body type, 1 otherwise. Water body types are described in ATL13 chapter 4.7.1.2 and in Table 5-4.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 4.7.1.2, Table 5-4
flag_meanings: process_type otherwise
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
origname: type_to_process
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/type_to_process
ancillary_data_inland_water_sig_threshold: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Signal Confidence Threshold
description: Minimum signal confidence required for photon to be included in analysis
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sig_threshold
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sig_threshold
ancillary_data_inland_water_size_to_process: Array of 16 bit Integers [FakeDim1 = 0..8][FakeDim3 = 0..8]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Size to Process
description: Water body sizes that are to be processed by the ATL13 algorithm for each water body type. This parameter is a rank 2 array of size 9x9, where array subscripts 1 through 9, coincide with body type digits along columns, and body size digits along rows. Array elements are binary values, if 0 then process body size for that type, 1 otherwise. Water body sizes are described in ATL13 chapter 4.7.1.2 and in Table 5-4.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 4.7.1.2, Table 5-4
flag_meanings: process_size otherwise
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: size_to_process
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/size_to_process
ancillary_data_inland_water_gauss_pk_thres: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Gaussian Peak Threshold
description: Fraction of the peak amplitude above which Gaussian fit error analysis is executed (ie, calculate error on Gaussian only between the peak amplitude and gauss_pk_thres * peak)
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: gauss_pk_thres
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/gauss_pk_thres
ancillary_data_inland_water_sseg_mode_cnt_test: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mode Count Test
description: Threshold to test number of values contained in short segment histogram multimodes against for inclusion or exclusion of short segment
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sseg_mode_cnt_test
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sseg_mode_cnt_test
ancillary_data_inland_water_shore_buffer: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Shore Buffer
description: Number of near-shore short segments to ignore in analysis due to near-shore influences.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: shore_buffer
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/shore_buffer
ancillary_data_inland_water_h_mavg_c: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Num Depth Bins C
description: Number of bins over which to calculate moving average
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: h_mavg_c
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/h_mavg_c
ancillary_data_inland_water_bckgrd_threshold: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim4 = 0..1]
units: counts/sec
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Background Threshold
description: Thresholds outside of which computed background is flagged (High, Low).
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: bckgrd_threshold
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/bckgrd_threshold
ancillary_data_inland_water_f2_d_min: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Minimum Distance Thres
description: Minimum distance threshold between photons required for inclusion in algorithm.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: f2_d_min
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/f2_d_min
ancillary_data_inland_water_max_gseg_search: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Max Geoseg Search Radius
description: Maximum number of geosegments in either direction to search for reported water surface heights
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: max_gseg_search
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/max_gseg_search
ancillary_data_inland_water_sseg_length_test: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length Test
description: Threshold by which to test the length of a short segment to determine if it is anomalous or not anomalous.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sseg_length_test
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sseg_length_test
ancillary_data_inland_water_h_mavg_a: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Num Depth Bins A
description: Number of depth bins over which to compute H_mavg_a
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: h_mavg_a
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/h_mavg_a
ancillary_data_inland_water_signal_window_bottom: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Signal Window Bottom
description: Lower limit below coarse water surface to include photons for analysis.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: signal_window_bottom
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/signal_window_bottom
ancillary_data_inland_water_c_fresnel: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Fresnel Coeff
description: Fresnel specular reflection coefficient @ 532 nm
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: c_fresnel
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/c_fresnel
ancillary_data_inland_water_sseg_mode_spread_test: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mode Spread Test
description: Threshold to test distance between short segment histogram multimodes against for inclusion or exclusion of short segment.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: sseg_mode_spread_test
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/sseg_mode_spread_test
ancillary_data_inland_water_anmly_test: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim5 = 0..3]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Anomaly Test
description: Array containing threshold values against which to test segments for anomalous changes in height. The mode of each segment histogram will be tested against ht_water_coarse and excluded if the difference is greater than the value associated with the segment
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: anmly_test
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/anmly_test
ancillary_data_inland_water_c_adj: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
description: Adjustment for the speed of light through water (cl)
source: ATBD Table 5-2
long_name: C Adjustment
origname: c_adj
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/c_adj
ancillary_data_inland_water_h_mavg_b: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Num Depth Bins B
description: Number of depth bins over which to compute H_mavg_b
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: h_mavg_b
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/h_mavg_b
ancillary_data_inland_water_b_long: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Long Bin Size
description: Bin size to be used by which to establish a histogram of long segments.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: b_long
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/b_long
ancillary_data_inland_water_bin_detrend: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Detrend Bin Size
description: Bin size used to establish a band of heights over which to determine the detrending equation.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: bin_detrend
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/bin_detrend
ancillary_data_inland_water_atm_window1: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: ATM Background Window Bottom
description: Lower limit of height above coarse water surface height for atmospheric background count calculation.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: atm_window1
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/atm_window1
ancillary_data_inland_water_m_avg_d: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Num Depth Bins D
description: Number of depth bins over which to compute P_ht_long_subsurf_mavg
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: m_avg_d
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/m_avg_d
ancillary_data_inland_water_l_surf: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Long Surface Segment Size
description: Long segment size, operationally used as unit length over which to detrend the water surface, characterize the surface, and deconvolve the instrument pulse and subsurface effects from the water surface response.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: l_surf
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/l_surf
ancillary_data_inland_water_signal_window_top: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Signal Window Top
description: Upper limit above coarse water surface to include photons for analysis.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: signal_window_top
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/signal_window_top
ancillary_data_inland_water_lsbr_threshold: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: LSBR Threshold
description: Threshold at which the LSBR indicates a significant transition from signal photon richness to noise.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: lsbr_threshold
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/lsbr_threshold
ancillary_data_inland_water_l_sub: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Long Subsurface Segment Size
description: Long segment size, operationally used as unit length over which to characterize the subsurface, and deconvolve the instrument pulse and subsurface effects from the water surface response.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: l_sub
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/l_sub
ancillary_data_inland_water_b2_sseg1: Array of 32 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Small Segment Height Bin Size
description: Bin size to be used for histogramming of small segment heights.
source: ATBD Table 5-2
origname: b2_sseg1
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/inland_water/b2_sseg1
ancillary_data_start_orbit: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Orbit Number
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.
source: Derived
origname: start_orbit
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_orbit
ancillary_data_data_start_utc: Array of Strings [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Start UTC Time of Granule (CCSDS-A, Actual)
description: UTC (in CCSDS-A format) of the first data point within the granule.
source: Derived
origname: data_start_utc
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/data_start_utc
ancillary_data_end_gpsweek: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
description: GPS week number of the last data point in the granule.
source: Derived
origname: end_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpsweek
ancillary_data_start_rgt: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Reference Groundtrack
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.
source: Derived
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: start_rgt
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_rgt
ancillary_data_end_gpssow: Array of 64 bit Reals [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: seconds
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Ending GPS SOW of Granule (Actual)
description: GPS seconds-of-week of the last data point in the granule.
source: Derived
origname: end_gpssow
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/end_gpssow
ancillary_data_start_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Starting Region
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.
source: Derived
origname: start_region
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_region
ancillary_data_start_gpsweek: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: weeks from 1980-01-06
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Start GPSWeek of Granule (Actual)
description: GPS week number of the first data point in the granule.
source: Derived
origname: start_gpsweek
fullnamepath: /ancillary_data/start_gpsweek
gt3r_rgt: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Reference Ground track
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 GT3 and GT4. During slews or off-pointing, it is possible that ground tracks may intersect the RGT. The ICESat-2 mission has 1387 RGTs.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 1387
origname: rgt
fullnamepath: /gt3r/rgt
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_bias_fit: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Bias Fit Quality Flag
description: The height bias fit flag is set based on the value of the goodness of fit bias estimated as the difference between the centroid elevations of the observed surface water histogram and fitted integrated water surface model histogram. The flag values are set as follows: = -3 if H_bias_fit < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 <= H_bias_fit < -0.05;-1 when -0.05 <= H_bias_fit < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_fit < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 < H_bias_fit < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 <= H_bias_fit; 4 if H_bias_fit is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 equal_to_or_above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_fit
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_bias_fit
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_sseg_mean_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: degrees_east
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Longitude
description: Mean longitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lon
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sseg_mean_lon
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time
gt3r_qf_ice: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Quality Flag
description: The quality flag for ice describes the likelihood of ice on the short water body surface segment. 0 for QF_Bckgrd<= 2; 1 for 2 < QF_Bckgrd<= 4; 2 for 4 < QF_Bckgrd; 3 for (4 < QF_Bckgrd and QF_Cloud=1)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: qf_bckgrd_le_2 qf_bckgrd_le_4 qf_bckgrd_gt_4 qf_bckgrd_w_cloud
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_ice
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_ice
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_inland_water_body_type: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Type
description: Type of Inland Water Body, where 1=Lake, 2=Known Reservoir, 3=(Reserved for future use), 4=Ephemeral Water, 5=River, 6=Estuary or Bay, 7=Coastal Water, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Lake Known_Reservoir Reserved_for_future_use Ephemeral_Water River Estuary_or_Bay Coastal_Water Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_type
fullnamepath: /gt3r/inland_water_body_type
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_inland_water_body_id: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body ID
description: Identifying signature of an individual inland water body. Each body of water is represented by a unique numeric value.
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
origname: inland_water_body_id
fullnamepath: /gt3r/inland_water_body_id
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_geoid: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Geoid
description: Applicable geoid value at reporting location for all short segment statistics.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_geoid
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_geoid
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_sseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Short Segment Length flag
description: The Short Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the short segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if sseg_length< 50 (meters); 1 if 50 source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_sseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_sseg_length
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_tide_equilibrium: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Equilibrium
description: Long period equilibrium tide self-consistent with ocean tide model (+- 0.04 m). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_equilibrium
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_tide_equilibrium
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_lseg_length: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Long Segment Length flag
description: The Long Segment Length flag is set based on the length of the long segment. The flag is set as follows: 0 if Lseg_length < 500 (meters); 1 if 50 <= Lseg_length < 1500 (meters); 2 if 150 <= Lseg_length < 3000 (meters); 3 if 3000 <= Lseg_length
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 above_threshold4
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_lseg_length
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_lseg_length
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_significant_wave_ht: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: SWH
description: Significant wave height
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
origname: significant_wave_ht
fullnamepath: /gt3r/significant_wave_ht
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_water_depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Water Depth
description: Depth from the mean water surface to detected bottom.
source: IW ATBD Section 5.3.4(A)
origname: water_depth
fullnamepath: /gt3r/water_depth
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_bias_em: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: EM Bias Quality Flag
description: The Electromagnetic Bias flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated electromagnetic height bias. The flag is set as follows: -3 if H_bias_EM < -0.10 (m); -2 if -0.10 < H_bias_EM < -0.05; -1 if -0.05 <= H_bias_EM < -0.01; 0 if -0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.01 (m); 1 if 0.01 <= H_bias_EM < 0.05; 2 if 0.05 <= H_bias_EM < 0.10; 3 if 0.10 < H_bias_EM; 4 if H_bias_EM is invalid.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_threshold1 below_threshold2 below_threshold3 below_threshold4 below_threshold5 below_threshold6 above_threshold6 invalid
flag_values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
valid_min: -3
valid_max: 4
origname: qf_bias_em
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_bias_em
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_id_end: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Last ATL03 Segment ID
description: Last ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_end
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_id_end
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_stdev_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Surface StDev
description: Standard deviation of water surface, calculated over long segments with result reported at each short segment location tag contained within.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: stdev_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3r/stdev_water_surf
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_iwp: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Inland Water Segment Processing Flag
description: Inland Water segment Processing (IWP) flag to describe the level of processing the inland water algorithm was able to perform on each short segment based on the data available, ranging from 1 to 7.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: 1_short_segment 2_short_segments 3_to_5_short_segments 6_to_7_short_segments 8_to_9_short_segments 10_to_29_short_segments 30_or_more_short_segments_analyzed
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 7
origname: qf_iwp
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_iwp
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_id_beg: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: First ATL03 Segment ID
description: First ATL03 segment_id associated with the photons within this inland water segment.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_id_beg
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_id_beg
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_cycle: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: counts
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Cycle Number
description: Tracks the number of 91-day cycles in the mission, beginning with 01.
source: ATL03
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 50
origname: cycle
fullnamepath: /gt3r/cycle
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_subsurf_anomaly: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Subsurface Anomaly Quality Flag
description: Describes the likelihood that the bottom or other subsurface anomaly is bottom based on the threshold value at which an anomaly was found. 1 = Subsurface anomaly due to bottom likely; 2 = Subsurface signal may indicate bottom or other anomaly; 3 = Possible subsurface anomaly; invalid = No subsurface anomaly detected
source: Inland Water ATBD 5.3.4(A)
flag_meanings: bottom_likely bottom_or_other_anomaly possible_subsurface_anomaly
flag_values: 1, 2, 3
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 3
origname: qf_subsurf_anomaly
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_subsurf_anomaly
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_subsurface_attenuation: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Subsurface Attenuation
description: Subsurface attenuation coefficient.
source: section 5.3.4 (A)
origname: subsurface_attenuation
fullnamepath: /gt3r/subsurface_attenuation
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_inland_water_body_region: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Body Region
description: ATL13-created shapefile representing relevant bodies of water over which to implement the ATL13 water surface finding algorithm only within a region of processing interest.
source: section 5.3.1 (A)
origname: inland_water_body_region
fullnamepath: /gt3r/inland_water_body_region
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_ice_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Ice Flag
description: Flag indicating significant existence of ice on the water surface
source: section 5.3.2 (D)
flag_meanings: no_ice ice
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: ice_flag
fullnamepath: /gt3r/ice_flag
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: degrees_east
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
description: Longitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -180.00000000000000
valid_max: 180.00000000000000
origname: segment_lon
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_lon
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat
gt3r_ht_ortho: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Orthometric Height
description: Orthometric height EGM2008 converted from ellipsoidal height.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_ortho
fullnamepath: /gt3r/ht_ortho
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: degrees_north
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
description: Latitude of reporting location
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: segment_lat
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_lat
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Surface Height
description: Water surface height with reference to WGS84 ellipsoid
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3r/ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_err_ht_water_surf: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Height Error
description: Error included in heights reported in ht_water_surf.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_ht_water_surf
fullnamepath: /gt3r/err_ht_water_surf
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_cloud: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Consolidated cloud flag
description: This flag is a combination of multiple flags (cloud_flag_atm, cloud_flag_asr, and bsnow_con) and takes daytime/nighttime into consideration. A value of 1 means clouds or blowing snow are likely present. A value of 0 indicates the likely absence of clouds or blowing snow. From the ATL09 data closest to the segment time.
source: ATL09
flag_meanings: likely_clear likely_cloudy
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_cloud
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_cloud
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_inland_water_body_source: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Source
description: Source of Inland Water Body shape, where 1=HydroLAKES, 2=Global Lakes and Wetlands Database, 3=Named Marine Water Bodies, 4=GSHHG Shoreline, 5=Reserved, 6=Reserved, 7=Reserved, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: HydroLAKES Global_Lakes_and_Wetlands_Database Named_Marine_Water_Bodies GSHHG_Shoreline Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_source
fullnamepath: /gt3r/inland_water_body_source
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_inland_water_body_size: Array of 16 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 127
units: 1
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Body Size
description: Size of Inland Water Body, A=area, where 0=Not_Assigned, 1=A>10,000 km2, 2=10,000>A>=1,000, 3=1,000>A>=100, 4=100>A>=10, 5=10>A>=1, 6=1>A>=0.1, 7=0.01>A, 8=Reserved, 9=Reserved
source: ATL13 ATBD, Section 5.3.1 (C)
flag_meanings: Not_Assigned A>10000 10000>A>=1000 1000>A>=100 100>A>=10 10>A>=1 1>A>=0.1 0.01>A Reserved Reserved
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 9
origname: inland_water_body_size
fullnamepath: /gt3r/inland_water_body_size
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_tide_ocean: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment Tide Ocean
description: Ocean tides including diurnal and semi-diurnal (harmonic analysis (+-4 m)). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provide mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATL03
origname: segment_tide_ocean
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_tide_ocean
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_err_slope_trk: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Slope Error
description: Error included in segment_slope_trk_local.
source: section 5.3.3 (C)
origname: err_slope_trk
fullnamepath: /gt3r/err_slope_trk
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_segment_slope_trk_bdy: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: 1
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Water Body Slope
description: Along track water body surface slope.
source: section 5.3.5 (A)
origname: segment_slope_trk_bdy
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_slope_trk_bdy
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_sseg_mean_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: degrees_north
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Latitude
description: Mean latitude of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
valid_min: -90.000000000000000
valid_max: 90.000000000000000
origname: sseg_mean_lat
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sseg_mean_lat
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time
gt3r_qf_spec_width: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Spectral Width Flag
description: The Spectral Width flag is set based on threshold checks for the estimated Spectral Width. The flag is set as follows: 0 if spec_width < 0.5; 1 if spec_width >= +0.5.
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: below_0.5 above_0.5
flag_values: 0, 1
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 1
origname: qf_spec_width
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_spec_width
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_qf_bckgrd: Array of 32 bit Integers [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 2147483647
units: 1
contentType: qualityInformation
long_name: Background Quality Flag
description: Describes the degree of background photons present in each short segment. bckgrd_dnsty_threshold1= 0.001 (counts per bi per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold2= 0.01 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold3= 0.05 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold4= 0.1 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold5= 0.3 (counts per bin per Lseg); bckgrd_dnsty_threshold6= 0.5 (counts per bin per Lseg)
source: Inland Water ATBD
flag_meanings: equal_to_or_below_threshold1 equal_to_or_below_threshold2 equal_to_or_below_threshold3 equal_to_or_below_threshold4 equal_to_or_below_threshold5 equal_to_or_below_threshold6 above_threshold6
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 6
origname: qf_bckgrd
fullnamepath: /gt3r/qf_bckgrd
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt3r_sseg_mean_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 1.7976931348623157e+308
units: Seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Short Segment Mean Time
description: Mean time of the signal-qualified photons in a short segment.
source: Inland Water ATBD
origname: sseg_mean_time
fullnamepath: /gt3r/sseg_mean_time
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time
gt3r_segment_dac: Array of 32 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
units: meters
contentType: auxiliaryInformation
long_name: Segment DAC
description: Dynamic atmospheric correction (DAC) includes inverted barometer (IB) effect (+- 5 cm). Although available at short segment rate for all water body types, value is provided mainly for transitional tidal and coastal water (types 6 and 7) and the largest lakes of Type 1 (~> 10,000 km2) for user's discretion.
source: ATBD Section 5.3.5A
origname: segment_dac
fullnamepath: /gt3r/segment_dac
coordinates: gt3r_delta_time gt3r_segment_lat gt3r_segment_lon
gt1l_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1l_delta_time = 0..122160]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt1l/delta_time
gt1r_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt1r_delta_time = 0..24321]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt1r/delta_time
gt2l_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2l_delta_time = 0..103274]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt2l/delta_time
gt2r_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt2r_delta_time = 0..24345]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt2r/delta_time
gt3l_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3l_delta_time = 0..121656]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt3l/delta_time
gt3r_delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [gt3r_delta_time = 0..24584]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: physicalMeasurement
long_name: Delta Time
standard_name: time
description: Number of GPS seconds since the ATLAS SDP epoch. 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.
source: ATL03
coordinates: segment_lat segment_lon
origname: delta_time
fullnamepath: /gt3r/delta_time
orbit_info_crossing_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [orbit_info_crossing_time = 0..3]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Ascending Node Crossing Time
standard_name: time
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.
source: POD/PPD
origname: crossing_time
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/crossing_time
orbit_info_sc_orient_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [orbit_info_sc_orient_time = 0..0]
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
contentType: referenceInformation
long_name: Time of Last Spacecraft Orientation Change
standard_name: time
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.
source: POD/PPD
origname: sc_orient_time
fullnamepath: /orbit_info/sc_orient_time
FakeDim0: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim0 = 0..0]
units: level
FakeDim1: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim1 = 0..8]
units: level
FakeDim3: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim3 = 0..8]
units: level
FakeDim4: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim4 = 0..1]
units: level
FakeDim5: Array of 32 bit Integers [FakeDim5 = 0..3]
units: level