Dataset Information

GDAL_AREA_OR_POINT: Area
Conventions: CF-1.6
short_name: ATL14
level: L3B
title: SET_BY_META
description: This data set (ATL14) contains seasonal gridded land ice elevation.
contributor_name: Benjamin Smith (besmith@uw.edu), Tyler Sutterley (tsutterl@uw.edu), Suzanne Dickinson (sdickins@uw.edu), Benjamin Jelley (benjamin.p.jelley@nasa.gov), Denis Felikson (denis.felikson@nasa.gov), Thomas A Neumann (thomas.neumann@nasa.gov), Helen Fricker (hafricker@ucsd.edu), Alex Gardner (alex.s.gardner@jpl.nasa.gov), Laurence Padman (padman@esr.org), Thorsten Markus (thorsten.markus@nasa.gov), Nathan Kurtz (nathan.t.kurtz@nasa.gov), Suneel Bhardwaj (suneel.bhardwaj@nasa.gov), David W Hancock III (david.w.hancock@nasa.gov), Jeffrey Lee (jeffrey.e.lee@nasa.gov)
contributor_role: Investigator, Investigator, Algorithm Developer, Algorithm Developer, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Investigator, Algorithm Developer
date_type: UTC
geospatial_lat_max: -60.88151633146890
geospatial_lat_min: -78.13589365082520
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max: 171.7589788231710
geospatial_lon_min: -176.1439279139080
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
granule_type: ATL14
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org
license: Data may not be reproduced or distributed without including the citation for this product included in this metadata. Data may not be distributed in an altered form without the written permission of the ICESat-2 Science Project Office at NASA/GSFC.
naming_authority: http://dx.doi.org
reference_frame: ITRF2014
shortName: ATL14_META
spatial_coverage_type: Horizontal
standard_name_vocabulary: CF-1.6
time_type: CCSDS UTC-A
vertical_datum: WGS84
date_created: 2022-10-13T16:19:08.949134Z
fileName: ATL14_AA_0314_100m_002_02.nc
history: 2022-10-13T16:19:08.949134Z
identifier_product_format_version: 2.0
time_coverage_duration: 94150869.62631059
time_coverage_end: 2022-03-23T03:19:26.843657Z
time_coverage_start: 2019-03-29T10:18:17.217346Z
netcdfversion: 4.8.1
identifier_file_uuid: 1a63d97e-cd0e-4d8e-896a-92a6549316b8
publisher_name: NSIDC DAAC > NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
publisher_email: nsidc@nsidc.org
publisher_url: http://nsidc.org/daac/
identifier_product_type: ATL14
identifier_product_doi: doi:10.5067/ATLAS/ATL14.002
institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
creator_name: GSFC I-SIPS > ICESat-2 Science Investigator-led Processing System
summary: The purpose of ATL14 is to provide an IceSat-2 gridded satellite summary of heights of land-based ice.
keywords: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION > NONE > NONE > NONE
keywords_vocabulary: NASA/GCMD Science Keywords
citation: Cite these data in publications as follows: The data used in this study were produced by the ICESat-2 Science Project Office at NASA/GSFC. The data archive site is the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center.
processing_level: 3B
references: http://nsidc.org/data/icesat2/data.html
project: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
instrument: ATLAS > Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System
platform: ICESat-2 > Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2
source: Spacecraft


Variables in this Dataset

Polar_Stereographic: 16 bit Integer
standard_name: Polar_Stereographic
grid_mapping_name: polar_stereographic
straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole: 0.000000000000000
latitude_of_projection_origin: -90.00000000000000
standard_parallel: -71.00000000000000
scale_factor_at_projection_origin: 1.000000000000000
false_easting: 0.000000000000000
false_northing: 0.000000000000000
semi_major_axis: 6378.137000000000
semi_minor_axis: 6356.752000000000
inverse_flattening: 298.2572235630000
spatial_epsg: 3031
spatial_ref: PROJCS["WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-71],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3031"]]
crs_wkt: PROJCS["WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-71],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3031"]]
GeoTransform: -2670000.000000000, 100.0000000000000, 0.000000000000000, 2270000.000000000, 0.000000000000000, -100.0000000000000
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
ice_area: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters^2
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Ice-covered area of each grid cell, accounting for the area distortion in the polar-stereographic projections
long_name: DEM grid ice-covered area
source: 3.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
ice_area: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters^2
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Ice-covered area of each grid cell, accounting for the area distortion in the polar-stereographic projections
long_name: DEM grid ice-covered area
source: 3.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
h: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: DEM surface height, referenced to WGS84
long_name: DEM height
source: 3.2
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
h: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: DEM surface height, referenced to WGS84
long_name: DEM height
source: 3.2
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
h_sigma: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: Uncertainty in the DEM surface height
long_name: DEM uncertainty
source: 4.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
h_sigma: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: 4
description: Uncertainty in the DEM surface height
long_name: DEM uncertainty
source: 4.1
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
data_count: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Weighted number of data contributing to each node in the DEM.
long_name: DEM data count
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
data_count: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Weighted number of data contributing to each node in the DEM.
long_name: DEM data count
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
misfit_rms: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node data residual
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
misfit_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: meters
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node data residual
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
misfit_scaled_rms: Grid
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the error-scaled residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node scaled data uncertainty
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
misfit_scaled_rms: Array of 32 bit Reals [y = 0..44600][x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 3.40282347e+38
units: counts
dimensions: y, x
datatype: float32
coordinates: y x
least_significant_digit: None
description: Root-mean_square of the error-scaled residuals associated with each DEM node
long_name: DEM per-node scaled data uncertainty
source: 5.2.4.4
grid_mapping: Polar_Stereographic
y: Array of 64 bit Reals [y = 0..44600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: y
datatype: float64
coordinates: y
least_significant_digit: None
description: y coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic y
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
x: Array of 64 bit Reals [x = 0..54600]
_FillValue: 1.797693134862316e+308
units: meters
dimensions: x
datatype: float64
coordinates: x
least_significant_digit: None
description: x coordinate of the DEM cell centers, in projected coordinates
long_name: Polar stereographic x
source: 3.2
standard_name: projection_x_coordinate