ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V006

Description

This data set (ATL08) contains along-track heights above the WGS84 ellipsoid (ITRF2014 reference frame) for the ground and canopy surfaces. The canopy and ground surfaces are processed in fixed 100 m data segments, which typically contain more than 100 signal photons. The data were acquired by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory. Read our doc on how to get AWS Credentials to retrieve this data: https://data.nsidc.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/s3credentialsREADME

Update Frequency

From 2018-10-14 to Ongoing

License

Creative Commons BY 4.0

Documentation

https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL08.006

Managed By

See all datasets managed by NASA.

Contact

NASA NSIDC DAAC: nsidc@nsidc.org. Home Page: https://nsidc.org/daac

How to Cite

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V006 was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/nasa-atl08.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Accessing and working with ICESat-2 data in the cloud by Andy Barrett, Jennifer Roebuck, and Amy Steiker.