Sea Ice Surface Elevation derived from Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) lidar elevation data, Arctic, 2009-2018 (NCEI Accession 0237069)

Description

The gridded Surface Elevation product is derived from Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) lidar elevation data acquired during annual, low-altitude NASA Operation IceBridge airborne surveys over Arctic sea ice. IceBridge ATM data were acquired from March 2009 to May 2018. Due to the conical scanning geometry of the ATM lidar, across-track sampling is non-uniform, with sampling density greatest at the swath edges. To account for the variation in sample density, ATM elevation data are gridded. Each grid cell has an along-track dimension of 30 m and an across-track dimension that is inversely proportional to the across-track sampling density. The grid configuration optimizes ATM sample density which provides high-resolution measurements of elevation while it still contains enough point measurements for robust statistical calculations.

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0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/237069
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0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/
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0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/237069
0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/rmmc-zc80
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0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/237069
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/rmmc-zc80
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/237069
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/237069
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/
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0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/rmmc-zc80
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/237069
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/237069
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.umd.edu/
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0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/rmmc-zc80
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0 Data Product Webpage https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/SurfaceElevation.php
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/237069
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0184/0237069/

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