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    • ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V006

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    This data set (ATL03) contains height above the WGS 84 ellipsoid (ITRF2014 reference frame), latitude, longitude, and time for all photons downlinked by the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on board the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) observatory. The ATL03 product was designed to be a single source for all photon data and ancillary information needed by higher-level ATLAS/ICESat-2 products. As such, it also includes spacecraft and instrument parameters and ancillary data not explicitly required for ATL03.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2559919423-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2018-10-14
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 95fcb342-c5a2-4e0b-a237-416737af665f
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.006
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2758eab784bdd6c425495126cf6b71333f4f3fad8b01e1946b083995a038d447
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-10-13T00:00:00Z/2025-03-17T00:00:00Z

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