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    • ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V006

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2025

    This data set (ATL09) contains calibrated, attenuated backscatter profiles, layer integrated attenuated backscatter, and other parameters including cloud layer height and atmospheric characteristics obtained from the data. 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.

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    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 February 21, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 21, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2649212495-NSIDC_CPRD
    Data First Published 2018-10-14
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    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 1deaebef-c066-46d8-974a-01d481ab03b1
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL09.006
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 32661268a2bf67d7dd3265f4b8d89105f534a5decf075e9c8ebe6b286f639d43
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-10-13T00:00:00Z/2025-02-24T00:00:00Z

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