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    • ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height V006

    Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

    This data set (ATL12) contains along-track sea surface height of the global open ocean, including the ice-free seasonal ice zone and near-coast regions. Estimates of height distributions, significant wave height, sea state bias, and 10 m heights are also provided. 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.

    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 April 11, 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 April 11, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2560378689-NSIDC_ECS
    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 a7e5dd0a-c47e-48af-a8c2-88f125c7abe2
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL12.006
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 28b5e59c4a40a9b656d1ea83d82e20333f51483073bb1db455b1ec9080bed886
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-10-13T00:00:00Z/2025-01-27T00:00:00Z

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