NASA的ICESat、Operation IceBridge和ICESat-2任务有一个共同的目标,即通过详细的地表高度测量,更好地描述北极和南极冰盖、冰架和海冰的变化。
在ICESat、IceBridge和ICESat-2数据集中,仪器、格式、参数、覆盖范围和分辨率各不相同。下表概述了这些任务的主要测高数据集以及这些关键元数据。
Altimetry Data Across the Missions:
ICESat-2产品:
ATL00 Telemetry Data Raw ATLAS telemetry in packet format
ATL01 Reformatted Telemetry
Parsed, partially reformatted into HDF5, generated daily, segmented into several minute granules.
https://doi.org/10.5067/IGMFO2X80N1E
ATL02 Science Unit Converted Telemetry
Photon time of flight, corrected for instrument effects. Includes all photons, pointing data, spacecraft position, housekeeping data, engineering data, and raw atmospheric profiles, segmented into several minute granules.
https://doi.org/10.5067/8H5I10R7P67W
POD Precise Orbit Determination, Orbit