Understanding biases in ICESat-2 data due to subsurface scattering using Airborne Topographic Mapper waveform data

Smith, Benjamin E.; Studinger, Michael; Sutterley, Tyler; Fair, Zachary; Neumann, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-975-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-975-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-975-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Research article

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05 Mar 2025

Research article |

| 05 Mar 2025

Understanding biases in ICESat-2 data due to subsurface scattering using Airborne Topographic Mapper waveform data

Benjamin E. Smith, Michael Studinger, Tyler Sutterley, Zachary Fair, and Thomas Neumann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-975-2025-supplement

Data sets

IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms, Version 1 M. Studinger https://doi.org/10.5067/ezq5u3r3xwbs

IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms, Version 1 M. Studinger https://doi.org/10.5067/v25x7lhdpmzy

NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) ground calibration data for waveform data products (1.0) M. Studinger et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225937

Snow broadband albedo, specific surface area and optical grain diameter from Sentinel-3's OLCI, daily 1 km mosaics, Greenland B. Vandecrux et al. https://doi.org/10.22008/fk2/oiajvo

IceBridge ATM Waveform Derived Snow Effective Grain Radius. (ILATMGR, Version 1) B. Smith et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/1207YUVC7KOO

Short summary

This study investigates errors (biases) that may result when green lasers are used to measure...