Variables in this Dataset

/gt1r/bckgrd_atlas/bckgrd_int_height: Array of 32 bit Reals [delta_time = 0..89489]
contentType: modelResult
coordinates: delta_time
description: The height of the altimetric range window. This is the height over which the 50-shot sum is generated. Parameter is ingested at 50-Hz, and values are repeated to form a 200-Hz array.
long_name: Altimetric range window width
source: ATL03 ATBD Section 7.3
units: meters
/gt1r/bckgrd_atlas/delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [delta_time = 0..89489]
description: Elapsed GPS Seconds from the ATLAS SDP GPS Epoch, referenced to the start of the 50-shot sum. This is based on every fiftieth laser fire time, which leads to a very close alignment with major frame boundaries (+/- 1 shot). The ATLAS Standard Data Products (SDP) epoch offset is defined within /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch as the number of GPS seconds between the GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z UTC) and the ATLAS SDP epoch. By adding the offset contained within atlas_sdp_gps_epoch to delta time parameters, the time in gps_seconds relative to the GPS epoch can be computed.
long_name: Time at the start of ATLAS 50-shot sum
source: ATL02
standard_name: time
units: seconds since 2018-01-01
/gt1r/heights/lat_ph: Array of 64 bit Reals [delta_time = 0..4102520]
coordinates: delta_time lon_ph
description: Latitude of each received photon. Computed from the ECF Cartesian coordinates of the bounce point.
long_name: Latitude
source: ATL03g ATBD, Section 3.4
standard_name: latitude
units: degrees_north
valid_max: 90.
valid_min: -90.
/gt1r/heights/delta_time: Array of 64 bit Reals [delta_time = 0..4102520]
contentType: referenceInformation
coordinates: lat_ph lon_ph
description: The transmit time of a given photon, measured in seconds from the ATLAS Standard Data Product Epoch. Note that multiple received photons associated with a single transmit pulse will have the same delta_time. The ATLAS Standard Data Products (SDP) epoch offset is defined within /ancillary_data/atlas_sdp_gps_epoch as the number of GPS seconds between the GPS epoch (1980-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z UTC) and the ATLAS SDP epoch. By adding the offset contained within atlas_sdp_gps_epoch to delta time parameters, the time in gps_seconds relative to the GPS epoch can be computed.
long_name: Elapsed GPS seconds
source: Operations
standard_name: time
units: seconds since 2018-01-01