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A new Greenland digital elevation model derived from ICESat-2 during 2018–2019
Yubin Fan
                                            Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing,
210023, China
                                        
                                    Chang-Qing Ke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
                                            
                                    
                                            Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing,
210023, China
                                        
                                    Xiaoyi Shen
                                            Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science
and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing
Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean
Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and
Industrialization, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
                                        
                                    
                                            Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing,
210023, China
                                        
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- A Frontal Ablation Dataset for 49 Tidewater Glaciers in Greenland D. Fahrner et al. 10.1038/s41597-025-04948-3
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- An elevation change dataset in Greenland ice sheet from 2003 to 2020 using satellite altimetry data B. Yang et al. 10.1080/20964471.2022.2116796
- A new high-resolution global topographic factor dataset calculated based on SRTM Y. Sun et al. 10.1038/s41597-024-02917-w
- A framework for automated supraglacial lake detection and depth retrieval in ICESat-2 photon data across the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets P. Arndt & H. Fricker 10.5194/tc-18-5173-2024
- On the influence of underlying elevation data on Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI satellite methane retrievals over Greenland J. Hachmeister et al. 10.5194/amt-15-4063-2022
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- Reconstructing MODIS normalized difference snow index product on Greenland ice sheet using spatiotemporal extreme gradient boosting model F. Ye et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132277
- Generating high-resolution DEMs in mountainous regions using ICESat-2/ATLAS photons Y. Zhao et al. 10.1016/j.jag.2025.104461
- Ice acceleration and rotation in the Greenland Ice Sheet interior in recent decades A. Løkkegaard et al. 10.1038/s43247-024-01322-w
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Short summary
                    A new digital elevation model of Greenland was provided based on the ICESat-2 observations acquired from November 2018 to November 2019. A model fit method was applied within the grid cells at different spatial resolutions to estimate the surface elevations with a modal resolution of 500 m. We estimated the uncertainty with a median difference of −0.48 m for all of Greenland, which can benefit studies of elevation change and mass balance in Greenland.
                    A new digital elevation model of Greenland was provided based on the ICESat-2 observations...
                    
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