A new Greenland digital elevation model derived from ICESat-2 during 2018–2019

Fan, Yubin; Ke, Chang-Qing; Shen, Xiaoyi

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A new Greenland digital elevation model derived from ICESat-2 during 2018–2019

Yubin Fan, Chang-Qing Ke, and Xiaoyi Shen

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

kecq@nju.edu.cn

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

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 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.

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