AS ICESAT#2 MOVES CLOSER TO ITS PROJECTED LAUNCH DATE OF SEPTEMBER 12 2018 THERE REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED ON THE ATL08 ALGORITHM TO FEEL PREPARED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SCIENCE WORTHY DATA PRODUCTS. MOST RECENTLY OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE NASA ICESAT#2 PROJECT SCIENCE OFFICE (PSO) TO CREATE A SERIES OF SIMULATED DATA PRODUCTS (LAND/VEG KATL03) THAT WILL SERVE AS THE INPUT SCIENCE DATA TEST FOR THE ATL08 PGE SOFTWARE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO REQUEST FUNDS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF ATL08 DEVELOPMENT PERSONNEL AND BUILD CONFIDENCE THAT THE ATL08 ALGORITHM IS READY FOR THE LARGE VOLUME OF DATA ONCE ICESAT#2 IS ON ORBIT AND COLLECTING DATA. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE OUTLINED IN FURTHER DETAIL BELOW.