ICESat/GLAS
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation / Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
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Data
The following list includes ICESat/GLAS data sets and related products available from the NSIDC DAAC. NOTE: Access to GLAS binary data was removed 01 August, 2017. All GLAS data are available in HDF5 format.
Data for this collection: 15
| NAME | TEMPORAL COVERAGE | PARAMETER(S) |
|---|---|---|
| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH01) | - | WAVEFORM |
| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH02) | - | SENSOR COUNTS |
| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH03) | - | TOTAL TEMPERATURE |
| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH04) | - | ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICSVIEWING GEOMETRY |
| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH05) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATIONGLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHYICE SHEETSTERRAIN ELEVATION |
| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH06) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATIONGLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHYICE ROUGHNESSICE SHEETSREFLECTANCESEA SURFACE HEIGHTSEA SURFACE SLOPESURFACE ROUGHNESSTERRAIN ELEVATION |
| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH07) | - | AEROSOL BACKSCATTERSCATTERINGTERRAIN ELEVATION |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Planetary Boundary Layer and Elevated Aerosol Layer Heights (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH08) | - | AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIESPLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH09) | - | CLOUD HEIGHTCLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Aerosol Vertical Structure Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH10) | - | AEROSOL BACKSCATTERAEROSOL EXTINCTIONCLOUD REFLECTANCETRANSMITTANCE |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH11) | - | AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESSCLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH12) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATIONGLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHYICE SHEETSREFLECTANCE |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Sea Ice Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH13) | - | ICE ROUGHNESSREFLECTANCESEA ICE ELEVATION |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH14) | - | REFLECTANCETERRAIN ELEVATION |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Ocean Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH15) | - | REFLECTANCESEA SURFACE HEIGHTSEA SURFACE SLOPE |