GLAS/ICEsat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5)  View Catalog Page Entry ID
GLAH14
Summary
GLAH06 is used in conjunction with GLAH05 to create the Level-2 altimetry products. Level-2 altimetry data provide surface elevations for ice sheets (GLAH12), sea ice (GLAH13), land (GLAH14), and oceans (GLAH15). Data also include the laser footprint geolocation and reflectance, as well as geodetic, instrument, and atmospheric corrections for range measurements. The Level-2 elevation products, are regional products archived at 14 orbits per granule, starting and stopping at the same demarcation (± 50° latitude) as GLAH05 and GLAH06. Each regional product is processed with algorithms specific to that surface type. Surface type masks define which data are written to each of the products. If any data within a given record fall within a specific mask, the entire record is written to the product. Masks can overlap: for example, non-land data in the sea ice region may be written to the sea ice and ocean products. This means that an algorithm may write the same data to more than one Level-2 product. In this case, different algorithms calculate the elevations in their respective products. The surface type masks are versioned and archived at NSIDC, so users can tell which data to expect in each product. Each data granule has an associated browse product.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 86°
S: -86°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Zwally, H., R. Schutz, D. Hancock, and J. Dimarzio.
Dataset Title: GLAS/ICEsat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5)
Dataset Release Date: 2012-12-26
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC DAAC: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Version: 33
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/glah14.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/ICESAT/GLAS/DATA207
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-02-20
Stop Date: 2009-10-11
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Surface Radiative Properties Reflectance Laser Reflectance
- Land Surface Topography Terrain Elevation
Ancillary Keywords
- Atmospheric Delay Correction
- DAAC
- Dem
- EOSDIS
- GLA14
- GLAS
- Global Positioning System
- ICESat
- ISIPS
- Laser Footprint
- Laser Pulse
- NASA
- Noise Level
- NSIDC
- Off-nadir Pointing Direction
- Orbit Number
- Peak Amplitude
- Precision Attitude Determination
- Precision Orbit Determination
- Range
- Received Energy
- Received Pulse Gain
- Signal Saturation
- Solar Incidence Angle
- Transmitted Energy
- Transmitted Gain
- Waveform
- Waveform Kurtosis
- Waveform Peak
- Waveform Skewness
Platform
- ICESAT Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- ALTIMETERS
- GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
Project
- ICESAT Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
Quality
Each data granule has associated browse products that users can quickly view to determine the general quality of the data in the granule. Altimeter Frame Quality Flag is included in file level global attributes and includes a corrections flag. Indicates if all data in frame are good with appropriate corrections applied; or if some of data are not corrected or have measurement problems.
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NASA/GSFC/EOS/EO
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 167 MB
Distribution Format: HDF
Personnel
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
David Hancock
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: David.W.Hancock@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- ISIPS Manager
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Wallops Island, VA
- USA
H. Jay Zwally
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5643
Fax: 1 301 614-5644
Email: Jay.Zwally@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
H. Jay Zwally
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5643
Fax: 1 301 614-5644
Email: Jay.Zwally@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Robert Schutz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Texas at Austin
- Center for Space Research
- GLAS Science Team Lead
- University of Texas at Austin
- Center for Space Research
City: Austin
Province or State: TX
Postal Code: 78712-1085
Country: USA
John Dimarzio
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 614-5893
Email: john.dimarzio@gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- SGT, Inc.
- SGT, Inc.
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Cryospheric Sciences Branch Code 614.1
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
ICESat/GLAS web site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
ICESat/GLAS web site at NASA Wallops Flight Facility
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
ICESat/GLAS web site at University of Texas
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
ICESat/GLAS Data at NSIDC
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Polar Ice Sheet DEMs and Elevation Data
Reference
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Wahr, J., D. Wingham, and C. Bentley. 2000. A method of combining ICESat and GRACE satellite data to constrain Antarctic mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B7):16,279-16,294.
Yi, D., J. Minster, and C. Bentley. 1999. Ocean tidal loading corrections. GLAS algorithm theoretical basis document. Version 1.0. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center.
Zwally, H.J., B. Schutz, W. Abdalati, J. Abshire, C. Bentley, A. Brenner, J. Bufton, J. Dezio, D. Hancock, D. Harding, T. Herring, B. Minster, K. Quinn, S. Palm, J. Spinhirne, and R. Thomas. 2002. ICESAT's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land. Journal of Geodynamics 34: 405-445.
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Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-12-26
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-06
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