Product Format and Definition Changes with Release-26

Changes, including new parameters, for products GLA05 - GLA09 and GLA12 - GLA15 are summarized below. More information about product formats is available on the NASA Wallops Flight Facility's Web site at Version 5.2 GLAS Files.

GLA05

• Added i_numIters i1b (40)
• Changed i_spare6 i1b (110) to i_spare6 i1b (70)

GLA06

• i_satCorrFlg, changed description and the PDF (byte description) file to reflect added descriptions
• i_DEM_hires_src & i_DEM_hires_elv, updated description and PDF (byte description) file
• i_DEM_elv, changed description
• i_satNrgCorr, changed units to 0.1fJ, Scale to 1.0d-17
• i_satPwdCorr, changed units to 0.01ns, scale to .01
• i_msRngCorr, added description
• i_msCorrFlg, added description

GLA08

• Added new variables i_PBL_Layer_ht i2b (4), i_Spec_Humid i2b (4), i_Temp2mAbvGrnd i2b (4), i_Total_CloudCov i2b (4)
• Changed i_spare2 i1b (264) to i_spare2 i1b (232)
• Changed i_Solar_Angle to i_SolarAngle
• i_Surface_wind changed description
• i_Surface_wdir changed description
• i_Spec_Humid changed description
• i_LayHgt_Flag - PDF (byte description) description changed

GLA09

• i_LRCL_Flag & i_MRCL_Flag, changed description in the PDF (byte description) files
• i_FRcld_grd & i_HRcld_grd & i_MRcld_grd & i_LRcld_grd, changed minimum to -127 and changed description
• Added new variables i_PBL_Layer_ht i2b (4), i_Spec_Humid i2b (4), i_Temp2mAbvGrnd i2b (4), i_Total_CloudCov i2b (4)
• Changed i_spare4 i1b (590) to i_spare4 i1b (558)
• Changed i_Solar_Angle to i_SolarAngle
• i_Surface_wind changed description
• i_Surface_wdir changed description
• i_Spec_Humid changed description
• i_FRcld_bot, i_FRcld_top descriptions changed

GLA12

• i_satCorrFlg, changed description and the PDF (byte description) file to reflect added descriptions
• i_DEM_hires_src & i_DEM_hires_elv, updated description and PDF (byte description) file
• i_DEM_elv, changed description
• i_satNrgCorr, changed units to 0.1fJ, scale to 1.0d-17
• i_satPwdCorr, changed units to 0.01ns, scale to 0.01
• i_msRngCorr, added description
• i_msCorrFlg, added description

GLA13

• i_satCorrFlg, changed description and the PDF (byte description) file to reflect added descriptions
• i_DEM_hires_src & i_DEM_hires_elv, updated description and PDF (byte description) file
• i_DEM_elv, changed description
• i_satNrgCorr, changed units to 0.1fJ, scale to 1.0d-17
• i_satPwdCorr, changed units to 0.01ns, scale to 0.01
• i_msRngCorr, added description
• i_msCorrFlg, added description

GLA14

• i_satCorrFlg, changed description and the PDF (byte description) file to reflect added descriptions
• i_DEM_hires_src & i_DEM_hires_elv, updated description and PDF (byte description) file
• i_DEM_elv, changed description
• i_satNrgCorr, changed units to 0.1fJ, scale to 1.0d-17
• i_satPwdCorr, changed units to 0.01ns, scale to 0.01
• i_msRngCorr, added description
• i_msCorrFlg, added description

GLA15

• i_satCorrFlg, changed description and the PDF (byte description) file to reflect added descriptions
• i_DEM_elv, changed description
• i_satNrgCorr, changed units to 0.1fJ, scale to 1.0d-17
• i_satPwdCorr, changed units to 0.01ns, scale to 0.01
• i_msRngCorr, added description
• i_msCorrFlg, added description