ICESat/GLAS
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation / Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
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. Also check out this related GLAS product not archived at NSIDC: ICESat: Sea Ice Thickness and Freeboard
Data for this collection: 15
| NAME | TEMPORAL COVERAGE | PARAMETER(S) |
|---|---|---|
| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH01) | - | WAVEFORM
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| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH02) | - | SENSOR COUNTS
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| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH03) | - | TOTAL TEMPERATURE
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| GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH04) | - | ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICS
VIEWING GEOMETRY
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| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH07) | - | AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
SCATTERING
TERRAIN ELEVATION
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| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH06) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
ICE ROUGHNESS
ICE SHEETS
REFLECTANCE
SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
SEA SURFACE SLOPE
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
TERRAIN ELEVATION
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| GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH05) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
ICE SHEETS
TERRAIN ELEVATION
|
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Aerosol Vertical Structure Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH10) | - | AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
CLOUD REFLECTANCE
TRANSMITTANCE
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH12) | - | GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
ICE SHEETS
REFLECTANCE
|
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH09) | - | CLOUD HEIGHT
CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH14) | - | REFLECTANCE
TERRAIN ELEVATION
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Planetary Boundary Layer and Elevated Aerosol Layer Heights (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH08) | - | AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5), Version 33 (GLAH11) | - | AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Ocean Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH15) | - | REFLECTANCE
SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
SEA SURFACE SLOPE
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| GLAS/ICESat L2 Sea Ice Altimetry Data (HDF5), Version 34 (GLAH13) | - | ICE ROUGHNESS
REFLECTANCE
SEA ICE ELEVATION
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