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ICESat Data Access and Tools

Explore NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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ABoVE: Annual Aboveground Biomass for Boreal Forests of ABoVE Core Domain, 1984-2014 TM, ETM+, Computer, GLAS 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31 1 COMPLETE GeoTIFF Carbon, Forests, Biomass, Vegetation Cover
Aboveground Biomass Change for Amazon Basin, Mexico, and Pantropical Belt, 2003-2016 GLAS, Computer, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 1 COMPLETE GeoTIFF Biomass Dynamics, Biomass, Carbon
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data (HDF5) V033 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 COMPLETE HDF Infrared Wavelengths
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data V018 SSM/I, ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Sensor Counts
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary Infrared Wavelengths
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data (HDF5) V033 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 COMPLETE HDF Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary SENSOR COUNTS, Sensor Counts
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data (HDF5) V033 CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 COMPLETE HDF Total Temperature
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Total Temperature
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary Total Temperature
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data (HDF5) V033 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 COMPLETE HDF Attitude Characteristics, Viewing Geometry
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Attitude Characteristics, Viewing Geometry
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary Viewing Geometry
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data (HDF5) V033 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 COMPLETE HDF Aerosol Backscatter, Scattering, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Aerosol Backscatter, Scattering, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data (HDF5) V033 GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED HDF 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
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data (HDF5) V034 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 034 COMPLETE HDF5 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
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary 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
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data V034 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 034 DEPRECATED Binary Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data (HDF5) V033 GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED HDF Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Ice Sheets, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data (HDF5) V034 ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 034 COMPLETE HDF Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data V018 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13 18 DEPRECATED Binary Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Terrain Elevation
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data V033 ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 033 DEPRECATED Binary Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Ice Sheets, Terrain Elevation

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OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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