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GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data V018 18 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

Binary
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

Binary
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data V034 034 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters Binary
G-LiHT Aerial Orthomosaic V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2017-02-21 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

0.02 Meters x 0.02 Meters GeoTIFF
G-LiHT Canopy Height Model KML V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters KML
G-LiHT Canopy Height Model V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
G-LiHT Digital Surface Model V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
G-LiHT Digital Terrain Model KML V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters KML
G-LiHT Digital Terrain Model V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
G-LiHT Lidar Point Cloud V001 001 Airplane Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters LAS
G-LiHT Metrics V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

13 Meters x 13 Meters GeoTIFF
Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers 1 DEM HYDROMETERS 1900-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5

Shapefile
Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
GPM Ground Validation Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) OLYMPEX V1 1 UND CITATION II LIDAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER 2014-09-04 to 2016-03-30

N: 48.0909 S: 47.493 E: -123.129 W: -124.185

GeoTIFF
GPM Ground Validation Duke Soil Moisture IPHEx 1 GROUND STATIONS INFRARED THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, THERMOMETERS 2014-02-27 to 2014-10-17

N: 36.5193 S: 35.3731 E: -81.1315 W: -83.5905

ASCII, Binary, Excel, PDF, Word
High Mountain Asia 2 m DEM, Surface Velocity, and Lagrangian Surface Mass Balance for Select Debris Covered Glaciers V001 1 GEOEYE-1, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 GIS, WV60, WV110 2012-12-23 to 2017-12-22

N: 28.39 S: 28.2 E: 85.77 W: 85.51

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N: 28.12 S: 27.85 E: 87 W: 86.64

2 Meters x 2 Meters GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEM Mosaics Derived from Optical Imagery V001 1 GEOEYE-1, QUICKBIRD-2, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERAS, QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 2002-01-28 to 2016-11-24

N: 46 S: 26 E: 103 W: 67

8 Meters x 8 Meters PNG, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEMs Derived from Along-track Optical Imagery V001 1 GEOEYE-1, QUICKBIRD-2, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERAS, QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 2002-01-28 to 2016-11-24

N: 46 S: 26 E: 103 W: 67

8 Meters x 8 Meters PNG, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEMs Derived from Cross-track Optical Imagery V001 1 GEOEYE-1, QUICKBIRD-2, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERAS, QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 2002-01-28 to 2016-11-24

N: 46 S: 26 E: 103 W: 67

8 Meters x 8 Meters PNG, GeoTIFF
IceBridge ATM L4 Surface Elevation Rate of Change V001 1 C-130, DC-8, DHC-6, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B, WP-3D ORION ATM, ACORDS 1993-06-23 to 2018-05-01

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters PNG, CSV
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V003 3 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V004 4 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2020-10-01

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V005 5 NASA DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4, GeoTIFF
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V006 6 NASA DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 84 S: 59 E: 9 W: -90

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4, GeoTIFF
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Topography Featured Observation Method: ICESat-2

NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) allows scientists to measure the elevation of ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, and land across Earth's temperate and tropical regions, as well as take stock of the vegetation in forests worldwide. ICESat-2 carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which sends 10,000 pulses of laser light to the ground per second and then measures how long it takes them be reflected back by the surface to determine the area's elevation. Learn more about ICESat-2/ATLAS near real-time data provided by NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE). ICESat-2 carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which sends pulses of laser light to the ground, collects the returning photons in a telescope, and records the photon travel time.

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New Low Latency ICESat-2 Datasets

The five new datasets are the result of a joint effort by NASA’s Satellite Needs Working Group Management Office (SNWG MO), ICESat-2 team, and Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
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