GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data (HDF5) V033

Description

GLAH07 Level-1B global backscatter data are provided at full instrument resolution. The product includes full 532 nm (41.1 to -1.0 km) and 1064 nm (20 to -1 km) calibrated attenuated backscatter profiles at 5 times per second, and from 10 to -1 km, at 40 times per second for both channels. Also included are calibration coefficient values and molecular backscatter profiles at once per second. Data granules contain approximately 190 minutes (2 orbits) of data. Each data granule has an associated browse product.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Direct download via HTTPS protocol. https://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/GLAS/GLAH07.033
21 Data Access link for ITSD project https://nsidc.org/data/data-access-tool/GLAH07/versions/33/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FICESAT%2FGLAS%2FDATA107
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/ICESAT/GLAS/DATA107
21 NASA's newest search and order tool for subsetting, reprojecting, and reformatting data. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C189991867-NSIDC_ECS&m=-31.078125%211.40625%211%211%210%210%2C2&q=GLAH07

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • topography
  • land-surface
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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