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GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data V033	033	ICESat	ALTIMETERS, GLAS	2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11	N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180		Binary
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections 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
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5) V033	033	ICESat	GLAS	2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11	N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180		HDF
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data (HDF5) V034	034	ICESat	ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC	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	HDF
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 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 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
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 , 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 , 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
IceBridge HiCARS 1 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness V001	1	BT-67, DHC-6	HiCARS1	2009-01-02 to 2010-12-21	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		XML, ASCII

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Global Digital Elevation Models now available: ASTER, GDEM, and SRTM

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