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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
IceBridge HiCARS 2 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness V001 1 BT-67, DHC-6 HiCARS2 2010-12-05 to 2013-01-20

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

XML, ASCII
IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 1 AIRCRAFT, B-200, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2009-04-14 to 2012-05-10

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

,

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

Binary
IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V002 2 Airplane, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20

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

,

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

HDF5
IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 1 AIRCRAFT, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2009-04-14 to 2015-10-31

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

,

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

ASCII
IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V002 2 AIRCRAFT, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2017-08-25 to 2017-09-20

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

ASCII
IceBridge LVIS-GH L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 1 C-130 LVIS-GH 2013-10-30 to 2013-11-14

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

,

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

HDF5
IceBridge LVIS-GH L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 1 C-130 LVIS-GH 2013-10-26 to 2013-11-14

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

,

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

ASCII
IceBridge Radar L3 Tomographic Ice Thickness V002 2 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 2010-11-20 to 2013-04-20

N: 83 S: 59 E: -12 W: -74

,

N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters netCDF-4
IceBridge Riegl Laser Altimeter L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets V001 1 BT-67 UTIG Riegl 2008-12-29 to 2013-01-22

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

,

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

ASCII
ICESat/ICESat-2 Traverse: Monthly GPS Surface Elevation Data at Summit Station, Greenland V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPS 2006-08-24 to 2025-04-02

N: 72.648222 S: 72.578616 E: -38.474193 W: -38.585667

RINEX, CSV
ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

multiple
ISLSCP II CRU05 Climate Time Series for Global Land Areas, 1986-1995 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

multiple
ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II River Routing Data (STN-30p) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
JERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 JERS-1 SAR 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11

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

JERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 JERS-1 SAR 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11

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

KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

Land Cover and Ecosystem Map Collection for Northern Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, LANDSAT Computer, MSS, TM 1976-08-04 to 2014-09-01

N: 71.5422 S: 65.5592 E: -130 W: -169.712

multiple
Land Cover and Vegetation Map, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1 LANDSAT, HELICOPTER, FIELD SURVEYS, DEM TM, CAMERA, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer 1982-06-01 to 1993-08-31

N: 70.7117 S: 68.8981 E: -140.322 W: -147.051

GeoTIFF
Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TESA) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Thermal Effective Infrared and Microwave Emissivity Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TEIME) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LBA Regional Boundary for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basins, 5-min 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 1972-12-31

N: 10 S: -30 E: -30 W: -85

Binary
LBA-ECO CD-06 Biogeochemistry of Ji-Parana River and Tributaries, Brazil: 1999-2003 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1999-05-24 to 2003-05-20

N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-01 SRTM 90-Meter Digital Elevation Model, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon 1 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-22

N: 0.9499 S: -2.9812 E: -75.0361 W: -78.5342

GeoTIFF
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