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Terrain Elevation Datasets

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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height Quick Look V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2026-04-28 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2019-01-14

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2019-11-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V003 003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2020-11-11

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2021-07-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V005 005 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2022-10-13

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2025-03-02

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mission Composite Gridded Terrain and Canopy Elevation Parameters V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers COG
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Terrain and Canopy Elevation Parameters V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers COG
BOREAS DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in AEAC Projection 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 56.14 S: 53.65 E: -97.98 W: -105.23

Binary
BOREAS Elevation Contours over the NSA and SSA ARC/Info Generate Format 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23

multiple
BOREAS HYD-08 DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in UTM Projection 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23

Binary
BOREAS Regional DEM in Raster Format and AEAC Projection 1 DEM DIGITIZER 1993-08-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data 2 C-130 BACKSCATTER LIDAR, LIDAR ALTIMETERS, ASAS 1996-07-18 to 1996-07-30

N: 55.9284 S: 53.6289 E: -98.0275 W: -106.198

multiple
Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27

N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929

multiple
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR 1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30

N: 90 S: 55.8 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Areas in Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012-2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2012-07-27 to 2014-12-27

N: -2.55319 S: -3.76718 E: -46.7931 W: -48.4958

multiple
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Sites on Borneo Island, Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30

N: 3.211 S: -2.758 E: 118 W: 109.816

LAZ
CMS: LiDAR Data for Mangrove Forests in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique, 2014 1 Airplane AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER 2014-05-05 to 2014-05-05

N: -18.7928 S: -18.893 E: 36.2918 W: 36.1495

multiple
CMS: LiDAR-derived Canopy Height, Elevation for Sites in Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30

N: 3.21104 S: -2.7625 E: 118 W: 109.813

GeoTIFF
CMS: LiDAR-derived Tree Canopy Cover for States in the Northeast USA 1.1 MODELS, Airplane Computer, AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, CAMERAS 2008-01-01 to 2014-08-30

N: 43.0987 S: 37.7092 E: -74.1541 W: -81.1415

GeoTIFF
CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height Estimates from Remote Imagery, Zambezi Delta, Mozambique 1 Airplane, SPACE SHUTTLES, WORLDVIEW-2, TSX AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, SRTM, SAR 2011-10-14 to 2014-05-06

N: -18.6269 S: -18.915 E: 36.3389 W: 36.1186

GeoTIFF
CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 2 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 33.7967 S: 13.4057 E: -84.6252 W: -119.226

COG
Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 2 2 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 52 S: 14.53 E: -52.95 W: -131.104

netCDF-4 classic
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Featured Terrain Elevation Observation Method: ASTER

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a high spatial resolution instrument aboard the Terra satellite. ASTER provides a Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) of Earth's land surface at approximately 30-meter spatial resolution.

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