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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-02-19

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-11-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V003 003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2020-11-11

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2021-07-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V005 005 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2022-10-13

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2025-03-03

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

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

0.7 Meters x 0.7 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height Quick Look V005 005 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2022-01-11 to 2023-01-14

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height Quick Look V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2023-01-15 to 2025-06-17

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height Quick Look V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2026-03-01 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

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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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