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SMAPVEX16 Manitoba Surface Roughness Data V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS	2016-06-10 to 2016-06-15	N: 49.761171 S: 49.38533 E: -97.756264 W: -98.098417		CSV, KMZ
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Lidar Derived Digital Elevation Model V001	1	CESSNA T206H	Leica CityMapper-2	2022-04-02 to 2022-08-09	N: 42.72 S: 42.32 E: -71.91 W: -72.33		GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Lidar Derived Digital Surface Model V001	1	CESSNA T206H	Leica CityMapper-2	2022-08-03 to 2022-08-05	N: 42.72 S: 42.32 E: -71.91 W: -72.33		GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Lidar Derived Digital Elevation Model V001	1	CESSNA T206H	Leica CityMapper-2	2022-04-02 to 2022-08-09	N: 42.05 S: 41.66 E: -73.42 W: -73.81		GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Lidar Derived Digital Surface Model V001	1	CESSNA T206H	Leica CityMapper-2	2022-08-02 to 2022-08-09	N: 42.05 S: 41.66 E: -73.42 W: -73.81		GeoTIFF
SnowEx Colorado 3M Snow Depth Time Series and DEMs from High-Resolution Satellite Image Pairs V001	1	AIRCRAFT, Pleiades-1A, Pleiades-1B, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3	LIDAR, CAMERA	2022-03-16 to 2022-05-11	N: 39.216156 S: 38.785954 E: -107.747336 W: -108.382269 , N: 37.350142 S: 36.946006 E: -106.336567 W: -106.869547	1 Meters x 1 Meters 3 Meters x 3 Meters	GeoTIFF
SnowEx Mores Creek Summit (MCS) Airborne LiDAR Survey V001	1	HELICOPTER	LIDAR	2021-03-10 to 2025-05-01	N: 43.974802141694 S: 43.913645323478 E: -115.64243768567 W: -115.73049873632		GeoTIFF
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP QSI Lidar Snow Depth Data V001	1	AIRCRAFT	LIDAR	2020-02-01 to 2020-02-02	N: 39.039456 S: 39.009209 E: -108.157747 W: -108.21092	1 Meters x 1 Meters	GeoTIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar DEM 0.5m UTM Grid V001	1	King Air	LIDAR	2021-09-16 to 2021-09-21	N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661 , N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319 , N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384	0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters	TIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar DEM 3m UTM Grid V001	1	King Air	LIDAR	2021-09-16 to 2021-09-21	N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661 , N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319 , N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384	3 Meters x 3 Meters	TIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid V001	1	King Air	LIDAR	2021-03-15 to 2021-03-20	N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661 , N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319 , N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384	3 Meters x 3 Meters	TIFF
SnowEx21 Prairie Station Digital Surface Models from UAV-LiDAR V001	1	UAV	CAMERA, LIDAR	2021-01-15 to 2021-03-04	N: 47.0655368 S: 47.0562694 E: -109.945955 W: -109.9595558		GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001	1	CESSNA 206	Riegl Airborne Lidar	2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25	N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5	0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters	GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Surface Imagery V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS, GPS	2023-04-14 to 2023-04-18	N: 65.15746 S: 63.8619 E: -145.723 W: -147.508		Excel, JPEG
SnowEx23 Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Terrestrial Lidar Scans V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	GPS RECEIVERS, LIDAR	2023-03-08 to 2023-03-26	N: 64.714 S: 64.697 E: -148.278 W: -148.325		GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS	2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25	N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5		JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS	2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25	N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5		LAZ
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS	2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28	N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6 , N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8		JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	CAMERAS	2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28	N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6 , N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8		LAZ
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary Static Data V001	1	NOT APPLICABLE	NOT APPLICABLE	2015-01-14 to Present	N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180		Binary, HDF5, ASCII
Standing Crop & Nitrogen Content (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE, COLORIMETERS, INCLINOMETERS	1987-05-28 to 1987-10-12	N: 39.1 S: 39.07 E: -96.53 W: -96.59		multiple
Stocks of Surface Soil Organic Carbon Fractions, Great Plains Region, USA, 2007-2010	1	LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS	CARBON ANALYZERS, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer	2007-05-01 to 2010-10-01	N: 45.8303 S: 31.2183 E: -94.4349 W: -111.932		multiple
VEMAP 1: Georeferencing	1	NOT APPLICABLE	NOT APPLICABLE	1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31	N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5		Text File
VIIRS/JPSS1 Water Reservoir Area 8-day L3 Global V002	002	NOAA-20	VIIRS	2018-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF-EOS5
VIIRS/JPSS1 Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V002	002	NOAA-20	VIIRS	2018-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF-EOS5

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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ICESat-2 Data Usher in a New Age of Exploration

Data from NASA’s ICESat-2 mission provide incredibly accurate measurements of Earth elevation change—and much more.

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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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Location of NASA ICESat-2 (ATL13) data (Inland Water Product) from April 25, 2023 over Lake Powell, Utah, United States, viewed in OpenAltimetry.

Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Explore ICESat-2 Data

This is the first in a five-part webinar series to introduce NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) platform and the platform's data, tools, and applications.

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Advanced Discovery, Processing, and Visualization Services for ICESat and ICESat-2 Altimeter Data

This ACCESS 2015 project focused on OpenAltimetry, a cloud-ready web-based application for discovery, access, and visualization of ICESat and ICESat-2 data.

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