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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

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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

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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

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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 Reanalysis Near-Surface Meteorology Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ASCII Grid
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
ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC Composite Monthly Runoff 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

multiple
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
LBA-ECO LC-01 Topographic Data for Intensive Study Areas, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-01-01

N: 0.2889 S: -0.837 E: -76.5017 W: -77.127

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-03 Hypsography, Rivers, Roads, and DEM, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon 1 MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1974-01-01 to 1978-01-01

N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-15 SRTM30 Digital Elevation Model Data, Amazon Basin: 2000 1.1 SPACE SHUTTLES RADAR 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-22

N: 13.8583 S: -21.1277 E: -33.5739 W: -82.7209

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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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