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GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data (HDF5)

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DOI

-

Short Name

GLAH07

Description

The product includes full 532 nm and 1064 nm calibrated attenuated backscatter profiles at 5 times per second, and from 10 to -1 km, at 40 times per second. Also the calibration coefficient values and molecular backscatter profiles at once per second.

Version

033

Measurement

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › SCATTERING
ATMOSPHERE › AEROSOLS › AEROSOL BACKSCATTER › AEROSOL BACKSCATTER CROSS SECTION PROFILE
LAND SURFACE › TOPOGRAPHY › TERRAIN ELEVATION

Processing Level

1B

Coverage

Global

Northernmost Latitude

90.0

Southernmost Latitude

-90.0

Westernmost Longitude

-180.0

Easternmost Longitude

180.0

Time Span(s)

January 13, 2003 to January 13, 2010

Resolution

-

Projection

-

Platform/Sensor

ICESat/LA

Project

-

Data Provider

NSIDC

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