SpaceLiDAR¶
SpaceLiDAR.jl searches, downloads, and reads spaceborne lidar data from the ICESat, ICESat-2, and GEDI NASA missions. Granules are exposed as lazy Tables.jl-compatible HDF5 tables, so you can inspect product data quickly and materialize only when you need a sink such as a DataFrame.
If you use SpaceLiDAR in your research, please consider citing it. Feel free to submit issues and PRs to support more products. Note that you can also use SpaceLiDAR.jl for unsupported products.
Supported data products¶
| ICESat | ICESat-2 | GEDI |
|---|---|---|
| GLAH06 — Land Ice | ATL03 — Photons | L2A — Ground & Canopy |
| GLAH14 — Land Surface | ATL06 — Land Ice | |
| ATL08 — Vegetation | ||
| ATL12 — Ocean |
Documentation¶
This documentation follows the Diátaxis framework: Tutorials, Guides, Topics, and Reference.
Publications¶
The code produced for the following paper was the beginning of this package:
Vernimmen, Ronald, Aljosja Hooijer, and Maarten Pronk. 2020. ‘New ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR Data Allow First Global Lowland DTM Suitable for Accurate Coastal Flood Risk Assessment’. Remote Sensing 12 (17): 2827. https://doi.org/10/gg9dg6.
The DTM produced using ICESat-2 ATL08 data was in turn used for:
Hooijer, A., and R. Vernimmen. 2021. ‘Global LiDAR Land Elevation Data Reveal Greatest Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability in the Tropics’. Nature Communications 12 (1): 3592. https://doi.org/10/gkzf49.