ICESat

The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (1) (ICESat) was the first earth-based LiDAR satellite¹, launched in 2003, with the primary goal of ice sheet monitoring. It had an elevation accuracy of several cm¹ and was operational for five years.

We currently support the GLAH06 (Land Ice) and GLA14 (Land Surface) data products (at version 34).

See their website.

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1. Schutz, B. E., H. J. Zwally, C. A. Shuman, D. Hancock, and J. P. DiMarzio. 2005. “Overview of the ICESat Mission.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (21). https://doi.org/10/bzbspg. ↩↩