NSIDC ICESat/GLAS

This document describes the NSIDC ICESat/GLAS HDF5 files.

HDF5 Swath files

The following table summarizes the information collected for the files:

File type File size(avg.) Geolocation Field Datafield Dim. Range CF-compliant information Features
HDF5 59MB d_lat/d_lon = 1D 1D-2D Dimension scale is used. CF standard attributes are used. Chunking is used. Compression - gzip level 6; Shuffle filter is used.

To retrieve sample ICESat/GLAS files and read the detailed description of these files, please click here.


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