% This example code illustrates how to access and visualize % ICESat-2 ATL08 L3A version 4 HDF5 file in MATLAB. % % If you have any questions, suggestions, comments on this example, please % use the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). % % If you would like to see an example of any other NASA HDF/HDF-EOS data % product that is not listed in the HDF-EOS Comprehensive Examples page % (http://hdfeos.org/zoo), feel free to contact us at eoshelp@hdfgroup.org or % post it at the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). % % Usage:save this script and run (without .m at the end) % % $matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r ATL08_20210114234518_03361001_004_01_h5 % % % Tested under: MATLAB R2019b % Last updated: 2021-05-04 % Open the HDF5 File. FILE_NAME = 'ATL08_20210114234518_03361001_004_01.h5'; file_id = H5F.open (FILE_NAME, 'H5F_ACC_RDONLY', 'H5P_DEFAULT'); % Open the datasets. LATFIELD_NAME='gt1l/land_segments/latitude'; lat_id=H5D.open(file_id, LATFIELD_NAME); LONFIELD_NAME='gt1l/land_segments/longitude'; lon_id=H5D.open(file_id, LONFIELD_NAME); DATAFIELD_NAME='gt1l/land_segments/dem_h'; data_id=H5D.open(file_id, DATAFIELD_NAME); % Read the datasets. lat=H5D.read(lat_id,'H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE', 'H5S_ALL', 'H5S_ALL',... 'H5P_DEFAULT'); lon=H5D.read(lon_id,'H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE', 'H5S_ALL', 'H5S_ALL', ... 'H5P_DEFAULT'); data=H5D.read(data_id,'H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE', 'H5S_ALL', 'H5S_ALL', ... 'H5P_DEFAULT'); % Read the attributes. ATTRIBUTE = 'units'; attr_id = H5A.open_name (data_id, ATTRIBUTE); units_data = H5A.read(attr_id, 'H5ML_DEFAULT'); ATTRIBUTE = 'long_name'; attr_id = H5A.open_name (data_id, ATTRIBUTE); long_name_data = H5A.read(attr_id, 'H5ML_DEFAULT'); % Read the fillvalue. ATTRIBUTE = '_FillValue'; attr_id = H5A.open_name (data_id, ATTRIBUTE); fillvalue = H5A.read (attr_id, 'H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE'); % Close and release resources. H5A.close (attr_id) H5D.close (data_id); H5D.close (lon_id); H5D.close (lat_id); H5F.close (file_id); % Handle fill value. data(data==fillvalue) = NaN; % Create the graphics figure. f = figure('Name', FILE_NAME, ... 'Renderer', 'zbuffer', ... 'Position', [0,0,800,600], ... 'visible','off'); % Put title. var_name = sprintf('%s', long_name_data); tstring = {FILE_NAME; var_name}; title(tstring,... 'Interpreter', 'none', 'FontSize', 16, ... 'FontWeight','bold'); % Set the map parameters. lon_c = mean(mean(lon)); lat_c = mean(mean(lat)); axesm ('ortho', 'Frame', 'on', 'Grid', 'on', ... 'origin', [lat_c, lon_c]) mlabel('equator') plabel(0); plabel('fontweight','bold') %axesm('MapProjection','eqdcylin','Frame','on','Grid','on', ... % 'MeridianLabel','on','ParallelLabel','on','MLabelParallel','south') % Plot world map coast line. scatterm(lat, lon, 1, data); h = colorbar(); units_str = sprintf('%s', char(units_data)); set (get(h, 'title'), 'string', units_str, 'FontSize', 8, ... 'Interpreter', 'None', ... 'FontWeight','bold'); % Plot world map coast line. coast = load('coast.mat'); plotm(coast.lat, coast.long, 'k'); tightmap; saveas(f, [FILE_NAME '.m.png']); exit;