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d031·dataset

Ground & tree heights, laser-measured

ICESat-2 ATL08 Land + Canopy Heights
NSIDC DAAC ATL08 cloud-native 100 m segments along-track 91-day repeat HDF5 landforestryterrain

Vegetation canopy + terrain heights from photon-counting lidar. Complements GEDI globally including polar regions.

ICESat-2 ATL08 Land + Canopy Heights

Vegetation canopy + terrain heights from photon-counting lidar. Complements GEDI globally including polar regions.

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Gotchas

  • Per-100m segment statistics; not pixel-grid
  • Multiple beam tracks; aggregate for analysis
  • Bright surfaces (cities, sand) introduce noise
  • Other datasets: d010, d030
  • Questions: q01

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

atl08_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="ATL08",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from NSIDC DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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ICESat-2 ATL08
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