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    • GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5) V033

    Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

    GLAH11 Level-2 thin cloud/aerosol optical depths data contain thin cloud and aerosol optical depths. A thin cloud is one that does not completely attenuate the lidar signal return, which generally corresponds to clouds with optical depths less than about 2.0. Each data granule has an associated browse product.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C189991871-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2003-02-20
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-01
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id ff66b3d9-64dd-43a4-b8d8-d3058750869a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ICESAT/GLAS/DATA204
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -86.0 180.0 86.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6c5bc2eeeeea09f1ab0e954e71af7b51f0835f1f88178f853c81087f55b16837
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2003-02-20T00:00:00Z/2009-10-11T23:59:59.999Z

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