SpaceLiDAR

A Julia toolbox for ICESat, ICESat-2 and GEDI data. Quickly search, download and load filtered point data with relevant attributes from the .h5 granules of each data product.

For a quick overview, see the FOSS4G Pluto notebook here.

This is a research package, things are quick to change.

Supported data products

Currently supports the following data products:

missiondata productUser Guide (UG)Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)
ICESatGLAH06 v34UGATBD
ICESatGLAH14 v34UGATBD
ICESat-2ATL03 v5UGATBD
ICESat-2ATL06 v5UGATBD
ICESat-2ATL08 v5UGATBD
ICESat-2ATL12 v5UGATBD
GEDIL2A v2UGATBD

Documentation

This documentation is set up using the Divio documentation system and thus split into Tutorials, Guides, Topics and References.

Publications

The code produced for the following paper was the beginning of this package:

Vernimmen, Ronald, Aljosja Hooijer, and Maarten Pronk. 2020. ‘New ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR Data Allow First Global Lowland DTM Suitable for Accurate Coastal Flood Risk Assessment’. Remote Sensing 12 (17): 2827. https://doi.org/10/gg9dg6.

The DTM produced using ICESat-2 ATL08 data was in turn used for:

Hooijer, A., and R. Vernimmen. 2021. ‘Global LiDAR Land Elevation Data Reveal Greatest Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability in the Tropics’. Nature Communications 12 (1): 3592. https://doi.org/10/gkzf49.