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aliases:
  - context: dataset
    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/GLAH08
    url: http://nsidc.org/api/dataset/2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dif&identifier=oai:nsidc/GLAH08
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cite_metadata: ~
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4440.yaml
    id: 4440
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://nsidc.org/daac
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
    person: {}
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    role_type_identifier: data_archive
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data_qualifier: ~
description: 'GLAH08 Level-2 planetary boundary layer (PBL) and elevated aerosol layer heights data contains PBL heights, ground detection heights, and top and bottom heights of elevated aerosols from -1.5 km to 20.5 km (4 sec sampling rate) and from 20.5 km to 41 km (20 sec sampling rate). Each data granule has an associated browse product.'
description_attribution: ~
display_name: GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Planetary Boundary Layer and Elevated Aerosol Layer Heights (HDF5)
doi: 10.5067/ICESAT/GLAS/DATA201
end_time: 2009-10-11T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-glah08.yaml
identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-glah08
instrument_measurements:
  - dataset_identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-glah08
    display_name: ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite/geoscience-laser-altimeter-system/nasa-nsidcdaac-glah08
    instrument_identifier: geoscience-laser-altimeter-system
    platform_identifier: ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite
    type: instrument_measurement
lat_max: 86
lat_min: -86
lon_max: 180
lon_min: -180
name: GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Planetary Boundary Layer and Elevated Aerosol Layer Heights (HDF5)
native_id: GLAH08
parents: []
processing_level: ~
publication_year: ~
references: []
release_dt: 2013-03-04T00:00:00
scale: ~
scope: ~
spatial_extent: ~
spatial_ref_sys: ~
spatial_res: ~
start_time: 2003-02-20T00:00:00
temporal_extent: ~
temporal_resolution: ~
type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-glah08
url: http://nsidc.org/data/GLAH08
variables: ~
version: ~
vertical_extent: ~