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ICESAT .h5 files

DanielFuller — Mon, 10 May 2021 17:12:28 GMT

I'm currently building a story map for my final project at university. My story map is comparing the retreat of glaciers to the increased carbon output in the last 20 years or so.

Naturally I'm looking at datasets from ICESAT, IceBridge and IceSAT-2, all three of these missions supply their data in .h5 format

when I try to use these files in ArcGIS Pro Desktop I convert them to a multi dimensional raster layer, however the files only seem to show a thin red strip stretching from pole to pole, and do not seem to contain any useful data, leading me to believe i'm using the files wrong.

Ideally what i'd LIKE to do is make DEM's so I can analyse the topography of the glaciers so my questions are

1. is there a way to get a DEM out of a .h5 file

2. how do I correctly insert a .h5 file into the GIS?

Re: ICESAT .h5 files

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:21:38 GMT

adept at python?

How to read HDF5 files in Python - Stack Overflow

You should have documentation on what is in the files, If not, then some of the suggestions in the link will help.

Re: ICESAT .h5 files

DanielFuller — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:36:29 GMT

Unfortunately I am but a lowly geology student and have little to no coding experience past print("hello world") is there a any way to progress without needing to learn how to program for this project?