readLevel1B.Rd

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\name{readLevel1B}
\alias{readLevel1B}
\title{Read Geolocated Waveforms (GEDI Level1B)}
\usage{
readLevel1B(level1Bpath)
}
\arguments{
\item{level1Bpath}{file path pointing to GEDI level1B data. Data in HDF5 Hierarchical Data Format (.h5).}
}
\value{
S4 object of class "gedi.level1b".
}
\description{
This function reads GEDI level1B products: geolocated Waveforms
}
\examples{
# specify the path to GEDI level1B data (zip file)
level1B_fp_zip <- system.file("extdata",
                  "GEDI01_B_2019108080338_O01964_T05337_02_003_01_sub.zip",
                  package="rGEDI")

# Unzipping GEDI level1B data
level1Bpath <- unzip(level1B_fp_zip,exdir = dirname(level1B_fp_zip))

# Reading GEDI level1B data (h5 file)
level1b<-readLevel1B(level1Bpath=level1Bpath)

close(level1b)
}
\seealso{
\code{\link[hdf5r:H5File-class]{hdf5r::H5File}} in the \emph{hdf5r} package and
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gedi01_bv001/
}