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Description

This data set contains raw Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Global Positioning System (GPS), and camera data over Alaska and Western Canada measured by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program campaign, the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).

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Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
B-200 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
RQ-4
Instruments
LVIS ,
LVIS Camera
Spatial Extent

N: 72 S: 48 E: -104 W: -158

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)
Location
ALASKA ,
CANADA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-06-29 to 2017-07-17
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3160984863-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
0
Published
Science Keywords
Terrain Elevation

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Hofton, M., & Blair, J. (2019). ABoVE LVIS L0 Raw Ranges, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TLOIRQYWX00H Date Accessed: 2026-05-12

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