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Description

This data set contains surface elevation 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).

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

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

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

Location
ALASKA ,
CANADA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-06-29 to 2017-07-17
Concept ID
C3151607599-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1051
Processing Level
2
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

Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2018). ABoVE LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/IA5WAX7K3YGY Date Accessed: 2026-01-19

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