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Description

This data set contains return energy waveform data over Gabon, Africa. The measurements were taken by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of a NASA campaign, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) mission AfriSAR.

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
Projects
AfriSAR
Spatial Extent

N: 1 S: -2 E: 12 W: 8

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GABON
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3151683992-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
119
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Sensor Counts

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). AfriSAR LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ED5IYGVTB50Z Date Accessed: 2026-08-15

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Forest height estimation by means of TanDEM-X InSAR and waveform lidar data Guliaev, Roman, Cazcarra-Bes, Victor, Pardini, Matteo, Papathanassiou, Konstantinos Terrain Elevation, Sensor Counts
Improving forest height-to-biomass allometry with structure information: A TanDEM-X study Choi, Changhyun, Pardini, Matteo, Heym, Michael, Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P. Forests, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass, Terrain Elevation, Sensor Counts
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