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This data set contains surface elevation 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.
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Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2018). AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/A0PMUXXVUYNH Date Accessed: 2026-08-16
@misc{blair_hofton_2018,
title={AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/AFLVIS2/versions/1},
DOI={10.5067/A0PMUXXVUYNH},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Blair, J. and Hofton, Michelle},
year={2018},
}
Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2018). AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/A0PMUXXVUYNH Date Accessed: 2026-08-16
Blair, J., and Michelle Hofton. “AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5067/A0PMUXXVUYNH. Date Accessed: 2026-08-16