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Description

This data set contains return energy waveform data measured over Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Version Description

Full time series now provided in HDF5 format.

Product Summary

Platforms
Airplane ,
B-200 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
RQ-4
Instruments
ALTIMETERS ,
LASERS ,
LVIS
Projects
2009_AN_NASA ,
2009_GR_NASA ,
2010_AN_NASA ,
2010_GR_NASA ,
2011_AN_NASA ,
2011_GR_NASA ,
2012_GR_NASA ,
2013_GR_NASA ,
2014_AK_ARISE ,
2015_AN_NASA ,
2017_GR_NASA ,
LVIS
Spatial Extent

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3153097327-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3727
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Sensor Counts ,
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. (2014). IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/RDT1MZVS0VG9 Date Accessed: 2026-09-07

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