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IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V002

Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Sensor Counts,Terrain Elevation

ILVIS1B

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5067/RDT1MZVS0VG9

Citation

Center/Project

National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

HDF5

Spatial Extent

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

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

Location

ANTARCTICA ,

GREENLAND

Temporal Extent

2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

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

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

Published

2014-08-13

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.

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Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2014). IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/RDT1MZVS0VG9 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 2 User Guide

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Comparing coincident elevation and freeboard from IceBridge and five different CryoSat-2 retrackers	2018	Yi, Donghui, Kurtz, Nathan, Harbeck, Jeremy, Kwok, Ron, Hendricks, Stefan, Ricker, Robert	Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Roughness, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Depth, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Cover, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Sensor Counts
On the Short-term Grounding Zone Dynamics of Pine Island Glacier, West	2017	Milillo, Pietro, Rignot, Eric, Mouginot, Jeremie, Scheuchl, Bernd, Morlighem, Mathieu, Li, Xin, Salzer, Jacqueline T.	Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Sensor Counts, Terrain Elevation