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Description

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

Version Description

The data for 2009 through 2015 are stored in Version 1 of this data set. Version 2 of this data set contains more parameters than Version 1. In addition, some parameters were renamed or removed. Essentially, Version 2 comprises the following changes:
  • LVIS_LFID is now called LFID.
  • LONGITUDE_LOW, LATITUDE_LOW, and ELEVATION_LOW were renamed to GLON, GLAT, and ZG.
  • LONGITUDE_HIGH, LATITUDE_HIGH, and ELEVATION_HIGH were renamed to HLON, HLAT, and ZH.
  • LONGITUDE_CENTROID, LATITUDE_CENTROID, and ELEVATION_CENTROID were removed.
  • TLON, TLAT, and ZT were added.
  • RH10 through RH100 were added.
  • AZIMUTH, INCIDENTANGLE, RANGE, and COMPLEXITY were added.
  • CHANNEL_ZT, CHANNEL_ZG, and CHANNEL_RH were added.

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT ,
B-200 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
RQ-4
Instruments
ALTIMETERS ,
LASERS ,
LVIS
Projects
2017_GR_NASA ,
LVIS ,
OIB
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-08-25 to 2017-09-20
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3154036862-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2181
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. (2019). IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/E9E9QSRNLYTK Date Accessed: 2026-09-17

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Validating ensemble historical simulations of Upernavik Isstrm (19852019) using observations of surface velocity and elevation Jager, Eliot, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien, Mouginot, Jeremie, Millan, Romain Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness
Rapid disintegration and weakening of ice shelves in North Greenland Millan, R., Jager, E., Mouginot, J., Wood, M. H., Larsen, S. H., Mathiot, P., Jourdain, N. C., Bjrk, A. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
ALPS: A Unified Framework for Modeling Time Series of Land Ice Changes Shekhar, Prashant, Csatho, Beata, Schenk, Tony, Roberts, Carolyn, Patra, Abani K. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation
Rapid Reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet Coastal Margin Moon, Twila A., Gardner, Alex S., Csatho, Beata, Parmuzin, Ivan, Fahnestock, Mark A. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity, Glacier Extent
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