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LITE Data Access and Tools
Data from NASA’s Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) provides measurements on clouds, tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, characteristics of the planetary boundary layer, stratospheric density and temperature perturbations, and to some degree, surface topography. Explore LITE datasets and relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 | 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Deserts, Reflectance, Forests, Grasslands, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure |
| Data from NASA Langley Airborne Lidar flights. | 1982-07-01 to 1992-05-26 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | ASCII | Aerosol Backscatter, Altitude |
| Digital Elevation Models for the Global Change Research Wetland, Maryland, USA, 2016 | 2016-06-22 to 2016-08-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | multiple | Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Marshes, Tidal Height, Vegetation Cover |
| DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment NREL-Golden Ground Site Data | 2014-07-10 to 2014-08-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF5, ICARTT | Atmospheric Ozone, Lidar Backscatter, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Backscatter |
| DISCOVER-AQ Maryland Deployment Analysis and Ancillary Ground Site Data | 2011-06-30 to 2012-03-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Atmospheric Chemistry |
| DISCOVER-AQ Maryland Deployment UMBC Ground Site Data | 2011-06-26 to 2011-08-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF5, ICARTT | Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Backscatter, Angstrom Exponent |
| DISCOVER-AQ Texas Deployment Moody Tower Ground Site Data | 2013-08-30 to 2013-10-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF5, ICARTT | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Aerosol Backscatter, Sulfur Dioxide |
| Disturbance History and Forest Biomass from Landsat for Six US Sites, 1985-2014 | 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Land Use/Land Cover, Forests, Carbon, Lidar, Biomass |
| FIREX-AQ NOAA-MET Twin Otter Data | 2019-07-23 to 2019-08-14 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | NetCDF-3, ICARTT | Fire Dynamics, Wind Profiles, Altitude |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) NASA ER-2 Cloud Lidar System Data | 1992-06-02 to 1992-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | ASCII | Cloud Types, Cloud Height, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Frequency |
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