IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ILVIS2
Summary
The IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product (ILVIS2) data set contains a series of Greenland and Antarctica ground elevation measurements taken from the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS). The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns, and are stored in ASCII text and big-endian binary format and are available for periodic, ongoing campaigns from 14 April 2009 to the present via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -53°
S: -90°
E: 180°
W: -180°
N: 90°
S: 60°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Blair, J. B. and M. Hofton.
Dataset Title: IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product
Dataset Release Date: 2010-06-24
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC DAAC: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ilvis2.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2009-04-14
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA GREENLAND
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Topography Terrain Elevation
Ancillary Keywords
- Airborne Laser Altimeters
- Elevation
- IceBridge
- NASA
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- Terrain Elevation
Platform
- AIRCRAFT
- B-200 Beechcraft King Air B-200
- DC-8 Douglas DC-8
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- RQ-4 Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
Instrument
- ALTIMETERS
- LASERS Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Project
- OIB Operation Ice Bridge
Data Set Progress
in work
Originating Center
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/LRSL
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Operation IceBridge
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 1.5 GB
Distribution Format: Binary
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 73 GB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
J. Bryan Blair
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: James.B.Blair@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Laser Remote Sensing Branch
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Michelle Hofton
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: mhofton@umd.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Maryland
- Department of Geography
- 2181 LeFrak Hall
City: College Park
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20742
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Goddard Space Flight Center Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) Web Site
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
IceBridge Product Web Site
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Pre-IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Ground Elevation and Return Energy Quartiles
Reference
Refer to the NASA Earth Science Project Office Operation IceBridge Home Page for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the IceBridge project: http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-06-24
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-11
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