Overview

This data set contains raw Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Global Positioning System (GPS), and camera data over Alaska and Western Canada measured by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program campaign, the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE). This data set is retired and no longer available for download. Please use the NSIDC Scientific Data Search to find alternative data sets.

Parameter(s):

TERRAIN ELEVATION

Platform(s):

B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4

Sensor(s):

LVIS, LVIS Camera

Data Format(s):

JPS, Binary, JPEG, ASCII

Temporal Coverage:

29 June 2017 to 17 July 2017

Temporal Resolution:

Varies

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North

EPSG:3413

Spatial Coverage:

N:

72

S:

48

E:

-104

W:

-158

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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Data Access & Tools

This data set has been retired. Please contact user services if you have questions.

Documentation

General Resources

ABoVE LVIS L0 Raw Ranges File Naming Convention