LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1
Data set id:
LVISC2
DOI: 10.5067/W569D47GCOUX
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains Level-2 geolocated surface elevation and canopy height measurements collected by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) Facility, an imaging lidar and camera sensor suite.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
SEA ICE ELEVATION
TERRAIN ELEVATION
VEGETATION HEIGHT
Platform(s):
G-III
G-V
Sensor(s):
LVIS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
- 21 May 2019 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84EPSG:4326
- ITRF2008EPSG:5332
Spatial Coverage:
- N:72S:-3E:17W:-168
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
Data Access & Tools
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Documentation
Help Articles
General Questions & FAQs
This article covers frequently asked questions about the NASA NSIDC DAAC's Earthdata cloud migration project and what it means to data users.
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is migrating its primary data access from its legacy, on-premises archive to the NASA Earthdata Cloud.
How to Articles
Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using NSIDC DAAC's Data Access Tool. This tool provides the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal constraints using a map-based interface.Users have the option to:
This article explains how to find LVIS science products in NASA's Earthdata Search using filenames from the exploratory tools and KMZ files available on the NASA LVIS campaigns webpage.