LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1
Data set id:
LVISF2
DOI: 10.5067/VP7J20HJQISD
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):
B-200
G-III
G-V
P-3B
Sensor(s):
LVIS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
- 7 November 2018 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84EPSG:4326
- ITRF2008EPSG:5332
Spatial Coverage:
- N:88S:-35E:27W:-167
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.
How to Articles
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.