ABoVE LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1
Data set id:
ABLVIS2
DOI: 10.5067/IA5WAX7K3YGY
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains surface elevation 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).
Parameter(s):
TERRAIN ELEVATION
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4
Sensor(s):
ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
29 June 2017 to 17 July 2017
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
ITRF2008
EPSG:5332
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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