AfriSAR LVIS L0 Raw Ranges, Version 1

Data set id:

AFLVIS0

DOI: 10.5067/ZL28N34Z2JFL

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Hofton, M. & Blair, J. B. (2019). AfriSAR LVIS L0 Raw Ranges. (AFLVIS0, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ZL28N34Z2JFL. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 12-12-2024.

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Version Summary

Initial release

Overview

This data set contains raw Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Global Positioning System (GPS), and camera data over Gabon, Africa. The measurements were taken by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of a NASA campaign, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) mission AfriSAR. 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:

20 February 2016 to 8 March 2016

Temporal Resolution:

Varies

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84

EPSG:4326

Spatial Coverage:

N:

1

S:

-2

E:

12

W:

8

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

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Documentation

General Resources

AfriSAR LVIS L0 Raw Ranges File Naming Convention