AfriSAR LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1
Data set id:
AFLVIS1B
DOI: 10.5067/ED5IYGVTB50Z
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains return energy waveform 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.
Parameter(s):
SENSOR COUNTS
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):
HDF5
Temporal Coverage:
20 February 2016 to 8 March 2016
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
ITRF2005
EPSG:4896
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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