AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1
Data set id:
AFLVIS2
DOI: 10.5067/A0PMUXXVUYNH
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains surface elevation 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):
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:
- 20 February 2016 to 8 March 2016
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84EPSG:4326
- ITRF2005EPSG:4896
Spatial Coverage:
- N:1S:-2E:12W:8
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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