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Data Announcement

New data set release: ASO L4 Lidar Point Cloud Digital Terrain Model 3m UTM Grid

The ASO L4 Lidar Point Cloud Digital Terrain Model 3m UTM Grid, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set provides 3 m gridded, bare-earth elevations (excluding trees) that are used as the baseline for the Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) snow-on products. The data were collected during snow-free conditions as part of the NASA/JPL ASO aircraft survey campaigns.

Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/2EHMWG4IT76O