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This data set contains return energy waveform 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).
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Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2018). ABoVE LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/UMRAWS57QAFU Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
Blair, J., and Michelle Hofton. “ABoVE LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2018. doi:10.5067/UMRAWS57QAFU. Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
Blair, J., and Michelle Hofton. ABoVE LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2018, doi:10.5067/UMRAWS57QAFU. Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
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