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Description

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.

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Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
B-200 ,
C-130 ,
DC-8 ,
G-V ,
HU-25C ,
P-3B ,
RQ-4
Instruments
LVIS ,
LVIS-Camera
Projects
AfriSAR
Spatial Extent

N: 1 S: -2 E: 12 W: 8

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
GABON
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3161124465-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
0
Published
Science Keywords
Terrain Elevation

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Hofton, M., & Blair, J. (2019). AfriSAR LVIS L0 Raw Ranges, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ZL28N34Z2JFL Date Accessed: 2026-09-19

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