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Description

This data set contains surface elevation data measured by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter, aboard the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The data were collected as part of NASA Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.

Product Summary

Platforms
C-130
Instruments
LVIS-GH
Spatial Extent

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
ARCTIC ,
ANTARCTICA ,
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-10-26 to 2013-11-14
Concept ID
C3165195734-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
338
Processing Level
2
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

Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2015). IceBridge LVIS-GH L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/RELPCEXB0MY3 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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