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Description

This data set provides high-resolution sea ice freeboard estimates derived from airborne measurements collected over the Arctic Ocean. The data were gathered using NASA's Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) Facility laser altimeter and PhaseOne camera during the ICESat-2 Summer Sea Ice Campaign in 2022 and the Arctic Radiation Cloud Aerosol Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) in 2024.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
G-V ,
NASA P-3
Instruments
LVIS ,
LVIS-Camera
Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: 73 E: 19 W: -101

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
ARCTIC
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2024-05-28 to 2024-08-15
Concept ID
C4248460623-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
903
Processing Level
3A
Published
Science Keywords
Freeboard ,
Sea Surface Height

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

Kuttz, N. T., Blair, J. B., & Hofton, M. (2026). ICESat-2 Calibration/Validation LVIS L3A Sea Ice Freeboard, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/YVGAEYAM1XMI Date Accessed: 2026-07-29

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