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Description

This data set contains Level-2 geolocated surface elevation and canopy height measurements collected by the NASA Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) Facility, an imaging lidar and camera sensor suite.

Product Summary

Platforms
B-200 ,
G-III ,
G-V ,
P-3B
Instruments
LVIS
Spatial Extent

N: 88 S: -35 E: 27 W: -167

Geographic Region
CANADA ,
COSTA RICA ,
FRENCH GUIANA ,
GREENLAND ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2018-11-07 to Present
Concept ID
C3160943354-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
8796
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Sea Ice Elevation ,
Terrain Elevation ,
VEGETATION 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

Blair, J., & Hofton, M. (2020). LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/VP7J20HJQISD Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION