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The Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) is an airborne imaging lidar used for making topographical maps and studying the vertical structure of vegetation and ice. 

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The PANGEA Scoping Study Final Report 2023-05-01 to 2032-12-31 1.1 COMPLETE 3 PDF Terrestrial Ecosystems
The PANGEA Scoping Study Final Report V1 2023-05-01 to 2032-12-31 1 DEPRECATED 3 PDF Terrestrial Ecosystems
ABoVE: LVIS L3 Gridded Vegetation Structure across North America, 2017 and 2019 2017-06-29 to 2019-08-08 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Terrain Elevation
LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 2018-11-07 to Present 1 ACTIVE 2 ASCII Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height
LVIS Facility L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 2018-11-07 to Present 1 ACTIVE 1B HDF5 Sensor Counts
AfriSAR: Aboveground Biomass for Lope, Mabounie, Mondah, and Rabi Sites, Gabon 2016-02-01 to 2016-03-31 1 COMPLETE 3 COG Carbon, Forests, Biomass
AfriSAR: Gridded Forest Biomass and Canopy Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Forests, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass, Terrain Elevation
AfriSAR: Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 1 COMPLETE 2 CSV Leaf Area Index (LAI), Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Leaf Area Index (LAI)
ABoVE: Directory of Field Sites Associated with 2017 ABoVE Airborne Campaign 2017-04-01 to 2017-04-01 1 COMPLETE 2 multiple Aerosol Particle Properties, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Vegetation Cover
AfriSAR: Rainforest Canopy Height Derived from PolInSAR and Lidar Data, Gabon 2016-02-27 to 2016-03-08 1 COMPLETE 4 GeoTIFF Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Terrain Elevation, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure
Canopy Height and Biomass from LiDAR Surveys at La Selva, Costa Rica, 1998 and 2005 1998-03-01 to 2005-03-31 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Biomass Dynamics, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics
IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 2009-04-14 to 2015-10-31 1 COMPLETE 2 ASCII Terrain Elevation
IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 2009-04-14 to 2012-05-10 1 DEPRECATED 1B Binary Terrain Elevation
ABoVE LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 2017-06-29 to 2017-07-17 1 COMPLETE 1B HDF5 Sensor Counts
ABoVE LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 2017-06-29 to 2017-07-17 1 COMPLETE 2 ASCII Terrain Elevation
AfriSAR LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 1 COMPLETE 1B HDF5 Sensor Counts
AfriSAR LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 1 COMPLETE 2 ASCII Terrain Elevation
IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges V001 2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20 1 COMPLETE 0 Binary, JPEG, ASCII VISIBLE IMAGERY
IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V002 2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20 2 COMPLETE 1B HDF5 Sensor Counts, Terrain Elevation
ICESat-2 Calibration/Validation LVIS L3A Sea Ice Freeboard V001 2024-05-28 to 2024-08-15 1 COMPLETE 3A HDF5 Freeboard, Sea Surface Height
LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 1998-03-20 to Present 1 ACTIVE 2 ASCII Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height
Pre-IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Ground Elevation and Return Energy Quartiles V001 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21 1 COMPLETE 2 Binary Terrain Elevation
IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V002 2017-08-25 to 2017-09-20 2 COMPLETE 2 ASCII Terrain Elevation
LVIS Classic L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 1998-03-20 to Present 1 ACTIVE 1B HDF5 Sensor Counts
Pre-IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges V001 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21 1 DEPRECATED 0 Binary VISIBLE IMAGERY
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