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External Links
- 61A: Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory
- Operation IceBridge
- ABoVE
- NSIDC
- GEDI
- GRACE
- University of Maryland
Recent News
LVIS featured on #ScienceInSeconds
28 Jul 2021
Dr. Michelle Hofton was interviewed for NASA Associate Administrator Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen's Twitter update during the 2021 GEDI Calibration/Validation campaign!
Greenland data available at NSIDC
14 Jun 2018
LVIS Level 1B and 2 data products from Operation IceBridge Greenland 2017 are now available at NSIDC. Links are now available here!
ABoVE data available at NSIDC
9 May 2018
LVIS Level 1B and 2 data products from ABoVE 2017 are now available at NSIDC, and the IceBridge 2017 data products have been sent out. Take a look here!
ABoVE data sent to NSIDC
8 Mar 2018
LVIS data from ABoVE 2017 has been sent to NSIDC. As soon as the data is available, links will be posted here!
LVIS Code Utilities
For all current LVIS release files:
| Product | IDL | Python |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2 | read_lvis2.pro | read_lvis2.py |
| Level 1B | read_lvis1b.pro | read_lvis1b.py |
| Filename | File size | File Type | Click to download |
|---|---|---|---|
| lvisReleaseReader1.04.svn6.forWindows32bit.zip | 30.7 kB | Zip |  |
| lvis_release_idl_pros-1.04.zip | 10.5 kB | Zip | |
| lvis_release_reader_v1.04.svn6.zip | 12.4 kB | Zip | |
| Version | Description | Script |
|---|---|---|
| LDS 1.02 | Legacy LVIS data format, pre-2009 | read_legacy_lvis.py |
| LDS 1.03 | Legacy LVIS data format, pre-2009 | read_legacy_lvis.py |
| LDS 1.04 | Legacy LVIS data format, 2009-2015 Operation IceBridge data | read_legacy_lvis.py |
| LDS 2.0.1 | AfriSAR 2016 | py_waveplot.py |
| LDS 2.0.2 | ABoVE and OIB 2017 | py_waveplot.py |
| LDS 2.0.3 | GEDI and ABoVE 2019 | py_waveplot.py |
