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- 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!
IceBridge 2012, Greenland
In Spring 2012, the NASA LVIS was deployed to Greenland for NASA's Operation IceBridge Spring Campaign based out of Thule and Kangerlussuaq. Multiple flights were flown over sea ice and the icesheet. Data are available in Level1B and Level2 formats. The Level1b data files contain the geolocated laser waveform data for each laser footprint. The Level2 data files contain elevations of reflecting surfaces, derived from the Level1b data.
Level 2 files are much smaller and more manageable. For those users not familiar with waveform lidar data, we recommend that you start with the Level2 files before moving to the Level1b files (e.g., for context or to apply different algorithms). The Level1B data are in HDF5 and the Level2 data are in ascii.
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Data Products
| LVIS Data Products | Format | Download Location |
| Flight Trajectories | KMZ | This page |
| LVIS L1B Geolocated Waveforms | HDF, LDS 1.04 | NSIDC1, NASA EarthData |
| LVIS L2 Elevation and Height Products | ASCII TXT, LDS 1.04 | NSIDC1, NASA EarthData |
1 At NSIDC, search for date ranges 01 Apr 2012 through 31 May 2012
| Display | MJD | Date | Region / Remarks | Platform | Flight Trajectory |
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| 56045 | 28 Apr 2012 | North-West Passage | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56047 | 30 Apr 2012 | Land Ice 1 & 2 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56048 | 01 May 2012 | Transit to Kangerlussuaq | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56049 | 02 May 2012 | Southern ICESat Lines | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56050 | 03 May 2012 | Narsap/Saqqap Racetrack | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56051 | 04 May 2012 | South-East Flight #1 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56052 | 05 May 2012 | Qajuuttap Glacier | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56054 | 07 May 2012 | South-East Flights #2 & #3 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56055 | 08 May 2012 | South-East Flight #4 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56056 | 09 May 2012 | South-East Flights #5 & #6 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| 56057 | 10 May 2012 | South-East Flights #7 & #8 | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [JPEG] [PDF] [kmz] [shp] | |
| Apr - May 2012 | All Greenland 2012 Flights | NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet | [kmz] [shp] |
