Arctic Radiation-Cloud-aerosol-Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX)

In May-August 2024, NASA's LVIS Facility supported the Arctic Radiation- Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) on the NASA P3-B, collecting surface elevations and structure data as one of a suite of sensors flown for the two ARCSIX deployments. LVIS data was targeted for collecting from a flight altitude of 5.5km above the surface, however best-effort data was also collected down to altitudes as low as 500m during the flights. The LVIS-F and two camera sensors were installed for the flights. Note that because of the various flight altitudes , collection parameters of the LVIS lidar and cameras vary (see mission information tables below for further details)


Flight trajectories are available on this page.


Use the python code posted here to view the data products from this mission.

LVIS Mission Information

LVIS Lidar
Instrument: LVIS-F (1.16 mrad)
Flight Platform: NASA P-3 Orion
Nominal Flight Altitude: 5.5 km As low as 500 m
Nominal Footprint Diameter: 6 m <1 m
Data Products: LVISF1B, LVISF2
LVIS Cameras
Camera Model: PhaseOne iXM-RS150F Canon EOS 5D Mk IICanon EOS 5DS R
Lens Models: Rodenstock 180 mm Canon EF 28mm f/1.8
Image Resolution: 150 Megapixels
14,204px x 10,652px		 21 Megapixels
5,616 px x 3,744 px		50.3 Megapixels
8688px x 5792px
Nominal Resolution (5,500 m AGL): 1,600 m x 1,000 m
(12 cm/px)		 7,000 m x 4,700 m
(125 cm/px)		7,000 m x 4,700 m
(80 cm/px)
Nominal Resolution (500 m AGL): 650 m x 430 m
(11 cm/px)		650 m x 430 m
(7 cm/px)
Nominal Overlap: 67% 67%67%
Data Product: LVIS_CAM150MP LVIS_CAM020MP LVIS_CAM050MP
Dates Installed: All 17 May - 17 Jun 202425 Jul - 16 Aug 2024

Resources

Airports

  • KWAL - Wallops Flight Facility (Wallops Island, VA, USA)
  • BGTL - Pituffik Space Base (Pituffik, Greenland)

Data Products

LVIS Data Products Format Download Location
Flight TrajectoriesKMZThis page


View MJD Date Region / Remarks GPS Flight Trajectory Preliminary LVIS Coverage* (Key) L2 Gridded KMZs† Photo KMZs†
CAM150MP CAM020MP CAM050MP
60447 17 May 2024 TF01 [kmz]
60451 21 May 2024 TF02 [kmz]
60454 24 May 2024 TR01 [kmz]
60458 28 May 2024 SF01 [kmz]
60460 30 May 2024 SF02 [kmz]
60461 31 May 2024 SF03 [kmz]
60464 03 Jun 2024 SF04 [kmz]
60466 05 Jun 2024 SF05 [kmz]
60467 06 Jun 2024 SF06 [kmz]
60468 07 Jun 2024 SF07 [kmz]
60471 10 Jun 2024 SF08 [kmz]
60472 11 Jun 2024 SF09 [kmz]
60474 13 Jun 2024 SF10 [kmz]
60478 17 Jun 2024 TR02 [kmz]
60513 22 Jul 2024 TR05 [kmz]
60516 25 Jul 2024 SF14 [kmz]
60520 29 Jul 2024 SF15 [kmz]
60521 30 Jul 2024 SF16 [kmz]
60523 01 Aug 2024 SF17 [kmz]
60524 02 Aug 2024 SF18 [kmz]
60529 07 Aug 2024 SF19 [kmz]
60530 08 Aug 2024 SF20 [kmz]
60531 09 Aug 2024 SF21 [kmz]
60537 15 Aug 2024 SF22 [kmz]
60538 16 Aug 2024 TR06 [kmz]
May-August 2024 All Flights [kmz]

*Preliminary LVIS Coverage locations are generated shortly after a flight and based on quicklook product information and are intended for general guidance only.
Key: Red=0%, Pink=1-10%, Orange=10-20%, Yellow=20-50%, Green=50-100%
†Warning: Gridded and Photo KMZ files are large and may take some time to load in Google Earth