LVIS Gabon 2023

In May 2023, NASA's LVIS Facility was used to collect data over Gabon, Africa and neighboring countries. Two LVIS lidars and one camera were operated on the NASA LaRC Gulfstream-III aircraft. Science targets included sections of GEDI reference ground tracks, areas where complementary ground and airborne-based data collections exist, and LVIS data collection sites flown previously as part of the 2016 AfriSAR campaign. Sections of LVIS data collection areas were also flown by the DLR FSAR sensor during the same time period.


Flight trajectories and preliminary coverage maps are available on this page.


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

LVIS Mission Information

LVIS Lidars
Instruments: LVIS Facility LVIS Classic
Flight Platform: NASA Gulfstream III
Nominal Flight Altitude: 8,000 m
Nominal LVIS Swath Width: 1.5 km (200 mrad)
Nominal Footprint Diameter: 10m
(1.27 mrad)		 20m
(2.5 mrad)
Data Products: LVISF1B, LVISF2 LVISC1B, LVISC2
LVIS Camera
Camera Model: PhaseOne iXM-RS150F
Lens Models: Rodenstock 180 mm
Image Resolution: 150 Megapixels
14,204px x 10,652px
Nominal Resolution: 2.4 km x 1.6 km
(16 cm/px)
Nominal Overlap: 70%
Data Product: OLVIS1A_CAM150MP

Resources

Airports

  • KLFI - Langley Air Force Base (Hampton, VA, USA)
  • FPST - Aeroporto Internacional de São Tomé e Príncipe

Data Products

LVIS Data Products Format Download Location
Flight TrajectoriesKMZThis page
LVIS L1A Camera ImageryJPG*NSIDC1, NASA EarthData
LVIS Classic L1B Geolocated WaveformsHDF, LDS 2.0.3NSIDC1, NASA EarthData
LVIS Classic L2 Elevation and Height ProductsASCII TXT, LDS 2.0.3NSIDC1, NASA EarthData

1 At NSIDC, search for date ranges 01 May 2023 through 31 May 2023



View MJD Date Region / Remarks GPS Flight Trajectory Preliminary LVIS Coverage* (Key) L2 Gridded KMZs† Photo KMZs†
Classic Facility
60079 15 May 2023 Sensor calibration flight, Delmarva Peninsula [kmz] [kmz]
60083 19 May 2023 Science Flight 01 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60084 20 May 2023 Science Flight 02 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60086 22 May 2023 Science Flight 03 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60087 23 May 2023 Science Flight 04 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60088 24 May 2023 Science Flight 05 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60089 25 May 2023 Science Flight 06 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60091 27 May 2023 Science Flight 07 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60093 29 May 2023 Science Flight 08 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60094 30 May 2023 Science Flight 09 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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60095 31 May 2023 Science Flight 10 [kmz] [ZG]
[RH95]
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May 2023 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