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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!
Platforms
LVIS can mount into any aircraft that has a standard aerial camera mount and a window. The design allows for easy mounting on numerous airplanes, enabling rapid deployment if needed.
| Aircraft | Install Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| High altitude, long endurance platforms for maximum coverage and mission flexibility |
NASA JSC Gulfstream V | 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| NSF Gulfstream V | 2011, 2015 | |
| NASA LaRC Gulfstream III | 2022 | |
| NASA LaRC HU-25 Guardian | 2012 | |
| NOAA Cessna Citation | 2003, 2005, 2006 | |
| NASA Global Hawk | 2013 | |
| Widely-deployed, high-availability, lower-cost aircraft |
NASA LaRC King Air B200 | 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| DOE King Air B200 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 | |
| Dynamic Aviation King Air B200 | 2004, 2017 | |
| Large, multi-instrument platforms |
NASA P-3 | 2007, 2011, 2022 |
| NASA DC-8 | 2010, 2011 | |
| NASA C-130 | 1998, 1999, 2013, 2014 | |
One version of the LVIS instrument.
The instrument has flown on:
NASA Gulfstream III
NASA Gulfstream V
NASA Global Hawk
NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V
NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet
NASA Lockheed C-130Q
NASA T-39
NOAA Cessna Citation II
NASA P-3
Dynamic Aviation King Air BE-90
DOE King Air B-200
NASA King Air B-200
NASA DC-8
Dynamic Aviation King Air B200T
