NASA 2011_AN_UTIG Project: Antarctic Lidar Photon Elevations
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Description
Geolocated photon elevations captured over Antarctica using the Sigma Space photon counting lidar. The data were collected by the International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere through Airborne Profiling (ICECAP) project, funded by the NSF, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, NERC, and NASA Operation IceBridge. Data access requires an Earthdata Login account and is available via AWS S3.
Use Cases
Modeling ice sheet elevation and change based on photon counting lidar data.
Analyzing cryosphere surface characteristics from geolocated photon returns.
Integrating airborne profiling data with satellite observations for polar research.
Strengths
Data originates from a major international scientific collaboration (ICECAP).
Funded by multiple authoritative organizations including NSF, NERC, and NASA.
Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere through Airborne Profiling (ICECAP) project, with support from NASA Operation IceBridge.
Collection Method
Airborne data collection using Sigma Space photon counting lidar.
Time Range
2011 (inferred from project title)
Freshness
unknown
Geography
Antarctica
Access requires an Earthdata Login account. Data is stored in AWS S3 format.