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ArticleScientific data2026

The NASA ABoVE Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor full waveform LiDAR airborne surveys.

Elizabeth E Hoy, Charles E Miller, Peter C Griffith, Paul M Montesano, Michelle Hofton, Sandra Yaacoub, J Bryan Blair, Amanda Armstrong, Colleen Brooks, Helen Cornejo and 19 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Elizabeth E HoyNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA. elizabeth.hoy@nasa.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-5118
Charles E MillerJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9380-4838
Peter C GriffithNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-7429
Paul M MontesanoNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1695-2439
Michelle HoftonDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA.
Sandra YaacoubDepartment of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
J Bryan BlairNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Amanda ArmstrongNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Colleen BrooksNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Helen CornejoNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Laura DuncansonDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-3493
Scott J GoetzSchool of Informatics and Computing, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4308
Shane HendryNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Daniel HopfNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Michael E HowertonNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Lisa KaserNational Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, USA.
John S KimballNumerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 59812, USA.
Libby LarsonNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Matthew J MacanderABR, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-208X
Matthew MullinNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
David RabineNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Laurence C SmithDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA.
Sarah StoryNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Robert SwitzerNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Hana Travers-SmithFaculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Jurjen Van der SluijsNWT Centre for Geomatics, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, X1A K3, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-1756
Yaxing WeiFaculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-0078
Albert WuNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA.
Daryl YangEnvironmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-7823

Funding

NASA | Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) WBS 281945.02.61.04.21NASA | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 80NM0018D0004National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC19M0117National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC22K1237National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC22K1247, NNX15AU03A, NNX17AE44GNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NNH18ZDA001N-TENational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NNX15AT74ANational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NNX17AE44G, 80NSSC19M0113, 80NSSC22K1247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arctic and boreal regions are experiencing rapid environmental changes that include thawing permafrost and increasing disturbances. The NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) sought to better understand these changes through field, airborne, and remote sensing measurements. One key airborne instrument was the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), a wide-swath imaging laser altimeter system. LVIS conducted 32 flights during June-August periods of 2017 and 2019, capturing data across more than 91,000 km² of diverse Arctic and boreal ecosystems. The surface topography and vegetation structure data collected throughout Alaska and Northwestern Canada spans boreal forests to Arctic tundra, crossing 12 distinct ecoregions. This airborne collection enables direct comparison with coincident NASA Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) data, extends research beyond the ~52° N limit of NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) sensor, and provides precursor data for future satellite missions, such as NASA's recently selected Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE). We summarize detailed information on LVIS data records from ABoVE deployments, including access and visualization using custom open source tools.

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PMCPMC13415867

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