The NASA ABoVE Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor Full Waveform Lidar Airborne Surveys

Hoy, Elizabeth E [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Miller, Charles [Jet Propulsion Laboratory]; Griffith, Peter [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Montesano, Paul [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Hofton, Michelle [University of Maryland, College Park]; Yaacoub, Sandra [Queen's University, Canada]; Blair, J. Bryan [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Brooks, Colleen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Cornejo, Helen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Duncanson, Laura [University of Maryland, College Park]; Goetz, Scott [Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff]; Hendry, Shane [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Hopf, Daniel [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Howerton, Michael [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Kaser, Lisa [University of Colorado, Boulder]; Kimball, John S. [University of Montana, Missoula]; Larson, Libby [Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI Danica Lombardozzi, Climat]; Macander, Matthew [Alaska Biological Research, Inc.]; Rabine, David [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Smith, Laurence [Brown University, Providence, RI]; Story, Sarah [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Switzer, Robert [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Wei, Yaxing [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000169240078); Wu, Albert [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Yang, Daryl [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000317057823); Travers smith, Hana [University of British Columbia, Canada]; Sluijs, Jurjen [Government of the Northwest Territories]; Armstrong, Amanda [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]; Mullins, Matt [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]

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The NASA ABoVE Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor Full Waveform Lidar Airborne Surveys

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Hoy, Elizabeth E [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Miller, Charles [Jet Propulsion Laboratory], Griffith, Peter [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Montesano, Paul [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Hofton, Michelle [University of Maryland, College Park], Yaacoub, Sandra [Queen's University, Canada], Blair, J. Bryan [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Brooks, Colleen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Cornejo, Helen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Duncanson, Laura [University of Maryland, College Park], Goetz, Scott [Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff], Hendry, Shane [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Hopf, Daniel [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Howerton, Michael [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Kaser, Lisa [University of Colorado, Boulder], Kimball, John S. [University of Montana, Missoula], Larson, Libby [Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI Danica Lombardozzi, Climat], Macander, Matthew [Alaska Biological Research, Inc.], Rabine, David [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Smith, Laurence [Brown University, Providence, RI], Story, Sarah [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Switzer, Robert [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Wei, Yaxing [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000169240078), Wu, Albert [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Yang, Daryl [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000317057823), Travers smith, Hana [University of British Columbia, Canada], Sluijs, Jurjen [Government of the Northwest Territories], Armstrong, Amanda [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center], Mullins, Matt [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]. 2026-06-01. The NASA ABoVE Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor Full Waveform Lidar Airborne Surveys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06388-5

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