Dataset
ForestScan Project: Multiple Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle LiDAR Scanning (UAV-LS) data acquisitions of FBRMS-01: Paracou, French Guiana, plots 4, 5, 6, 8, IRD-CNES and Flux-Tower area, October 2019
Abstract
This dataset contains complete merged point clouds (.laz) per acquisition flight, derived raster products in .tif georeferenced format, Digital surface models (.DSM), Canopy height models (.CHM) and Digital terrain models (.DTM). The data is from multiple drone flights over different plots in Paracou French Guiana. All products are the following projection EPSG:2972 RGFG95 and UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) zone 22N. Different scanning scenarios should allow for sensitivity analyses with respect to:
(i) scanning altitude (above the LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) derived DTM, either in terrain follow mode (AGL) or at constant altitude (AMSL)
(ii) scanning pattern main orientation
Over Plot 6 (P6): two different scan altitudes are available (80m AGL and 145m AMSL ~ 125 AGL), as well as different flight pattern main directions (75°, 345°, 120°, 165°)
Over Plots 4 and 5 (P4 & P5): altitude = 110m AMSL ~ 90m AGL, flight directions = 345°
Over PCNES & Tower: altitude = 105m AMSL ~ 80m AGL and 80m AGL, flight directions = 0° and 90°
Over P8: altitude = 105m AMSL ~ 80m AGL, flight directions = 75° and 345°
Information on the individual drone flights and directory location can be found below in the following format:
Country\Zone\Pilot\Scanner\Date\Flight\Flight (delivery)\Freq mirror rot (Hz)\Interline(m)\Direction (°)\Speed(m/s)\Alt(m)
directory location- XX/XX
French Guiana\Paracou \P6\NB\VX20021\18/10/2019\YS-20191018-124006\V1\20\20\345\5t80 AGL
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_80mAGL/V1
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\18/10/2019\tYS-20191018-131043\V2\20\20\345\5\80 AGL
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_80mAGL/V2
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\18/10/2019\YS-20191018-183057\V3\20\20\120\t5\80 AGL
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_80mAGL/V3
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\18/10/2019\YS-20191018-185416\V4\20\20\120\5\80 AGL
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_80mAGL/V4
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\19/10/2019\YS-20191019-190345\V5\20\20\75\5\80 AGL
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_80mAGL/ V5
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\18/10/2019\YS-20191018-200932\V1\20\20\165\5\145 amsl
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_145_amsl/V1
French Guiana\Paracou\P6\NB\VX20021\19/10/2019\YS-20191019-115917\V2\20\20\75\5\145 amsl
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P6_145_amsl/V2
French Guiana\Paracou\P4&5\NB\VX20021\19/10/2019\YS-20191019-172347\20\50\345\5\100 amsl
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_4_5/
French Guiana\Paracou\Tower\NB\VX20021\19/10/2019\YS-20191019-162557\V1\20\50\0\5\80 AGL
directory location - IRD_CNES_Plot1_and_Flux_Tower_area/V1
French Guiana\Paracou\Tower\NB\VX20021\19/10/2019\YS-20191019-181021\V2\20\50\90\5\105 amsl
directory location - IRD_CNES_Plot1_and_Flux_Tower_area/V2
French Guiana\Paracou\P8\NB\VX20021\20/10/2019\YS-20191020-113907\20\50\75&345\5\105 amsl
directory location - CIRAD_Plot_P8
The data was gathered to support the systematic collection and understanding of reference data for biomass product validation. The CEOS Good Practices Guideline can be found in the documentation section.
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). Revised metadata was provided by the UCL project team |
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Data was validated by the ForestScan project team
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| File Format: |
Complete merged point clouds (.laz) per acquisition flight and derived raster products in .tif georeferenced format (Digital surface model - DSM; Canopy height model - CHM; Digital terrain model - DTM)
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Related Documents
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Riegl Minivux and Applanix20 | Deployed on: Matrice 600 Drone |
Independent Instruments
| WUR RIEGL VZ-400 Terrestrial Laser Scaner |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Yellowscan CloudStation computation for UAV Paracou |
| Abstract | Export of raw LAS points with Yellowscan CloudStation software, with line adjustment option.Improvement of inter-line matching using BayesMap software (to account for a defect in roll angle of the scanner). Merging and processing of each flight with Lastools software (PC classification with lasground using options -step 15 -wilderness, generation of DTM, DSM and CHM at 1m resolution) |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
No variables found.
Temporal Range
2019-10-19T00:00:00
2019-10-20T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
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-52.9212° |
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5.2628° |