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Dataset

 

ForestScan: Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) of FBRMS-01: Paracou, French Guiana, November 2022

Latest Data Update: 2023-08-02
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2025-03-28
DOI Publication Date: 2025-03-28
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 5 Files | 160MB

Abstract

This Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) campaign was conducted in November 2022. The ALS data corresponding to plots FG5c1, FG6c2, FG8c4 and IRD-CNES also scanned by Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning (TLS) in October or November 2022 as part of the ForestScan Project are provided in four separate laz files.

The covered area: 3*2.16 ha + 1*1.44 ha; Pulse density: ~200 m2; Scanner type: VQ 780II RIEGL; Scanner wavelength: 1064 nm; Beam divergence: <=0.25 mrad (1/e2); Vehicle: Airplane BN2; Operator: Altoa. Acquisition parameters: swath angle: +/-20 degrees; PRR (channel type): ~ 1000 kHz; Ground footprint size of pulse: ~0.16 m; Flight height: 650m terrain follow mode (AGL); Acquisition mode: Full waveform, RGB camera on board but no orthomosaïc made.

Citable as:  Vincent, G. (2025): ForestScan: Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) of FBRMS-01: Paracou, French Guiana, November 2022. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 28 March 2025. doi:10.5285/7bef89a9dc404683a46642625a024a4b. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/7bef89a9dc404683a46642625a024a4b

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ForestScan project, GEO-TREES, BIOMASS mission, European Space Agency (ESA), Earth Observation (EO) calibration/validation, Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle LiDAR Scanning (UAV-LS), Aerial LiDAR Scanning (ALS), Digital twins, Forest structure

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
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Access rules:
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.
Data lineage:

Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) by Gregoire Vincent.

Data Quality:
Data was processed (classified and tiled) by the project team. Noise points were also removed from data.
File Format:
Storage format is las 1.2 (terrestrial laser scanner)

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.

Instrument/Platform pairings

RIEGL VQ 780II Deployed on: BN2 Aircraft
Output Description

None

No variables found.

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2022-11-23T00:00:00
End time:
2022-11-24T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
5.2804°
 
-52.9212°
 
-52.0326°
 
5.2628°