005f2e0aebc24ed98a9772a0ba3798e2 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 88a8620229014e0ebacf0606b302112d dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:28:17 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 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 2025-02-24T10:41:35 publication 2025-02-24T10:41:35 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/005f2e0aebc24ed98a9772a0ba3798e2 005f2e0aebc24ed98a9772a0ba3798e2 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/005f2e0aebc24ed98a9772a0ba3798e2 doi 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. 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Barbier, Nicolas Unavailable author Unavailable author Vincent, Grégoire Unavailable author Unavailable author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Disney, Mathias Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher unknown dataset 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 structureracou Forest orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -52.9211533 -52.032647 5.262807 5.280352 2019-10-19T00:00:00 2019-10-20T00:00:00 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) NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/005f2e0aebc24ed98a9772a0ba3798e2 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/forestscan/data/french_guiana/paracou/UAV_Paracou_2023_MultiplePlots/AMAP_Paracou_drone/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://eo4society.esa.int/projects/forestscan/ ForestScan website No further details. information https://ceos.org/document_management/Meetings/SIT-Technical-Workshop/2020-SIT-Tech-Workshop/Documents/CEOS_WGCV_LPV_Biomass_Protocol_Draft_Final.pdf Global Aboveground Biomass Product Validation Best Practice Protocol No further details. information https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2025-67/ Chavana-Bryant, C., Wilkes, P., Yang, W., Burt, A., Vines, P., Bennett, A.C., Pickavance, G., Cooper, D.L.M., Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Brede, B., Lau, A., Herold, M., McNicol, I.M., Mitchard, E.T.A., Barbier, N., Vincent, G., Coomes, D.A., Jackson, T., Makaga, L., Milamizokou Napo, H.O., Ngomanda, A., Ntie, S., Medjibe, V., Dimbonda, P., Soenens, L., Daelemans, V., Bartholomeus, H., Majalap, N., Nilus, R., Labrière, N., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Qie, L., Derroire, G., Proux, L., Abernethy, K., Jeffery, K., Clewley, D., Moffat, D., Scipal, K. and Disney, M. ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data. ESSD. 2025 No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 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