Aerial LiDAR data from French Guiana, Nouragues, November 2019

This dataset contains Aerial LiDAR (also known as airborne laser scanning, ALS) data in .las format collected over tropical forests in Nouragues in French Guiana in 2019. The data were collected by Altoa using a BN2 aircraft flying at approximately 900 m altitude at a speed of approximately 180 km/hr. Trajectory files in txt format giving detailed flight data are included with the archived dataset. The LiDAR instrument was RIEGL LMS-Q780 and used a minimum pulse density of 15 points/sqm. The lateral overlap between two flight lines was 80%. with a Scan angle of +/- 30 degrees. The data coordinate reference system used with the data files is epsg 2972 more details of this and of the Nouragues site can be found in the documentation section.

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Date (Publication)
2023-12-20T15:52:33
Date (Creation)
2023-12-20T15:52:33
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7bdc5bfc06264802be34f918597150e8
Identifier
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 7bdc5bfc06264802be34f918597150e8
Identifier
doi / 10.5285/7bdc5bfc06264802be34f918597150e8
Author
  Unavailable - Jackson, Toby D. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Vincent, Grégoire ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Coomes, David A. ( author )
Custodian
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - custodian
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Coomes, David A. ( principal_investigator )
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Disney, Mathias ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Publisher
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • ALS
  • Aerial Lidar
  • Biomass
  • Nouragues
  • Frech Guiana
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
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Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
2019-11-15T00:00:00
End date
2019-11-16T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • .laz files and text file with trajectory details ()

Distributor
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - Data Center Contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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CNRS Nouragues site information

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EPSG Co-ordinate System website

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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

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
File identifier
7bdc5bfc06264802be34f918597150e8 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
ForestScan Collection 88a8620229014e0ebacf0606b302112d
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:25:50
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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