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LiDAR data were acquired over the footprint of the flux tower and established long-term study plots at Thompson Farm Observatory, Durham, NH during leaf-off conditions in November 2022. Data were acquired using a LiVox Avia lidar sensor on a Green Valley International LiAirV70 payload. The LiVox Avia is a triple echo 905 nm lidar sensor with a non-repetitive circular scanning pattern that can retrieve ~700,000 returns per second. The sensor payload was flown on board a DJI M300 at an altitude of ~65 m above ground level in a double grid pattern with ~32 m flight line spacing, yielding a return density across the sampling area >500 points per square meter. Returns were georeferenced to WGS84 UTM Zone 19N coordinates with heights above ellipsoid using Green Valley International’s LiGeoreference software with automatic boresight calibration. Outliers were removed, then flight line point clouds were merged. Returns were classified as ground and non-ground returns using Green Valley International’s Lidar360 software and output as LAS (v 1.4) data sets. LAS files were subsequently tiled for publication.
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Leaf-On LiDAR Point Cloud of Thompson Farm Flux Tower Footprint Acquired by Unpiloted Aerial System, 2022
LiDAR data were acquired over the footprint of the flux tower and established long-term study plots at Thompson Farm Observatory, Durham, NH during the growing season. Data were acquired using a LiVox Avia lidar sensor on a Green Valley International LiAirV70 payload. The LiVox Avia is a triple echo 905 nm lidar sensor with a non-repetitive circular scanning pattern that can retrieve ~700,000 returns per second. The sensor payload was flown on board a DJI M300 at an altitude of ~65 m above ground level in a double grid pattern with ~32 m flight line spacing, yielding a return density across the sampling area >500 points per square meter. Returns were georeferenced to WGS84 UTM Zone 19N coordinates with heights above ellipsoid using Green Valley International’s LiGeoreference software with automatic boresight calibration. Outliers were removed, then flight line point clouds were merged. Returns were classified as ground and non-ground returns using Green Valley International’s Lidar360 software and output as LAS (v 1.4) data sets. LAS files were subsequently tiled for publication.
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