Description
This dataset provides terrestrial lidar scanning (TLS) point cloud data collected at 10 research plots along the forest-tundra ecotone (FTE) in the Brooks Range of Alaska, south of Chandalar Shelf and Atigun Pass on the east side of the Dalton Highway. Data were collected in mid-June 2016. Data were acquired for each plot from multiple scan positions with a Leica ScanStation C10 green wavelength laser instrument. After processing the point spacing is < 1 cm. TLS enables resolution of 3-dimensional landscape features that can be used to derive ecologically important metrics of canopy structure and surface topography at high spatial resolution.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | ABoVE project site | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | PNG | A perspective of one study plot at the forest-tundra ecotone with mature spruce trees transitioning into short-stature trees and low-stature deciduous shrubs. From Maguire et al. (2019). Photo credit: Kevin Krajick, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | ABoVE: Terrestrial Lidar Scanning Forest-Tundra Ecotone, Brooks Range, Alaska, 2016: LiDAR_Tundra_Forest_AK.pdf | Open resource | |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Data set Landing Page DOI URL | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |