S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Point Cloud Version 1

Description

This dataset contains geolocated airborne LiDAR point cloud measurements from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco during a pilot campaign over two weeks in October 2021, and two intensive operating periods (IOPs) in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. The Modular Aerial Sensing System (MASS) is an airborne instrument package that is mounted on the DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which flies long duration detailed surveys of the field domain during deployments. MASS includes a high resolution LiDAR, used to characterize the properties of ocean surface topography. The sensor has a maximum pulse repetition rate of 400 kHz, with a +/- 30° cross-heading raster scan rate of 200 Hz. Level 1 LiDAR point clouds are available in .laz format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Field Campaign and Instrument Overview for S-MODE http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smode
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 Browse and download granules over HTTPS using the virtual directories https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2110184918-POCLOUD
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2110184918-POCLOUD
21 2022 Open Data Workshop Presentations and Recordings https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_ODW_Recording_and_Presentations
33 S-MODE Pilot Campaign Field Report https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Information https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FSMODE-MASS1L
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Code and Tutorials https://github.com/podaac/2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
21 Project Website for S-MODE hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) http://smode.whoi.edu/
21 S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Data Version 1 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SMODE_L1_MASS_LIDAR_V1
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_L1_MASS_DOPVISIBLE_V1.jpg

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  • spectral-engineering
  • lidar
  • earth-science

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