Description
This data set provides raw lidar data from two regions of Alaska, USA collected as part of the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign. The study sites include a boreal forest environment in the Fairbanks region of central Alaska (the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, Caribou Poker Creek watershed, and Farmer’s Loop/Creamer’s Field) and a coastal tundra environment in the North Slope region of the northern Alaska coastal plain (Arctic coastal plain and Upper Kuparuk Toolik). Processed data, including digital terrain models, snow depth, and canopy height derived from Point Cloud Digital Terrain Models (PCDTMs) are available as SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.25M Snow Depth and Canopy Height, Version 1.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Provides access to data, documentation, tools, citation information, support, and other resources. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Direct download via HTTPS protocol. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Search and filter data files using a map-based interface | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | NASA's newest search and order tool for subsetting, reprojecting, and reformatting data. | Open resource |