Airborne Lidar Scans for 14 Plots in Queensland Wet Tropics, 2024

14 permanent plots in far North Queensland were surveyed using airborne laser scanning between August and September 2024. The data consists of georeferenced, noise-classified, and tiled point clouds stored in LAS v1.4 format. It is provided by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling forest canopy height and structure based on the 3D point cloud data.
• Estimating above-ground biomass for the surveyed plots using the lidar-derived metrics.
• Classifying ground and vegetation points based on the noise-classified point clouds.
• Creating high-resolution digital terrain models for the 14 regions of interest.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of vegetation within the Wet Tropics bioregion.

Strengths

• Data covers 14 distinct permanent plots, providing multiple sample areas.
• Point clouds are georeferenced, noise-classified, and tiled, suggesting a processed state.
• Data was collected during a specific, recent timeframe (August–September 2024).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The total spatial extent and point density for the 14 ROIs are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Airborne laser scanning (ALS/Lidar) acquired on permanent plots.

Time Range

August – September 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 14:12:07.352292; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Far North Queensland, Wet Tropics region