Airborne full waveform lidar and hyperspectral data in the VNIR bands collected by Flinders University's Airborne Research Australia aircraft. The record contains information on the Digital Elevation Model of the Alice Mulga site. Data was collected in 2014 and is hosted by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery portal.
Use Cases
- Generate high-resolution terrain models based on the lidar-derived digital elevation model.
- Analyze vegetation health and composition based on hyperspectral data in the VNIR bands.
- Conduct hydrological modeling and watershed analysis based on the detailed elevation data.
- Study ecosystem structure and biomass at the Alice Mulga site based on combined lidar and spectral features.
Strengths
- Data was collected using specialized research aircraft from Airborne Research Australia.
- Combines two advanced remote sensing technologies: full waveform lidar and hyperspectral imaging.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on a single Australian site.
Provenance
- Source
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
- Collection Method
- Airborne full waveform lidar and hyperspectral data collection via research aircraft.
- Time Range
- 2014
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-10 18:23:19.833244; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Alice Mulga site