Terrestrial Lidar Scans of Mangrove Forest Structure in Everglades

Blueflux provides terrestrial laser scanner point clouds capturing three-dimensional mangrove forest structure and volume from 10 sites in Everglades National Park, Florida. The data were collected by NASA CMS campaigns using a RIEGL VZ-400i scanner across three field efforts in March 2022, October 2022, and March 2023. Data are stored in the LAS format.

Use Cases

• Quantifying above-ground biomass and carbon stocks from 3D point cloud volume measurements.
• Analyzing mangrove canopy structure and complexity using detailed spatial coordinates.
• Monitoring seasonal or inter-annual changes in forest structure across the 2022-2023 time series.
• Calibrating and validating airborne or satellite-based remote sensing estimates of vegetation.
• Studying site-specific variations in forest composition across the 10 sampled locations.

Strengths

• Data were collected using a high-precision RIEGL VZ-400i terrestrial laser scanner, a quantitative method for in-situ 3D measurement.
• Covers 10 distinct sites within Everglades National Park, providing spatial replication.
• Includes data from three separate campaigns over a 12-month period (March 2022 to March 2023), enabling temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and column details are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one lists 2026-03-13, another lists 2023-03-13.

Provenance

Source

NASA CMS Blueflux campaigns, organization listed as ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Acquired using a RIEGL VZ-400i terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) during field campaigns.

Time Range

March 2022 to March 2023

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:37:05.193513

Geography

10 sites in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.