SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar Scans Raw V001 provides raw lidar data from two regions of Alaska, USA collected as part of the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign. The data covers boreal forest environments in central Alaska and coastal tundra environments on the northern Alaska coastal plain. Processed data products, including snow depth and canopy height models, are available separately.
Use Cases
- Generate digital terrain models based on raw lidar point cloud data.
- Derive snow depth estimates for hydrological modeling based on lidar scans.
- Calculate canopy height metrics for forest ecology studies based on lidar data.
- Compare terrain and snowpack characteristics between boreal forest and coastal tundra environments.
Strengths
- Data is part of the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign, indicating a structured scientific collection effort.
- Coverage includes two distinct Alaskan environments: boreal forest and coastal tundra.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2023-10-25 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NSIDC_CPRD
- Collection Method
- Airborne lidar scans collected during the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign.
- Time Range
- 2023
- Geography
- Alaska, USA, specifically the Fairbanks region (central Alaska) and the North Slope region (northern Alaska coastal plain).