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    • BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER) data were acquired in support of BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) at all of the Tower Flux (TF) sites in the Southern and Northern Study Areas (SSA and NSA, respectively) and along transects between the study areas. Data were acquired on 5 days between 18 and 30 July 1996. Each coverage of a tower site is typically 40 km in length, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 lines across each tower oriented in a variety of azimuths. The SLICER data were acquired simultaneously with Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS) hyperspectral, multiview angle images. The SLICER Level 3 products consist of binary files for each flight line with a data record for each laser shot composed of 13 parameters and a 600-byte waveform that is the raw record of the back scatter laser energy reflected from Earth's surface.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2761666619-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2016-09-21
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-09-05
    Category BOREAS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Harding, D. 2016. BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/508
    Graphic Preview Description Browse Image
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/guides/BOREAS_SLICER_Fig1.GIF
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/508
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -106.2 53.63 -98.03 55.93
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 79012e1937b6af577c2ad64d345c0902369bc0c1c287f27ec88c5a9357d47efb
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1996-07-18T00:00:00Z/1996-07-30T23:59:59Z

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