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    • LiDAR Surveys over Selected Forest Research Sites, Brazilian Amazon, 2008-2018

    Metadata Updated: October 29, 2024

    This dataset provides the complete catalog of point cloud data collected during LiDAR surveys over selected forest research sites across the Amazon rainforest in Brazil between 2008 and 2018 for the Sustainable Landscapes Brazil Project. Flight lines were selected to overfly key field research sites in the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Goias, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, and Sao Paulo. The point clouds have been georeferenced, noise-filtered, and corrected for misalignment of overlapping flight lines. They are provided in 1 km2 tiles. The data were collected to measure forest canopy structure across Amazonian landscapes to monitor the effects of selective logging on forest biomass and carbon balance, and forest recovery over time.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date October 29, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Bounding boxes for LiDAR tiles from surveys over western Para, Brazil are depicted in Google Earth from the KMZ file. Each feature in the KMZ provides key metadata about the corresponding tile. Source: cms_brazil_lidar_tile_inventory.kmz

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date October 29, 2024
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2398128915-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2024-05-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-10-22
    Category CMS, 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 dos-Santos, M.N., M.M. Keller, and D.C. Morton. 2019. LiDAR Surveys over Selected Forest Research Sites, Brazilian Amazon, 2008-2018. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1644
    Graphic Preview Description Bounding boxes for LiDAR tiles from surveys over western Para, Brazil are depicted in Google Earth from the KMZ file. Each feature in the KMZ provides key metadata about the corresponding tile. Source: cms_brazil_lidar_tile_inventory.kmz
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/LiDAR_Forest_Inventory_Brazil_Fig1.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 279f1544-1b87-4ca9-a32f-9c8fdb6174f7
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1644
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -68.3 -26.7 -39.06 -1.58
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1d574519154804073818c3653b039a593812b510bf58fdea1560ea1fb76dba95
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z/2018-12-31T23:59:59Z

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