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    • S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Point Cloud Version 1

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    This dataset contains geolocated airborne LiDAR point cloud measurements from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco during a pilot campaign over two weeks in October 2021, and two intensive operating periods (IOPs) in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. The Modular Aerial Sensing System (MASS) is an airborne instrument package that is mounted on the DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which flies long duration detailed surveys of the field domain during deployments. MASS includes a high resolution LiDAR, used to characterize the properties of ocean surface topography. The sensor has a maximum pulse repetition rate of 400 kHz, with a +/- 30° cross-heading raster scan rate of 200 Hz. Level 1 LiDAR point clouds are available in .laz format.

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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 May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2110184918-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2021-10-22
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-04-27
    Category S-MODE, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Luc Lenain and Nick Statom. 2022-12-01. S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Point Cloud Version 1. Version 1. S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Point Cloud Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, S-MODE Project Data Manager, Fred Bingham. https://doi.org/10.5067/SMODE-MASS1L. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SMODE.
    Creator Luc Lenain and Nick Statom
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/SMODE-MASS1L
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -125.4 36.3 -121.5 38.1
    Program Code 026:001
    Series Name S-MODE MASS Level 1 Lidar Point Cloud Version 1
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    Source Hash 868a52bef38810730384b1e68bd416c4db340ccc19d6897e4be873c47e3edb6a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-10-22T19:00:00Z/2023-04-28T00:00:00Z

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