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Table 7 Summary of Remote Sensing Data Collected in 2009

From: The use of airborne laser scanning to develop a pixel-based stratification for a verified carbon offset project

 

Color Infrared

Light Detection And Ranging

Acronym

CIR

LiDAR

Date Collected

7/1/2009

Source

Fixed-wing aircraft

Instrument

Digital Mapping Camera from Zeiss/Intergraph Imaging

ALTM Gemini from Optech Incorporated

Scale

Full ownership

Projection

North American Datum 1983 UTM zone 10N

Resolution

0.6 meter

5 returns/square meter, 24° field of view, 0.44 postings/square meter.

Spectrum

visible and near-infrared (380 nm to 2500 nm)

near-infrared (760 nm to 2500 nm)

Accuracy

Horizontal accuracy sub 1 meter

Horizontal accuracy sub 50 cm Vertical accuracy sub 15 cm

Data Form

4 bands: red, blue, green, and near-infrared

Discrete Waveform with classified returns (ground, mid-canopy, upper-canopy)

Products

Ortho-rectified 4 band CIR

All and first return LiDAR (raw data) 1 m2 Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 0.5 m2 Canopy Height Model (CHM)Crown Polygon Layer