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Table 4 Key parameters for the airborne laser scanning campaigns

From: Forest biomass change estimated from height change in interferometric SAR height models

Parameter

1999

2010

Instrument

Optech ALTM 1210

Optech ALTM Gemini

Pulse repetition frequency

10 kHz

100 kHz

Scan frequency

21 Hz

55 Hz

Scan half-angle (after processing)

14.0°

13.8°

Pulse density on ground

1.2 m-2

7.3 m-2