Dataset description: 06LTS02_first_return.zip

Lidar-derived first-return elevation data for the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, and Ship Island, Mississippi through Orange Beach, Alabama
Keywordstopography, digital elevation models, lidar
Data typesLIDAR
Formatxyz
Amount185 MB

Contacts

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
06LTS02Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL)
The Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) is an airborne lidar system that provides unique capabilities to survey coral reefs, nearshore benthic habitats, coastal vegetation, and sandy beaches (Wright and Brock, 2002). Operating in the blue-green portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, the EAARL is specifically designed to measure submerged topography and adjacent coastal land elevations seamlessly in a single scan of transmitted laser pulses.