Author(s): Cook B; Morton D; Martinuzzi S; Keller M
Site ID: PR-EVR; PR-EVV; PR-Ica; PR-Sab
Site Name: El Verde Ridge; El Verde Valley; Icacos; Sabana
Variables: Remote sensing
Date Range: March 1, 2017 - March 17, 2017
Description: This data package contains metadata for data acquired for sample transects across Puerto Rico using NASA Goddard's Lidar, Hyperspectral, and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager in March 2017. Flights specifically targeted sites with coincident field data collection for NGEE-Tropics, existing forest inventory plots from the USDA-Forest Service Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) program and university collaborators, and other research installations (e.g., NEON).
QA/QC: Provisional QA-QC
Methods Description: Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) airborne imager, which advances previous concepts for data fusion by integrating LiDAR, hyperspectral and thermal sensors in a lightweight and portable system for worldwide research applications. G-LiHT’s single-solution GPS-INS (Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation System) avoids multi-dimensional data effects that are introduced when data is collected at different time and observational scales. For more information about data collection please see the referenced publication: Cook, B. D., L. W. Corp, R. F. Nelson, E. M. Middleton, D. C. Morton, J. T. McCorkel, J. G. Masek, K. J. Ranson, V. Ly, and P. M. Montesano. 2013. NASA Goddard's Lidar, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) airborne imager. Remote Sensing 5:4045-4066, doi:10.3390/rs5084045.
Access Level: Public
Originating Institution(s): NASA
Sponsor Organization(s): DOE, NASA
Contact: Cook, Bruce - NASA (bruce.cook@nasa.gov)
Version: 1.0
Dataset Citation: Cook B; Morton D; Martinuzzi S; Keller M (2020): 2017 Puerto Rico G-LiHT Metadata. 1.0. NGEE Tropics Data Collection. (dataset). http://dx.doi.org/10.15486/ngt/1582600
Acknowledgement: Data were acquired with funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment (NGEE) Tropics and NASA's Fluorescence Airborne Research Experiment (FLARE)
Data Link: Download Dataset
Cook, B. D., L. W. Corp, R. F. Nelson, E. M. Middleton, D. C. Morton, J. T. McCorkel, J. G. Masek, K. J. Ranson, V. Ly, and P. M. Montesano. 2013. NASA Goddard's Lidar, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) airborne imager. Remote Sensing 5:4045-4066, doi:10.3390/rs5084045.
