Terrestrial Laser Scans - Riegl VZ400, raw instrument files and ancillary data, Australian field sites
<p>Ground lidar, also known as Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), is a ranging instrument that provides detailed 3D measurements directly related to the quantity and distribution of plant materials in the canopy. This dataset contains raw instrument data and ancillary data for numerous sites across northern and eastern Australia from 2012 onwards. Scans have been collected using two Riegl VZ400 waveform recording TLS instruments. One is co-owned and operated by the Remote Sensing Centre, Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) and the TERN Auscover Brisbane Node, University of Queensland. The second is owned and operated by Wageningen University, Netherlands.</p>
<p>Data can be accessed from https://field.jrsrp.com/ by selecting the combinations Field, Ground Lidar. Raw data are accessible by selecting individual locations on the map and then clicking on the TLS scan directory link on the right hand site of the screen. </p>
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-09-13
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-02-03
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-09-23
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
Department of Environment and Science (2017-2023), Queensland Government
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- TLS measurements can be used for applications requiring quantification of vegetation structure parameters, tree and stand reconstruction, and terrain analysis.
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Credit
- <p>The following organisations contributed to the data collection: Joint Remote Sensing Research Program, University of Wageningen, University of Adelaide (Ausplots) and CSIRO.</p> <p>This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.</p> <p>We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.</p>
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Department of Environment and Science (2017-2023), Queensland Government - Goodwin, Nicholas ()
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Australia
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2012-04-30
- Title
- Armston, J., et al., 2013. Intercomparison of terrestrial laser scanning instruments for assessing forested ecosystems: a Brisbane field experiment. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract id. B11G-0443
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Armston, J., et al., 2013. Intercomparison of terrestrial laser scanning instruments for assessing forested ecosystems: a Brisbane field experiment. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract id. B11G-0443
Related documentation
- Title
- Bunting, P., Armston, J., Lucas, R., Clewley, D., 2013a. Sorted pulse data (SPD) library. Part I: A generic file format for lidar data from pulsed laser systems in terrestrial environments. Computers & Geosciences, 56: 197-206.
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Bunting, P., Armston, J., Lucas, R., Clewley, D., 2013a. Sorted pulse data (SPD) library. Part I: A generic file format for lidar data from pulsed laser systems in terrestrial environments. Computers & Geosciences, 56: 197-206.
Related documentation
- Title
- Bunting, P., Armston, J., Clewley, D., Lucas, R., 2013b. Sorted pulse data (SPD) library. Part II: A processing framework for lidar data from pulsed laser systems in terrestrial environments. Computers & Geosciences, 56: 207-215.
- Website
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Bunting, P., Armston, J., Clewley, D., Lucas, R., 2013b. Sorted pulse data (SPD) library. Part II: A processing framework for lidar data from pulsed laser systems in terrestrial environments. Computers & Geosciences, 56: 207-215.
Related documentation
- Title
- Calders, K., Armston, J., Newnham, G. Herold, M., Goodwin, N. 2014, Implications of sensor configuration and topography on vertical plant profiles derived from terrestrial LiDAR. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
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Calders, K., Armston, J., Newnham, G. Herold, M., Goodwin, N. 2014, Implications of sensor configuration and topography on vertical plant profiles derived from terrestrial LiDAR. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Related documentation
- Title
- Newnham, G., Armston, J., Muir, J., Goodwin, N., Culvenor, D., Pusche, P., Nystrom, M., Johansen, K., 2012. Evaluation of terrestrial laser scanners for measuring vegetation structure. CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
- Website
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Newnham, G., Armston, J., Muir, J., Goodwin, N., Culvenor, D., Pusche, P., Nystrom, M., Johansen, K., 2012. Evaluation of terrestrial laser scanners for measuring vegetation structure. CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
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- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- License
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- Other constraints
- <p>Copyright 2010 - 2020. JRSRP. Rights owned by the JRSRP.</p> <p>TERN services are provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. </p> <p>Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN.</p> <p>Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting and by contacting the authors directly.</p>
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Supplemental Information
- Download csv / shapefile for instrument file location and ancillary site information.
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- JRSRP Field Data Portal
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- <p>There has been no absolute validation of biophysical products produced from the Riegl VZ400 in Australian Ecosystems. An update will be provided in 2022.</p>
Report
Result
- Statement
- Further comparisons of ground lidar instrumentation and algorithms are being undertaken through the Terrestrial Laser Scanning International Interest Group (TLSIIG; <a href="http://tlsiig.bu.edu" ></a>). See Armston et al. (2013) for further information.
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- Processing: An automated TLS processing system has been developed by the Remote Sensing Centre, Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) using the Riegl RiVLib and RiWaveLib C++ libraries and the Sorted Pulse Data Library (SPDLib; Bunting et al., 2013a). Data is made available in published open standards including compress LAS format (LAZ; ASPRS, 2010) and the HDF-5 Sorted Pulse Data format (SPD; Bunting et al., 2013b).
Process step
- Description
- Sampling Protocol: See the Terrestrial Laser Scans Protocol<a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2309390417/Terrestrial+Laser+Scans+Protocol" > for information on sampling protocols and file-naming conventions</a>
Process step
- Description
- Field Data Overview: See the Wiki page for the<a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/1960772343/Field+Data+Overview"> Field Data Overview</a>
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/2db20e1a-2ef0-4adc-a11b-59134962a50a
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/2db20e1a-2ef0-4adc-a11b-59134962a50a
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-09-13T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-09-23T00:00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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