Relative Density Canopy Cover Outputs for Block2 Lidar data in the Florida Panhandle 2018

Forest cover and density metrics (RDCC) extracted from 2018 Lidar in the Florida panhandle Block 2. These 5m horizontal resolution rasters consist of 28 bands of forest cover and density metrics created using the lidR R software package from 2018 Lidar data. The 28 bands are listed in the following table: 

RDCC Band
lidR short name
Metric Description

Band 1
Num_Returns
Total number of returns in cell

Band 2 
Num_GrndRet
Number of ground returns in cell

Band 3
Num_1stRet
Number of first returns in cell

Band 4
Grnd_Elev
Ground Elevations (above geoid, etc)

Band 5
Mn_RH
Mean of all Relative Heights

Band 6
SD_RH
Std. Dev of all Relative heights

Band 7
RHt_95th
Relative Height 95%

Band 8
RHt_90th
Relative Height 90%

Band 9
RHt_75th
Relative Height 75%

Band 10
RHt_50th
Relative Height 50%

Band 11
RHt_25th
Relative Height 25%

Band 12
RHt_10th
Relative Height 10%

Band 13
RHt_05th
Relative Height  5%

Band 14
RD_2to10ft
Relative Density 2 to 10 ft (Shrubs)

Band 15
RD_10to20ft
Relative Density 10 to 20 ft (High shrub/low midstory)

Band 16
RD_20to49ft
Relative Density 20 to 49 ft (High midstory)

Band 17
RD_gt2ft
Relative Density all returns gt 2 ft (for comp w/ CC)

Band 18
RD_gt10ft
Relative Density all returns gt 10 ft (for comp w/ CC)

Band 19
RD_gt20ft
Relative Density all returns gt 20 ft (for comp w/ CC)

Band 20
RD_gt49ft
Relative Density greater than 49 ft (Canopy)

Band 21
CC_gt2ft
Canopy Cover gt 2 ft (based only on first returns)

Band 22
CC_gt10ft
Canopy Cover gt 10 ft (based only on first returns)

Band 23
CC_gt20ft
Canopy Cover gt 20 ft (based only on first returns)

Band 24
CC_gt49ft
Canopy Cover gt 49 ft (based only on first returns)

Band 25
MnRHgt2ft
Mean of all relative heights gt 2 ft (includes shrubs, midstory and upper canopy)

Band 26
MnRHgt10ft
Mean of all relative heights gt 10 ft (includes all midstory and upper canopy)

Band 27
MnRHgt20ft
Mean of all relative heights gt 20 ft (includes high midstory and upper canopy)

Band 28
MnRHgt49ft
Mean of all relative heights gt 49 ft (includes upper canopy)

Full descriptions of the creation of these raster outputs is available in the companion publication - https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/23/4763