Photon time-of-flight histograms measured with a photon-counting diffuse LiDAR on Crook Glacier and Collier Glacier, Oregon

This data set contains photon time-of-flight histograms measured in September 2021 on Crook Glacier, Oregon, and two sites on Collier Glacier, Oregon (USA). Each data file is associated with a single measurement using a photon-counting diffuse LiDAR. The files contain a header with geo-location (WGS84) and instrument settings as well as the raw count numbers and integration time for each temporal bin. The given arrival times represent the center of each temporal bin. The color naming scheme of the file names represents the used laser wavelength (blue=405nm, green=520nm, red=640nm), the last number in each filename represents the distance between laser and detector (i.e. 1.8m at 520nm for file "green5_1.8.txt").

The data is organized in folders for each site plus an additional folder containing Matlab-code needed for data evaluation. The code uses this folder structure for relative path referencing. Data is evaluated using ExampleDataEvalV2.m, which employs the other three files as helper functions. The helper function ReadTofHisto.m reads the raw data from the measurement files and provides a named structure with the header information.

If you wish to use this data set please contact Markus Allgaier at [e-mail] with a description of the work and any questions so that we may offer guidance in regards to the best usage of our dataset. When using the data set within a publication, please cite:

Markus ALLGAIER, Matthew G. COOPER, Anders E. CARLSON, Sarah W. COOLEY, Jonathan C. RYAN, Brian J. SMITH, "Direct measurement of optical properties of glacier ice using a photon-counting diffuse LiDAR", in preparation (2022)