Terrestrial laser scanning point clouds from Evo test site, 80 sample plots, autumn 2021

Terrestrial laser scanning point clouds acquired in the autumn of 2021 from 80 circular sample plots (r = 25 m) located in Evo, Finland. A Leica RTC 360 A 3D (Leica Geosystems, St. Gallen, Switzerland) time-of-flight laser scanner was used in the data acquisition. A multi-scan approach has been applied in the data acquisition, that is, each sample plot has been scanned from nine separate scanning locations: one scan from the plot centre and eight scans from quadrant directions (i.e. north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-west, west, and north-west of the plot centre). Individual scans have been co-registered using artificial reference targets and provided in the sample plot’s local coordinate system where the origin represents the position of the center scan. The sample plot ID that is used in the file naming can be used as an identifier for spatiotemporal matching of point clouds provided by the Scanforest research infrastructure (see https://www.scanforest.fi/data/).