Airborne Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data - Australian Field Sites

<p> TERN worked together with Airborne Research Australia (ARA) to deliver airborne hyperspectral, thermal and lidar data for a number of selected homogenous 5 km x 5 km field sites across several locations in Australia (formally known as the AusCover Supersites). A Riegl Q560 Lidar, a SPECIM AisaEAGLE II hyperspectral scanner (VNIR) and a SPECIM AisaHAWK hyper-spectral scanner were mounted in underwing pods of ARA's ECO-Dimona research aircraft VH-EOS, each one together with its own navigation and altitude system. The spatial resolution of the Airborne hyperspectral data is 0.5m and Airborne LiDAR is 0.3m. Thermal imagery was collected concurrently for the South East Queensland sites. Details on the data acquisition for each site is summarized in the <a href="https://data.tern.org.au/rs/public/data/airborne_validation/metadata/data_report/5_AcquisitionOfData.pdf">Data Acquisition report</a>. </p> <p> This collection also includes supplementary materials that support interpretation and application of the datasets. These include field-based measurements used for calibration and validation, such as ground control targets, and Sun-photometer observations of Aerosol Optical Depth and ozone. Further details on these datasets are available <a href="https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/0e70f55d-5bcd-4b85-a3c3-4ddf2a8db2f5">here</a>. Additional documentation covering instrumentation, data acquisition, quality assurance processes, and data conventions is also provided. </p>