Ground truth field data for the NCALM airborne hyperspectral and Lidar data collected in August 2015

This file records the ground truth field data done for the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Airborne hyperspectral and Lidar data were collected in August 2015. Forty-three sites in east Barataria Bay, LA, were sampled on 16 – 22 August 2015. The sites were in freshwater, intermediate, brackish, and saline marshes, spanning habitats from < 5 psu (oligohaline) to 35 psu (polyhaline) and representing the entire coastal marsh ecosystem of Louisiana. The sites were sampled for spectral and biophysical (i.e. leaf area index (LAI), aboveground biomass, and canopy height) data.