2001 Virginia-Maryland USGS/NASA Airborne Lidar Assessment of Coastal Erosion (ALACE) Project for the US Coastline

This data set includes data collected on May 11 and June 05, 2001, and covers coastline in Virginia and Maryland.
Laser beach mapping uses a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground
elevation and coastal topography. The laser emits laser beams at high frequency and is directed downward at the
earth's surface through a port opening in the bottom of the aircraft's...

本数据集涵盖了2001年5月11日及6月5日所收集的数据，并对弗吉尼亚州及马里兰州的海岸线进行了详尽记录。激光海滩测绘技术通过安装在飞机上的脉冲激光测距系统，对地面高程及海岸地形进行精确测量。该系统以高频发射激光束，并通过飞机底部端口向下照射至地球表面，以获取详尽的数据信息。