Airborne laser and radar Close Window

Data type sensor (platform) | Spatial scale extent (GRE) | Spectral resolution | Radiometric resolution | Temporal resolution frequency (time of day) | Source/cost | Archive
Airborne laser altimeters
AAM surveys Optech ALTM 1210 - Profiling laser Enerquest Systems - Scanning laser | Extremely fine to fine (local) Extent: 100km2 Sampling intensity: 5000-10000 pulses per second. 2-10 samples per 1m2 | Not applicable | Not applicable | User controlled (subject to weather and aircraft availability) | Rotor Resources $12/50ha for georeferenced DEM & aircraft mobilisation ex-Brisbane South-West Pacific Helicopters | No archive
Airborne SAR
NASA - AirSAR | Medium (province) Extent: 12km x 120km GRE: 10m | Medium C band (5cm) L band (24cm) P band (60cm) | Not applicable | Restricted to research missions: November 1996, September 2000, to be announced 2002 | NASA JPL No costs or S. Phinn (Univ Qld) and A. Held (CSIRO Land and Water) | Archive from 11/1996 of Daintree Estuary and 9/2000 Daintree - Cooktown at CSIRO Land and Water