Airborne
laser and radar
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| Data type sensor (platform) | Spatial scale extent (GRE) | Spectral resolution | Radiometric resolution | Temporal resolution frequency (time of day) | Source/cost | Archive |
| Airborne laser altimeters | ||||||
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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 L band (24cm) P band (60cm) |
Not applicable |
Restricted to research missions: November 1996, September 2000, to be announced 2002 |
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 |