LDS v1.01 




Date Created: 2005/10/28

Byte Order:
- All data items are Big Endian unless otherwise noted.

Reference Frame:
- International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF 2000) / WGS-84 Ellipsoid.

General Notes:
- A release is comprised of two or more file types sharing a common origin.  All files within the release have equal record numbers, and correspond to one another laser shot for shot.  (i.e. record 1000 in the .lge file will be the same laser shot as record 1000 in the .lce file for a given data set)

LVIS Canopy Elevation (.lce) File Description:

Item

Byte Size

Format

Units

Item Description

lfid

4

ulong

 

LVIS file identification

shotnumber

4

ulong

 

laser shot assigned during collection

tlon

8

double

degrees

longitude of the highest detected return (degrees east)

tlat

8

double

degrees

latitude of the highest detected return (degrees north)

zt

4

float

meters

elevation of the highest detected return (m) (i.e., zg + rh100 - see below)

 Total

28

 

 

bytes per record


LVIS Ground Elevation (.lge) File Description:

Item

Byte Size

Format

Units

Item Description

lfid

4

ulong

 

LVIS file identification

shotnumber

4

ulong

 

laser shot assigned during collection

glon

8

double

degrees

longitude of the lowest detected mode within the waveform (degrees east)

glat 

8

double

degrees

latitude of the lowest detected mode within the waveform (degrees north)

zg

4

float

meters

mean elevation of the lowest detected mode within the waveform (m)

rh25

4

float

meters

height (relative to zg) at which 25% of the waveform energy occurs (m)

rh50

4

float

meters

height (relative to zg) at which 50% of the waveform energy occurs (m)

rh75

4

float

meters

height (relative to zg) at which 75% of the waveform energy occurs (m)

rh100

4

float

meters

height (relative to zg) at which 100% of the waveform energy occurs (m)

 Total

44

 

 

bytes per record


LVIS Geolocated Waveform (.lgw) File Description:

Item

Byte Size

Format

Units

Item Description

lfid

4

ulong

 

LVIS file identification

shotnumber

4

ulong

 

laser shot assigned during collection

lon0

8

double

degrees

longitude of the highest sample of the waveform (degrees east)

lat0

8

double

degrees

latitude of the highest sample of the waveform (degrees north)

z0

4

float

meters

elevation of the highest sample of the waveform (m)

lon431

8

double

degrees

longitude of the lowest sample of the waveform (degrees east)

lat431

8

double

degrees

latitude of the lowest sample of the waveform (degrees north)

z431

4

float

meters

elevation of the lowest sample of the waveform (m)

sigmean

4

float

counts

signal mean noise level, calculated in-flight (counts)

wave

432

byte

counts

return waveform, recorded in-flight (counts)

 Total

484

 

 

bytes per record