NIVAL Mores Creek Summit Snow Depth, Canopy Height, and DTM from Airborne LiDAR, Version 1
Data set id:
NIVAL_MCS_Lidar
DOI: 10.5067/DPFDH2M49DQG
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set provides digital terrain models (DTM), digital surface models (DSM), snow depth (SD), and canopy height models (CHM), derived from point cloud data acquired by airborne lidar scanning over a 35 km² region of the Mores Creek Headwaters in the Boise Mountains of central Idaho. This LiDAR dataset builds upon an existing collection of monthly LiDAR surveys of the same domain that began with the NASA SnowEx field campaign in 2021. Data were collected between 03 December 2025 and 04 April 2026 and timed to align with the 12-day overpass interval of the NASA and Indian Space Agency Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. Thus, the snow depth raster images available in this data set can be used to validate NISAR satellite data.
Parameter(s):
DIGITAL ELEVATION/TERRAIN MODEL (DEM)
Digital Surface Model (DSM)
SNOW DEPTH
VEGETATION HEIGHT
Platform(s):
HELICOPTER
Sensor(s):
LIDAR
Data Format(s):
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
- 3 December 2025 to 4 April 2026
Temporal Resolution:
- Not applicable
Spatial Resolution:
- 0.5
- 0.5
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84 / UTM zone 11NEPSG:32611
Spatial Coverage:
- Northern latitude43.9748Southern latitude43.91365Eastern longitude-115.64244Western longitude-115.7305
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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