Itoupé
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The aerial laser scanning (ALS) dataset was acquired on 7 and 8 August 2014 in the framework of DynForDiv project. It covers mount Itoupé (altitude 830m above sea level) in French Guiana (total covered area = 72 km²). Based on sample tiles (45, 70,192, 201, 256), the mean emitted pulse density is ~12/m², and the mean echo density ~ 19/m². Lidar Riegl LMS Q560 aboard a plane operated by Altoa
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The site Itoupé is composed of 6 3km-transects (20m wide). 5516 trees with dbh>=20cm have been recorded by Office national des forêts (ONF). Fauna inventories are available on this site. 834 under-storey plants have been recorded on 35 25m²-plots. Soils have been described using 28 samples (1.20m depth max.). Laboratory analysis are available for two soil profiles.