Airborne lidar data were collected with the Optech Titan multispectral sensor of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica during the austral summer of 2014-2015 as part of an effort to understand geomorphic changes over the past decade. Lidar point density varied from 2 to >10 returns per m2 with an average of about 5 returns per m2. Vertical and horizontal accuracies are estimated to be 0.07 m and 0.03 m, respectively. The lidar coverage comprises roughly 3600 km2 with includes the bottoms and sides of Taylor, Pearse, Wright, Victoria, Mckelvey, Barwick, and Valham valleys, Bull Pass, in addition to other ad hoc regions nearby including the Pegasus flight facility and two regions on Ross Island, McMurdo Station/Scott Base (and surroundings), and the coastal margin between Cape Royds and Cape Evans.A detailed description of the survey can be found in the Earth System Science Data publication High-resolution elevation mapping of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and surrounding regions (Fountain et al., 2017).

We collected two ground-based (terrestrial) lidar scans of the southeast face of El Capitan cliff, located in Yosemite National Park, California. El Capitan is one of several iconic granitic cliffs in Yosemite and rises approximately 1000 meters above the floor of Yosemite Valley. The scans were collected from the same location and from a single vantage point on the edge of El Capitan meadow, about 1 kilometer from the cliff base. The two scans were collected roughly three hours apart from one another to assess accuracy related to thermal changes to the rock cliff. Each lidar scan captures an identical section of the wall totaling approximately 1 square kilometer in vertical surface area. The resulting point clouds each consists of approximately 59 million points (approximate point density of 59 points/square meter).

Lidar was collected for the Road 46N02-Modoc area of California between October 4th - 5th 2013 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data was collected to provide a highly detailed ground surface dataset to be used for the development of topographic, contour mapping and hydraulic modeling. This dataset covers over 13,000 acres ( over 55 km2)

Lidar was collected over the Mule Project Site of California on October 15th 2012 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data was collected to aid in identifying ecological restoration opportunities by assessing forest structural complexity, mapping geomorphic features, and quantifying acreages of highly suitable wildlife habitat. This dataset covers over 11,000 acres ( over ~46 km2)

Lidar was collected over the Mule Project Site in the Modoc Forest of California between October 20th - 21st 2013 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data was collected to provide a highly detailed ground surface dataset to be used for the development of topographic, contour mapping and hydraulic modeling. This dataset covers over 19,000 acres ( over ~79 km2)

This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Conor McMahon at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This dataset was collected to provide riparian vegetation mapping, classification, and measure historic drought response on the San Pedro river. The study area is located east of Sierra Vista, Arizona and covers approximately 81.5 km2.

Between September 2008 and September 2009, data were collected along the Kern Canyon fault starting south-east of Bakersfield and extending north to the southern end of Kings Canyon National Park. This dataset has helped identify late Quaternary deformation, and other seismogenic processes that are occurring within this section of the Sierra Nevadas. In addition, lidar derived topographic data was used for interpretation, analysis and mapping of floodplains along Isabella Lake, as well as the Kern River and its tributaries. For additional information about this dataset and related geologic investigations, see: C.C. Brossy, K.I. Kelson, C.B. Amos, J.N. Baldwin, B. Kozlowicz, D. Simpson, M.G. Ticci, A.T. Lutz, O. Kozaci, A. Streig, R. Turner, R. Rose; Map of the late Quaternary active Kern Canyon and Breckenridge faults, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere ; 8 (3): 581:591. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00663.1

Lidar was collected over Harris Mountain and Medicine Lake, California between October 6th and October 18th 2013 for the USFS Pacific Region. This dataset was collected in order to provide a highly detailed ground surface dataset to be used for the development of topographic, contour mapping and hydraulic modeling. This dataset covers over 83,000 acres ( over 330 km2)

Point cloud data collected on a steep, severely burned hillslope below Barfoot Peak near Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains, AZ. The data were collected June 21, July 18, August 1, August 23, 2011 and March 14, 2012. The data were collected with a Leica Scanstation C10 High Definition Scanner. The data are delivered as georeferenced (WGS UTM zone 12N ellipsoid) and classified point clouds. The included files are: Chiri_20120314.laz Chiri_20110611.laz Chiri_20110718.laz Chiri_20110801.laz Chiri_20110823.laz