Imaging · collection · 2026
AVUELO: Tropical Forest Crown Maps with Tree Species Names, Panama
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2517
This dataset contains a map of tree crown polygons and orthomosaics for field sites in Panama across 153.36 ha of mapped plots in old-growth and old secondary forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM), and San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA).
Description
Tree crown polygons were developed from orthophoto mosaics of UAV imagery acquired in July 2024, November 2024, and January 2025. Field work verified crown polygons, linked them to tagged trees, and evaluated liana cover, crown intactness, crown illumination, and phenological state (leafing, flowering, fruiting).
The dataset covers nine large, partially overlapping forest plots: the Gigante Fertilization plot (38.4 ha), three plots on Barro Colorado Island (BCI; 50-ha, 25-ha, and 10-ha), four additional 6-ha BCI plots (AVA, Pearson, Drayton, and Zetek), and the San Lorenzo plot (5.96 ha, formerly known as the Sherman plot). The 7,688 crown segments represent 204 unique species; 3,838 crowns were liana-free. The resulting dataset is an important resource for linking remote sensing data with tropical tree taxonomic identification.
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The data are provided in GeoPackage and GeoTIFF formats.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2517 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/avuelo/TreeCrowns_Species_Panama/comp/TreeCrowns_Specie… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4266301156-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/AVUELO/guides/TreeCrowns_Species_Panama_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=TreeCrowns_Species_Panama_2517&ac=true ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/avuelo-tropical-forest-crown-maps-with-tree-species-na… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4266301156-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=9f2d1ba4-59db-4351-9470-ff835a01a… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4266301156-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- CAMERAS · Crown · FIELD SURVEYS · Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure · Forests · Plant Phenology · Unmanned Aerial Vehicle · VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 24 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4266301156-ORNL_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 9f2d1ba4-59db-4351-9470-ff835a01af60 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:cameras | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:visual-observations | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/forests | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/crown | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/forest-composition-vegetation-structure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-phenology | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-surveys | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:uav | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |