Processed LiDAR intensity reflectance data for Long Island Sound from Phase II of the Long Island Sound (LIS) Benthic Habitat Priority project.

This LiDAR intensity reflectance grid was generated to provide the LIS Mapping and Research Collaborative with a baseline model for benthic habitat classification as part of Phase II of the Long Island Sound (LIS) Benthic Habitat Priority Areas of Interest (AOI) project. The LiDAR intensity data is gridded at 1m resolution and was acquired as part of the Connecticut Topobathy LiDAR project using a Riegl VQ-820G Topobathy LiDAR system. Multibeam and LiDAR data sets were corrected, calibrated, and integrated into a seamless 32-bit raster using CARIS and ArcGIS. The LiDAR intensity reflectance grid is in GeoTIFF raster format. Funding was provided by the Long Island Sound Study and by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).