DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G97D2S2D
OT Collection ID: OT.022012.26913.1
OT Collection Name: White Sands National Monument, NM: LiDAR Survey of Dune Fields
Short Name: NM10_Kocurek
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.022012.26913.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.022012.26913.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed Project. PI: Ryan Ewing, University of Texas at Austin. The survey area is a 47 square kilometer rectangular polygon of sand dunes at White Sands National Monument. The survey area is located 25 miles west of Alamogrodo, NM.Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center

Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM - https://ncalm.cive.uh.edu). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-1043051.

Dataset Citation: White Sands National Monument, NM: LiDAR Survey of Dune Fields. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G97D2S2D . Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 06/06/2010
Publication Date: 02/27/2012

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
	Role: Collector
	Url: https://ncalm.cive.uh.edu/

	2. National Science Foundation
	Role: Funder
	Url: https://nsf.gov/


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Total number of points: 287,505,683 pts

Area: 62 km^2

Point Density: 4.62 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 287,505,661
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 22
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 13N Meters [EPSG: 26913]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/NCALM Metadata_Kocurek_NM_2009_024.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/NM10_Kocurek.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.022012.26913.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 32.872402334212°
	South: 32.7958234843607°
	East: -106.18627361178°
	West: -106.314333719737°