DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G97W694V
OT Collection ID: OT.032013.26912.1
OT Collection Name: Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT (September 2005)
Short Name: MT09_05Lorang
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.032013.26912.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.032013.26912.1

	2. Google Earth Image Overlays
		opentopoID: OTGE.032013.26912.1
		Download: https://portal.opentopography.orghttps://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/files/FlatheadLake_Sept05_MT.kml


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Collection Overview: NCALM Project. PI: Mark Lorang, The University of Montana- Missoula. The survey area is an 90 square kilometer box located 40 km northeast of Kalispell, Montana This area was flown on September 14, 2005 and completed on September 15, 2005. Lidar data from the Nyack Floodplain on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River was collected for several purposes. The first was to provide a base image from which we could place a network of groundwater wells. The data was also used combination with optical remotes sensing data, both airborne and satellite, to identify pixels within multispectral optical imagery that corresponded to various vegetation height elevations. Those pixels were then separately classified by vegetation type. Data was also used to conduct simple flood inundation modeling of the floodplain and in combination with measures of flow depth and velocity extracting water surface elevation from the lidar to map the spatial distribution of stream power. This area has a repeat survey from May 2005: Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT (May 2005).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: Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT (September 2005). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G97W694V . Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 09/14/2005 - 09/15/2009
Publication Date: 03/27/2013

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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: 215,596,533 pts

Area: 90 km^2

Point Density: 2.40 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 172,887,248
	Class 2 - Ground: 42,709,285
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 12N Meters [EPSG: 26912]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/MT09_05Lorang.zip

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/MT09_05Lorang.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.032013.26912.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 48.503948°
	South: 48.406595°
	East: -113.757025°
	West: -113.883566°