DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G91N7Z2X
OT Collection ID: OT.082012.26913.1
OT Collection Name: Medicine Bow NF, WY: Forest Ecosystem Impacts by Mountain Pine Beetle
Short Name: WY11_Biederman
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.082012.26913.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.082012.26913.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Joel Biederman, University of Arizona. The survey area is a 35 square kilometer polygon located 54 km southwest of Laramie, Wyoming. Data were collected to investigate the application of lidar data to models for water, energy and biogeochemical cycling in mountain ecosystems impacted by the Mountain Pine Beetle.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: Medicine Bow NF, WY: Forest Ecosystem Impacts by Mountain Pine Beetle. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G91N7Z2X . Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 08/26/2011
Publication Date: 08/22/2012

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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: 316,486,651 pts

Area: 35 km^2

Point Density: 9.04 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 203,938,608
	Class 2 - Ground: 112,542,159
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 5,884
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 13N Meters [EPSG: 26913]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 09) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/NCALM_Metadata_2011_S001_238_Biderman.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/WY11_Biederman.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.082012.26913.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 41.0801713430685°
	South: 41.0389772050338°
	East: -106.094846982985°
	West: -106.190466901859°