DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J
OT Collection ID: OT.082022.6339.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012
Short Name: CA12_Blacksmith
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.082022.6339.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.082022.6339.1

	2. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.082022.6339.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.082022.6339.1


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Collection Overview: Lidar was collected between November 01 2012 and November 07 2012 in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Data were collected by National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) for Dr. Qinghua Guo at the University of California, Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute. This dataset covers roughly 437 km2Publications 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). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program.

Dataset Citation: Qinghua, G. (2022). Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J. Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: forestry, Sierra Nevada, ecology, topography,burnpro3d

Survey Date: 11/01/2012 - 11/07/2012
Publication Date: 08/30/2022

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. United States Forest Service
	Role: Contact
	Url: Not Available.

	2. University of California, Merced
	Role: Principal Investigator
	Url: Not Available.

	3. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
	Role: Collector
	Url: https://ncalm.cive.uh.edu/

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

	5. United States Forest Service
	Role: Partner
	Url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/


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Total number of points: 3,569,558,097 pts

Area: 437.4 km^2

Point Density: 8.16 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 2,685,451,630
	Class 2 - Ground: 883,641,885
	Class 3 - Low Vegetation: 378,149
	Class 4 - Medium Vegetation: 64,730
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 21,703
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 10N Meters [EPSG: 6339]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12A) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://object.cloud.sdsc.edu:443/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/CA12_Blacksmith_metadata.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: https://portal.opentopography.org/lasReport?opentopoID=OTLAS.082022.6339.1

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.082022.6339.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 39.192475053874766°
	South: 38.90297228693664°
	East: -120.39851089475701°
	West: -120.66158773683685°