DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9PC30KP
OT Collection ID: OT.092024.6345.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023
Short Name: LA23_Davidson
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.092024.6345.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.092024.6345.1

	2. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.092024.6345.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.092024.6345.1


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Collection Overview: This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Donald Davidson at the University of New Orleans. This dataset was collected to help understand the vegetation-sediment-flow interplay in deltaic wetlands. Data was collected southeast of New Orleans, LA, over Quarantine Bay.
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). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629

Dataset Citation: Davidson, D. (2024). Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9PC30KP. Accessed: 2025-06-07

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar, New Orleans, hydrology, geomorphology, delta

Survey Date: 09/20/2023
Publication Date: 09/25/2024

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. University of New Orleans
	Role: Principal Investigator
	Url: Not Available.

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

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


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Total number of points: 653,111,752 pts

Area: 59.83 km^2

Point Density: 10.92 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 598,124,558
	Class 2 - Ground: 54,875,703
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 49,545
	Class 18 - High Noise: 61,946
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 16N Meters [EPSG: 6345]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12B) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://object.cloud.sdsc.edu:443/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/LA23_Davidson_metadata.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: https://portal.opentopography.org/lasReport?opentopoID=OTLAS.092024.6345.1

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Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON format: 
	Point Cloud: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenTopography/Data_Catalog_Spatial_Boundaries/main/OpenTopography_Point_Cloud_Lidar/LA23_Davidson.geojson
	Raster: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenTopography/Data_Catalog_Spatial_Boundaries/main/OpenTopography_Raster/LA23_Davidson.geojson

Dataset Extent (Bounding Box):
	North: 29.436654399600656°
	South: 29.35126414476026°
	East: -89.44899125749536°
	West: -89.55358345028579°