DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9FJ2DQM
OT Collection ID: OT.102012.26913.1
OT Collection Name: Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Site, Colorado
Short Name: CO05_Anderson
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.102012.26913.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.102012.26913.1

	2. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.102012.26913.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.102012.26913.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Robert Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder. The survey area is a rectangular polygon about 48 square kilometers located 14 km west of Boulder, Colorado at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Site. This area was flown and completed on September 29, 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: Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Site, Colorado. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9FJ2DQM . Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 09/29/2005
Publication Date: 01/25/2013

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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: 112,754,966 pts

Area: 48 km^2

Point Density: 2.35 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 21,926,712
	Class 2 - Ground: 90,828,254
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/CO05_Anderson.zip

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/CO05_Anderson.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.102012.26913.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 40.070715°
	South: 40.003464°
	East: -105.582628°
	West: -105.659672°