DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9BK19KM
OT Collection ID: OT.102026.6344.1
OT Collection Name: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Carbon Accumulation Within the Wax Lake Delta, LA 2026
Short Name: LA26_Aalto
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.102026.6344.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.102026.6344.1

	2. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.102026.6344.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.102026.6344.1


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Collection Overview: This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for August Aalto at the The University of Texas at Austin. This lidar dataset was collected to help assess spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon accumulation within the Wax Lake Delta in Louisiana.
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: Aalto, A. (2026). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Carbon Accumulation Within the Wax Lake Delta, LA 2026. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9BK19KM. Accessed 2026-10-08

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar, hydrology, geomorphology, carbon, Louisiana

Survey Date: 02/17/2026
Publication Date: 10/07/2026

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. University of Texas at Austin
	Role: Principal Investigator
	Url: Not Available.

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

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


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Total Number of Points: 540,197,617 pts

Area: 44.63 km^2

Point Density: 12.10 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 400,645,490
	Class 2 - Ground: 139,487,562
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 32,363
	Class 18 - High Noise: 32,202
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010) / UTM Zone 15N Meters [EPSG: 6344]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 18) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://object.cloud.sdsc.edu:443/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/LA26_Aalto_metadata.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: https://portal.opentopography.org/lasReport?opentopoID=OTLAS.102026.6344.1

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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/LA26_Aalto.geojson
	Raster: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenTopography/Data_Catalog_Spatial_Boundaries/main/OpenTopography_Raster/LA26_Aalto.geojson

Dataset Extent (Bounding Box):
	North: 29.546113°
	South: 29.461313°
	East: -91.402667°
	West: -91.49388°