DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G97D2S2D
OT Collection ID: OT.022012.26913.1
OT Collection Name: White Sands National Monument, NM: LiDAR Survey of Dune Fields
Short Name: NM10_Kocurek
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.022012.26913.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.022012.26913.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed Project. PI: Ryan Ewing, University of Texas at Austin. The survey area is a 47 square kilometer rectangular polygon of sand dunes at White Sands National Monument. The survey area is located 25 miles west of Alamogrodo, NM.

Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM - http://www.ncalm.org). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-1043051.

Dataset Citation: White Sands National Monument, NM: LiDAR Survey of Dune Fields. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G97D2S2D . Accessed: 2023-06-08

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 06/06/2010
Publication Date: 02/27/2012

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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: 287,505,683 pts

Area: 62 km^2

Point Density: 4.62 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 287,505,661
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 22
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: UTM Zone 13N NAD83 (CORS96) [EPSG: 26913]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/NCALM Metadata_Kocurek_NM_2009_024.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/NM10_Kocurek.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.022012.26913.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 32.872402334212°
	South: 32.7958234843607°
	East: -106.18627361178°
	West: -106.314333719737°