DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9CF9N1J
OT Collection ID: OT.032014.26916.1
OT Collection Name: Rapid Response to 2011 Mississippi Flood
Short Name: MS11_Kumar
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.032014.26916.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.032014.26916.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Project. PI: Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois. The survey area consisted of a polygon located near the confluence of Ohio and Mississippi rivers, about 35 km east of Sikeston in the southeastern edge of the state of Missouri. These data were collected as a rapid response to a flooding event on the Mississippi River. The data were collected June 21-23, 2011.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: Rapid Response to 2011 Mississippi Flood. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9CF9N1J . Accessed: 2024-04-27

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 03/23/2011 - 06/21/2011
Publication Date: 05/18/2014

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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: 1,670,375,138 pts

Area: 195 km^2

Point Density: 8.57 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 549,821,305
	Class 2 - Ground: 983,271,888
	Class 4 - Medium Vegetation: 136,215,586
	Class 6 - Building: 933,962
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 115,181
	Class 9 - Water: 17,216
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 16N Meters [EPSG: 26916]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 09) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/NCALM Report_MissourriFlood_2011.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/MS11_Kumar.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.032014.26916.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 36.991122100936°
	South: 36.7552414702282°
	East: -89.0839938718377°
	West: -89.2829952368113°