DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9QV3JG3
OT Collection ID: OT.042013.26918.3
OT Collection Name: Columbia, NC: Modeling Coastal Plain Wetland Ecosystems
Short Name: NC08_Morse
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.042013.26918.3
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.042013.26918.3


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Jennifer Morse, Duke University. The survey area is a 31 km2 irregular polygon east from Columbia, NC. This area was flown in a single survey flight on November 18, 2008. Data were collected to link biogeochemical and hydrological perspectives to model coastal plain wetland ecosystems.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: Columbia, NC: Modeling Coastal Plain Wetland Ecosystems. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9QV3JG3 . Accessed: 2024-05-03

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 11/18/2008
Publication Date: 05/09/2013

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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: 339,944,130 pts

Area: 31 km^2

Point Density: 10.97 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 269,957,704
	Class 2 - Ground: 69,986,426
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 18N Meters [EPSG: 26918]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/Morse_NC_08_323.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/NC08_Morse.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.042013.26918.3&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 35.9405787290684°
	South: 35.8826855516048°
	East: -76.1304820587861°
	West: -76.2097621034914°