DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9HT2M76
OT Collection ID: OT.052012.26917.2
OT Collection Name: Nantahala NF, NC: Forest Leaf Structure, Terrain and Hydrophysiology
Short Name: NC09_Windfeldt
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.052012.26917.2
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.052012.26917.2

	2. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.052012.26917.2
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.052012.26917.2


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Katherine Windfeldt, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. The survey area consists of a 64.95 square kilometer polygon, located 15 kilometers south of Franklin, NC. This survey was flown as a part of Seed Money Survey Campaign that took place in Aug-Sept 2009. This section was surveyed on Aug 26, 2009 and was flown out of Macon County airport in Franklin, North Carolina. The data were collected to use lidar data to estimate forest leaf structure, terrain and hydrophysiology in a portion of the Natahala National Forest.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: Nantahala NF, NC: Forest Leaf Structure, Terrain and Hydrophysiology. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9HT2M76 . Accessed: 2024-05-06

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: North Carolina, lidar

Survey Date: 08/29/2009
Publication Date: 05/11/2012

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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: 578,628,031 pts

Area: 64.95 km^2

Point Density: 8.91 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 548,258,055
	Class 2 - Ground: 30,344,467
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 1,742
	Class 13 - Wire - Guard: 2,121
	Class 14 - Wire - Conductor: 21,646
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 17N Meters [EPSG: 26917]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/NCALM Report_Bolstad_Windfeldt_2009.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/NC09_Windfeldt.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.052012.26917.2&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 35.0915847563615°
	South: 35.0082191635332°
	East: -83.3934950535018°
	West: -83.4848268727411°