Solfatara Plateau Obsidian Lava Flow, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G99P2ZKK
OT Collection ID: OT.052013.26912.1
OT Collection Name: Solfatara Plateau Obsidian Lava Flow, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Short Name: WY12_Befus
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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Point Cloud DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTLAS.052013.26912.1
Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Kenneth Befus, University of Texas at Austin. The survey area consisted of a rectangular polygon on the Solfatara Plateau within Yellowstone National Park, WY. The polygon encloses about 56 square km. The survey required 2 flights due to smoke from a wildfire that cut the first flight short: the first took place on August 25, 2012 and the second on September 3, 2012.


Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center



Dataset Acknowledgement: Any use of this data should acknowledge 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-1043051.

Dataset Citation: Begus, K. (2012): Solfatara Plateau Obsidian Lava Flow, Yellowstone National Park, WY airborne lidar survey. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G99P2ZKK.. Accessed: 2024-12-10       Copied to Clipboard

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 08/25/2012 - 09/03/2012

Publication Date: 05/28/2013
Total number of points: 457,591,850 pts

Area: 56 km2

Point Density: 8.17 pts/m2

Classifications:
Class 1 - Unclassified263,881,436
Class 2 - Ground193,705,805
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)4,609


Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 12N Meters [EPSG: 26912]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12A) [EPSG: 5703]

Units: meter

Survey Report: Reports

LAS Validation Data Report: WY12_Befus.html
Tile index in shapefile format: Download

Dataset Extent in GeoJSON format:   WY12_Befus.geojson

Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 44.7176097513192°     South: 44.6127878440486°     East: -110.511247290022°     West: -110.659561447418°