Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J
OT Collection ID: OT.082022.6339.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012
Short Name: CA12_Blacksmith
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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    Collection Overview: NCALM logo Lidar was collected between November 01 2012 and November 07 2012 in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Data were collected by National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) for Dr. Qinghua Guo at the University of California, Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute. This dataset covers roughly 437 km2


    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). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program.

    Dataset Citation: Qinghua, G. (2022). Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J. Accessed: 2024-05-03

    Use License: CC BY 4.0

    Dataset Keywords: forestry, Sierra Nevada, ecology, topography,burnpro3d

    Survey Date: 11/01/2012 - 11/07/2012

    Publication Date: 08/30/2022
    Data Provider and Roles:
    Funder Partner Collector Principal Investigator
    • Qinghua Guo - University of California, Merced
    Contact Person
    • Michèle Slaton - United States Forest Service
    Total number of points: 3,569,558,097 pts

    Area: 437.4 km2

    Point Density: 8.16 pts/m2

    Classifications:
    Class 1 - Unclassified2,685,451,630
    Class 2 - Ground883,641,885
    Class 3 - Low Vegetation378,149
    Class 4 - Medium Vegetation64,730
    Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)21,703

    Raster Resolution: 1.0 meter

    Coordinate System:
    Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 10N Meters [EPSG: 6339]
    Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12A) [EPSG: 5703]

    Units: meter

    Survey Report: Reports

    LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
    Tile index in shapefile format: Download

    Dataset Extent in GeoJSON format:
    Raster: CA12_Blacksmith.geojson
    Point Cloud: CA12_Blacksmith.geojson

    Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 39.192475053874766°     South: 38.90297228693664°     East: -120.39851089475701°     West: -120.66158773683685°