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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Point Cloud DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTLAS.082022.6339.1
Raster DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTSDEM.082022.6339.1
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: 2024-12-21       Copied to Clipboard

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°