DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9FQ9TJQ
OT Collection ID: OT.102012.26911.2
OT Collection Name: Sierra National Forest, CA: Soil Formation and Transport
Short Name: CA05_Heimsath
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.102012.26911.2
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.102012.26911.2


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed. PI: Arjun Heimsath, Dartmouth College. The survey area includes four polygons northeast of Fresno, California with the closest area being 21 kilometers northeast of Fresno and the furthest area being 83 kilometers northeast of Fresno. The total survey area is approximately 50 square kilometers. The data were collected to investigate the soil formation and transport in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.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: Sierra National Forest, CA: Soil Formation and Transport. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9FQ9TJQ . Accessed: 2024-05-07

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 08/26/2005 - 08/27/2005
Publication Date: 11/21/2012

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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: 111,077,052 pts

Area: 50 km^2

Point Density: 2.22 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 76,737,862
	Class 2 - Ground: 34,339,190
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 11N Meters [EPSG: 26911]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/CA05_Heimsath.zip

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/CA05_Heimsath.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.102012.26911.2&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 37.2964707006622°
	South: 36.9451320027323°
	East: -119.06610912643°
	West: -119.653713710596°