Big Sky, MT: Patterns of Nitrogen Export & Land Use Change

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9668B3C
OT Collection ID: OT.102012.26912.3
OT Collection Name: Big Sky, MT: Patterns of Nitrogen Export & Land Use Change
Short Name: MT05_Gardner
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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    Collection Overview: PI: Kristin Gardner, Montana State University. The survey area is a 249 square kilometer irregular polygon located 21 kilometers west of Big Sky, Montana. Seven flights were made beginning on September 20, 2005 and completing on September 25, 2005. Data were collected to investigate spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen export and land use change in a mountainous watershed.


    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: Big Sky, MT: Patterns of Nitrogen Export & Land Use Change. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9668B3C . Accessed: 2024-04-18

    Use License: CC BY 4.0

    Dataset Keywords: lidar

    Survey Date: 09/20/2005 - 09/25/2005

    Publication Date: 11/21/2012
    Total number of points: 721,219,757 pts

    Area: 249 km2

    Point Density: 2.9 pts/m2

    Classifications:
        Class 1 - Unclassified501,381,188
        Class 2 - Ground219,838,569


    Coordinate System:
        Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 12N Meters [EPSG: 26912]
        Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

    Units: meter

    Survey Report: Reports

    LAS Validation Data Report: MT05_Gardner.html
    Tile index in shapefile format: Download

    Dataset Extent in KMZ format: Download

    Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 45.361817°     South: 45.167918°     East: -111.242878°     West: -111.517664°