DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9SF2T41
OT Collection ID: OT.102016.32615.1
OT Collection Name: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA 2013
Short Name: WLD_2013
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.102016.32615.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.102016.32615.1

	2. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.102016.32615.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.102016.32615.1


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Collection Overview: Airborne lidar data of Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA, a delta prograding into Atchafalaya Bay, Gulf of Mexico.     Rasters were produced from the 2013 Airborne lidar data wherein trees and vegetation were removed. The data were then rasterized and saved to geotiff using the software package CloudCompare.  Note: The point cloud data were not initially classified for vegetation removal. As such, the investigators removed vegetation to create the raster datasets. The removal process will not match the removal from the classification performed on the data later. The later classification is uploaded to OpenTopography. To get the same rasters as the ones available on OpenTopography, start with the complete unclassified point cloud and follow the methods described in the full metadata file.

Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas-Austin.

Dataset Citation: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA 2013. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9SF2T41 . Accessed: 2024-04-25

Use License: Not Provided

Dataset Keywords: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, prograding, Gulf of Mexico, Atchafalaya Bay, lidar

Survey Date: 02/13/2013 - 02/14/2013
Publication Date: 10/28/2016

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
	Role: Collector
	Url: http://www.beg.utexas.edu/

	2. National Science Foundation
	Role: Funder
	Url: https://nsf.gov/

	3. University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences
	Role: Partner
	Url: http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/


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Total number of points: 442,178,752 pts

Area: 30.98 km^2

Point Density: 14.27 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 2 - Ground: 400,875,850
	Class 3 - Low Vegetation: 26,933,918
	Class 4 - Medium Vegetation: 5,122,255
	Class 5 - High Vegetation: 9,246,729
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: WGS84 / UTM Zone 15N Meters [EPSG: 32615]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12A) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/WLD_2013_metadata.zip

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/WLD_2013.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.102016.32615.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 29.550584°
	South: 29.467034°
	East: -91.390659°
	West: -91.533472°