Paleo-Outburst Floods in the Truckee River Canyon, CA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9X928F9
OT Collection ID: OT.102019.6339.2
OT Collection Name: Paleo-Outburst Floods in the Truckee River Canyon, CA
Short Name: CA18_Feehan
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
Download and Access Products:
Point Cloud DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTLAS.102019.6339.2
Raster DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTSDEM.102019.6339.2
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This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Scott Feehan at the University of Nevada, Reno. This project was designed to quantify the geomorphic effectiveness of paleo-outburst floods in the Truckee River Canyon, CA. The survey area covers approximately 92.99 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. EAR-1830734.

Dataset Citation: Feehan, S. (2019). Paleo-Outburst Floods in the Truckee River Canyon, CA. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9X928F9.. Accessed: 2024-12-21       Copied to Clipboard

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar, SEED, flood, Truckee, Geomorphic, paleo outburst

Survey Date: 09/22/2018 - 09/23/2018

Publication Date: 11/06/2019
Data Provider and Roles:
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
  • Scott Feehan - University of Nevada, Reno
Total number of points: 781,516,176 pts

Area: 92.99 km2

Point Density: 8.40 pts/m2

Classifications:
Class 1 - Unclassified474,190,386
Class 2 - Ground305,975,213
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)3,163
Class 9 - Water675,220
Class 38 - Reserved130,126
Class 39 - Reserved542,068

Raster Resolution: 1 meter

Orthophoto Resolution: 0.08 meter

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

Units: meter

Survey Report: Reports

LAS Validation Data Report: CA18_Feehan.html
Tile index in shapefile format: Download

Dataset Extent in GeoJSON format:
Point Cloud: CA18_Feehan.geojson
Raster: CA18_Feehan.geojson

Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 39.3954702129972°     South: 39.1551238204583°     East: -120.008695802298°     West: -120.29447953755°