DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9NP22C7
OT Collection ID: OT.112011.26912.2
OT Collection Name: SW Montana: Beavers as geomorphic agents in small, Rocky Mountain streams
Short Name: MT10_Levine
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.112011.26912.2
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.112011.26912.2

	2. Raster
		opentopoID: OTSDEM.112011.26912.2
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/raster?opentopoID=OTSDEM.112011.26912.2


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Collection Overview: NCALM Seed Project. PI: Rebekah Levine, University of New Mexico. The area of interest is defined by an irregular polygon with an area of 39.9 km2 and located approximately 170 km southeast of Butte, MT, 295 km southwest of Billings, MT, and 55 km west of West Yellowstone, MT. The data were collected for a study of beavers as geomorphic agents in small, Rocky Mountain streams.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: SW Montana: Beavers as geomorphic agents in small, Rocky Mountain streams. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9NP22C7 . Accessed: 2024-04-20

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 08/09/2010
Publication Date: 12/01/2011

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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: 234,737,859 pts

Area: 56.1 km^2

Point Density: 4.18 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 56,754,498
	Class 2 - Ground: 177,980,679
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 2,682
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 / UTM Zone 12N Meters [EPSG: 26912]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 09) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/Report_2010_S010_221_Levine.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/MT10_Levine.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.112011.26912.2&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 44.637939°
	South: 44.578983°
	East: -111.718078°
	West: -111.844652°