Mapping Coastal Dune Erosion, CA 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G96W989H
OT Collection ID: OT.022026.6339.1
OT Collection Name: Mapping Coastal Dune Erosion, CA 2025
Short Name: CA25_Sondeno
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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Point Cloud DataopentopoID: OTLAS.022026.6339.1
Raster DataopentopoID: OTSDEM.022026.6339.1
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This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Shannon Sondeno at the California State University, Monterey Bay. This lidar dataset was collected to help assess coastal dune erosion before and after the closure of sand mining operations in southern Monterey Bay, 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). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629

Dataset Citation: Sondeno, S. (2026). Mapping Coastal Dune Erosion, CA 2025. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G96W989H. Accessed 2026-03-03       Copied to Clipboard

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar, geomorphology, erosion, hydrology

Survey Date: 08/18/2026

Publication Date: 02/27/2026
Data Provider and Roles:
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
  • Shannon Sondeno - California State University, Monterey Bay
Total Number of Points: 635,588,823 pts

Area: 41.38 km2

Point Density: 15.36 pts/m2

Classifications:
Class 1 - Unclassified469,314,988
Class 2 - Ground166,044,855
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)6,782
Class 18 - High Noise216,129
Class 22 - Reserved6,069

Raster Resolution: 1.0 meter

Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010) / UTM Zone 10N Meters [EPSG: 6339]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 18) [EPSG: 5703]

Units: meter

Survey Report: Reports

LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
Tile Index in Shapefile Format: Download

Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON Format:
Point Cloud: CA25_Sondeno.geojson
Raster: CA25_Sondeno.geojson

Dataset Extent (Bounding Box): North: 36.815858°     South: 36.589333°     East: -121.776123°     West: -121.902149°