2013 USFS Tahoe National Forest Lidar

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Overview

United States Forest Service Logo NCALM logo High Density LiDAR was flown for the majority of the Tahoe National Forest over two seasons (early snow fall in 2013 required a seasonal pause in the acquisition) to help inform a variety of metrics for USFS assessments including vegetation, fuels, hydrology, and geology.

This dataset includes data collected in the 2013 season. For 2014 data, click here.
Note: One flight swath was missed during the 2013 collection campaign, resulting in a lower point density in that area. The swath was flown in 2014, but is included in neither this nor the 2014 data provided through OpenTopography's services. You may still download this point cloud file in the bulk download section here.


Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center

Platform: Airborne Lidar
Survey Area: 2,197.43 km2
Point Density: 11.61 pts/m2
Survey Date: 10/24/2013 - 11/24/2013
Full Metadata
Data Citation
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Funders: USFS, USGS     Collector: NCALM

Other Available Data Products:     Raster,     Point Cloud Bulk Download (Sign in required)
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1. Coordinates & Classification

Horizontal Coordinates: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 10N Meters [EPSG: 26910]
Vertical Coordinates: NAVD88 (GEOID 12A)
Units: meter

Data Selection Coordinates:       Manually enter selection coordinates (in the horizontal coordinate system listed above)  
  Choose Return Classification    
  Ground        
  Unclassified        
  Exclude Noise

2. Point Cloud Data Download

     Point cloud data in LAZ format
    Point cloud data in LAS format
     Point cloud data in ASCII format

3A. DEM Generation (TIN)  

Gridding Method
    Calculate TIN
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Max. triangle size (Default 50 units)
  Grid Format

3B. DEM Generation (Local Gridding)  

Gridding Method
     Calculate Zmin grid
     Calculate Zmax grid
     Calculate Zmean grid
     Calculate Zidw grid
     Calculate standard deviation
     Calculate point count
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Radius value (Default = 1.4142 meter)
  Grid Format
  Null Filling

4. Raster Visualization  

Visualization type:
  Hillshade
  Color-relief
  Color hillshade
  Slope
  Aspect
  Roughness

5. 3D Point Cloud Visualization  

  Generate 3D point cloud browser visualization

6. Contour Lines  

7. Hydrologic Terrain Analysis Products (tauDEM)  

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