USFS Kern Plateau Lidar, CA 2011

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Overview

Lidar data was collected over the Kern Plateau in the Sequoia National Forest, California for the USDA Forest Service between August 13th � 18th, 2011. The Kern Plateau project area covers over 134,00 acres (>544 km²).

Platform: Airborne Lidar

Survey Area: 545 km²

Raster Resolution: 1.0 meter

Survey Date: 08/13/2011 - 08/18/2011

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Data Citation

Use License: CC0 1.0

Funder: USFS Collector: WSI

Other Available Data Products: Point Cloud

1. Select area of data to process:

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1. Coordinates

Horizontal Coordinates: UTM Zone 11N NAD83 (CORS96) [EPSG: 26911]
Vertical Coordinates: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter

Data Selection Coordinates: Manually enter selection coordinates (in the horizontal coordinate system listed above)

X_min =	Y_min =	X_max =	Y_max =
X_min =	Y_min =	X_max =	Y_max =

2. Data Output Formats

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3. Layer Types & Additional SRTM Data

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
Digital Surface Model (DSM)	Digital Surface Model (DSM)	Intensity - DSM

Include Global 30m SRTM Data

4. Visualization

Generate hillshade images from DEMs
Generate additional color-relief and colored hillshades
Generate additional Google Earth KMZ files

Altitude of the light:	(in range: [0-90] degrees)
Azimuth of the light:	(in range: [0-360] degrees)

5. Canopy Height Model (CHM)

Generate Canopy Height Model from DSM and DTM

This algorithm requires both Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and Digital Surface Model (DSM) from step 3 above. To enable DTM and DSM click here

6. Contour Lines

Generate contour lines
Output smoothed DEM

DEM Gaussian Radius (pixels)
Contour Interval (meter)

File output type

This algorithm requires either Digital Terrain Model (DTM) or Digital Surface Model (DSM) from step 3 above. To enable DTM/DSM click here

7. Hydrologic Terrain Analysis Products (tauDEM):

This tauDEM is an advanced processing service. It is available for registered users, who understand these resource intensive algorithms and its products.
In order to access or enable this service, please log in or request an account.

Job Description

These options allow users to describe and keep track of their jobs. Information entered below is recorded along with other job parameters in your personal lidar job archive accessed via myOpenTopo (available only to registered OpenTopography users).

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USFS Kern Plateau Lidar, CA 2011