Meandering Channels in Death Valley, CA 2019

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NCALM logo This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Madison Douglas at the California Institute of Technology. This study uses meandering channels in Death Valley to determine the role of bank cohesion for un-vegetated rivers. The study area covers approximately 72 km 2 near South Death Valley, California.


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Platform: Airborne Lidar
Survey Area: 73 km2
Raster Resolution: 0.5 meter
Survey Date: 09/27/2019 - 09/28/2019
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Use License: CC BY 4.0
Funder:   NSF     Collector:   NCALM

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Horizontal Coordinates: NAD83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010) / UTM Zone 11N Meters [EPSG: 6340]
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