DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G9NP22C7
OT Collection ID: OT.112011.26912.2
Dataset Name: SW Montana: Beavers as Geomorphic Agents in Small, Rocky Mountain Streams
Short Name: MT10_Levine
Collection Platform: Airborne LiDAR

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Dataset 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.

Dataset Acknowledgement: LiDAR data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM - http://www.ncalm.org). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-1043051. http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G9NP22C7

Dataset Keywords: 

Survey Date: 08/09/2010

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
	Role: Collector
	Url: http://ncalm.org

	2. National Science Foundation
	Role: Funder
	Url: http://nsf.gov


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Total LiDAR Points: 234,737,859 pts

Area: 56.1 km^2

Shot Density: 4.18 pts/m^2

Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: UTM Zone 12 N NAD83 Meters [EPSG: 26912]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (Geoid 09) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/metadata/NCALM/Report_2010_S010_221_Levine.pdf

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.112011.26912.2
		Download and Processing: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?gs_action=lidarDataset&cid=geonlidarframeportlet&opentopoID=OTLAS.112011.26912.2


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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidarkmls/point_cloud/MT10_Levine_bounds.kmz

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 44.6379°
	South: 44.5790°
	East: -111.7181°
	West: -111.8447°