DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G97D2S2D
OT Collection ID: OT.022012.26913.1
Dataset Name: White Sands National Monument, NM: LiDAR Survey of Dune Fields
Short Name: NM10_Kocurek
Collection Platform: Airborne LiDAR

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Dataset Overview: NCALM Seed Project. PI: Ryan Ewing, University of Texas at Austin. The survey area is a 47 square kilometer rectangular polygon of sand dunes at White Sands National Monument. The survey area is located 25 miles west of Alamogrodo, NM.

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/G97D2S2D

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Survey Date: 06/06/2010

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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: 287,505,683 pts

Area: 62.25 km^2

Shot Density: 4.62 pts/m^2

Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: UTM z13 N NAD83 (CORS96) [EPSG: 26913]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/metadata/NCALM/NCALM Metadata_Kocurek_NM_2009_024.pdf

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.022012.26913.1
		Download and Processing: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?gs_action=lidarDataset&cid=geonlidarframeportlet&opentopoID=OTLAS.022012.26913.1


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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidarkmls/point_cloud/NM10_Kocurek_bounds.kmz

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 32.8724°
	South: 32.7958°
	East: -106.1863°
	West: -106.3143°