DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G900001C
OT Collection ID: OT.032012.26916.1
Dataset Name: Pellston, MI: Effects of Forest Canopy Structural Change on Carbon Uptake
Short Name: MI09_Hardiman
Collection Platform: Airborne LiDAR

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Dataset Overview: NCALM Seed Project. PI: Brady Hardiman, Ohio State University. The survey area is an irregular polygon enclosing a portion of the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the southwest shore of Douglas Lake. The survey polygon is approximately 40 square kilometers in size. The polygon at its widest region in the east west direction is 8.27 km, and 6.27 km at its longest North to South direction region. The data were collected to study the effects of forest canopy structural change on carbon uptake and storage.

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/G900001C

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Survey Date: 08/28/2009

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

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


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Total LiDAR Points: 669,960,290 pts

Area: 61.21 km^2

Shot Density: 10.95 pts/m^2

Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: UTM z16N NAD83 (CORS96) [EPSG: 26916]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/metadata/NCALM/NCALM_Report_Hardiman_2009.pdf

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.032012.26916.1
		Download and Processing: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?gs_action=lidarDataset&cid=geonlidarframeportlet&opentopoID=OTLAS.032012.26916.1


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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidarkmls/point_cloud/MI09_Hardiman_bounds.kmz

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 45.5961°
	South: 45.5355°
	East: -84.6675°
	West: -84.7970°