New NCALM lidar dataset in southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains
A new lidar dataset covering approximately 133 km2 north of Ridgecrest, California, in the southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains, is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) for Dr. Roman DiBiase at Pennsylvania State University. The airborne lidar from this study was used to quantify the controls of wildfire, climate, and tectonics on the transition between soil-mantled and bedrock hillslopes.
NCALM is an NSF-funded center that supports the use of airborne laser mapping technology (a.k.a. lidar) in the scientific community and is jointly operated by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston and the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley. OpenTopography is the primary distributor of NCALM data.
Find the data here:
Digital terrain model (DTM) of a section north of Ridgecrest, California overlain on Google Earth imagery.
DTM colored by elevation of a section north of Ridgecrest, California.
Canopy height model (CHM) of a section north of Ridgecrest, California.
View of Olancha Peak in the central survey region.