New NCALM dataset available covering portions of Cedar Mesa and Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 230 km2 covering Cedar Mesa and Bears Ears National Monument, Utah (Shash Jáa Unit). This dataset was collected for a study to explore the dynamic impacts of environmental change and biomass harvesting on woodland ecosystems and traditional livelihoods. Data was collected by NCALM, 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.
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Monitoring Woodland Ecosystems, Utah 2018
Point cloud colored by elevation.
View looking north towards Bears Ears Buttes in, Shash Jáa Unit of Bears Ears National Monument. Digital Terrain Model (DTM) draped on Google Earth Imagery.
Bare earth Digital Terrain Model (DTM) draped on Google Earth Imagery.