Eel River Critical Zone Observatory July 2014 Lidar Survey (Eel River)

1-m DEM from default-class points; and ground classified points and Bathymetry points combined.The requested survey area consisted of a 1 km wide corridor, running for approximately 115 km along the Eel river. This survey was performed with 3 airborne remote sensing mapping systems. Two of these systems are LiDAR systems: 1) Optech Gemini Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) (serial # 06SEN195) which is an infrared laser mapping sensor and 2) Optech Aquarius ALTM (serial # 11SEN279) which is a hybrid laser mapping system as it collects simultaneous land and shallow water-depth measurements. It operates in the green spectrum, thus enabling it to penetrate water. These two LiDAR mapping systems along with an Optech 12-bit full waveform digitizer were mounted consecutively in a twin-engine Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (Tail Number N154WW). The third airborne sensor was for Hyperspectral imaging. This portion of the survey was performed with a CASI-1500 - a push broom type hyperspectral imaging sensor sold by ITRES. It is mounted on a vibration isolated mount together with the Gemini LIDAR sensor.Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center

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Last Updated August 15, 2025, 13:55 (UTC)
Created August 15, 2025, 13:55 (UTC)
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sci:citation Dietrich, G. (2014): Eel River Critical Zone Observatory July 2014 Lidar Survey. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9MP517V. Accessed <YYYY-MM-DD>
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