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    Lake Tahoe Basin Lidar

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    Watershed Sciences, Inc. (WSI) collected Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) data of land surrounding Lake Tahoe from August 11th to August 24th, 2010. The requested area of interest (AOI), excluding the actual lake, was 232,536 acres of delivered lidar data. The lidar survey used two Leica ALS50 Phase II laser systems mounted in a Cessna Caravan 208B. The Leica systems were set to acquire ≥ 83,000 - 105,900 laser pulses per second (i.e., 83 - 105.9 kHz pulse rate) and flown at 900 - 1300 meters above ground level (AGL) depending on weather and terrain, capturing a scan angle of ±14° from nadir. These settings were developed to yield points with an average native pulse density of >8 pulses per square meter over terrestrial surfaces. The resulting average first-return density of delivered dataset is 11.82 points per square meter with an average ground point density of 2.26 points per square meter. The vertical accuracy was estimated at 3.5 cm RMSE. All TRPA lidar data is in the public domain.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date March 1, 2011
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) March 1, 2011 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from OpenTopography CSW

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 1, 2011
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) March 1, 2011 (publication)
    Responsible Party Bureau of Land Management (Originator); U.S. Geological Survey (Originator); null (Originator); Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Originator); Watershed Sciences, Inc (Originator)
    Contact Email
    Guid OT.032011.26910.1
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -119.87231478565
    Bbox North Lat 39.3285359481113
    Bbox South Lat 38.7004777243675
    Bbox West Long -120.256850100064
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id cec319b6-d174-4c4c-b2b6-098618d73caa
    Harvest Source Id 1017486a-47c7-4139-9ed4-a4d93503679a
    Harvest Source Title OpenTopography CSW
    Licence
    Metadata Language en
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System UTM Zone 10N NAD83 Meters [EPSG: 26910]
    Spatial Harvester True

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