TW Daniels Experimental Forest (TWDEF) Lidar

Authors:	Michaela Teich · David G. Tarboton
Owners:	Michaela Teich
Resource type:	Generic
Created:	Nov. 17, 2016, 9:11 p.m.
Last updated:	Dec. 9, 2016, midnight by Michaela Teich

Abstract

This resource contains lidar data, collected at the TW Daniels Experimental Forest (TWDEF) on six separate flights in 2008 and 2009 measuring surface and canopy properties during snow-on and snow-off conditions. It was collected for the purposes of obtaining a digital elevation model (DEM) to characterize the area for snowmelt modeling, and by differencing between snow-on and snow-off observations to characterize the spatial distribution of snow depth. Canopy lidar returns also characterize the vegetation. The data was collected by the Utah State University (USU) Lidar-Assisted Stereo Imaging (LASSI) laboratory. The data was initially processed at USU shortly after collection and additionally processed by the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in support of iUtah lidar efforts in 2016.

The metadata report (sdl16-1363-.pdf) gives details about the hardware used for data collection, the flight plans and resulting data, the data processing steps, and a brief error analysis.

Zip files are named by the collection date and contain:
- Terra Scan Binary Files
- LAS Files (one for each flight line and the combined file)
- KML Files (one for each flight line)
- ASC DEM file (1 m resolution)
- PNG Hillshade file
A complete list can be found on pp. 17-22 of the metadata report.

Subject

TW Daniels Experimental Forest,TWDEF,Lidar,DEM,Snow Depth

How to cite

Teich, M., D. G. Tarboton (2016). TW Daniels Experimental Forest (TWDEF) Lidar, HydroShare, http://dx.doi.org/10.4211/hs.36f3314971a547bc8bc72dc60d6bd03c

This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Coverage

Spatial:

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:	WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:	Decimal degrees

Place/Area Name: T W Daniel Experimental Forest

Longitude

-111.5000°

Latitude

41.8600°

Temporal:

Start Date:
End Date:

Content

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Authors

The people or organizations that created the intellectual content of the resource.

Name	Organization	Address	Phone
Michaela Teich	Utah State University
David G. Tarboton	Utah State University		4357973172

Contributors

People or organizations that contributed technically, materially, financially, or provided general support for the creation of the resource's content but are not considered authors.

Name	Organization	Address	Phone
Keith Blonquist	Space Dynamics Laboratory
Robert T. Pack	Utah State University
LASSI Service Center	Utah State University
Jobie Carlisle	Utah State University
Scott B. Jones	Utah State University

Credits

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:

Agency Name	Award Title	Award Number
USDA-CREES	Utah drought management project	2008-34552-19042
National Science Foundation	iUTAH-innovative Urban Transitions and Aridregion Hydro-sustainability	IIA 1208732