Data Management Plan
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Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data is remotely sensed high-resolution elevation data collected by an airborne collection
platform. This LiDAR dataset is a survey of Coastal California. The project area consists of approximately 2616 square miles.
The project design of the LiDAR data acquisition was developed to support a nominal post spacing of 1 meter. Fugro EarthData,
Inc. acquired 1546 flight lines in 108 lifts between October 2009 and August 2011. LiDAR data collection was performed with two
Piper Navajo twin engine aircrafts, utilizing a Leica ALS60 MPiA sensor; collecting multiple return x, y, and z as well as
intensity data. The bare-earth lidar data was used to create hydro-flattened DEMs (Digital Elevation Models) available for
download from the NOAA OCM Digital Coast.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Process Steps:
- 2011-11-15 00:00:00 - The hydro-enforced bare earth DEM was generated using the bare earth points, as well as the 3D hydro breaklines. The following is a step-by-step breakdown of the process: 1) After the deliverable LAS files were generated for the entire project area and QC'ed, and the 3D breaklines were collected and QC'ed, they were used to produce the hydro-enforced bare earth DEM. The bare earth points that fell within 1*NPS along the hydro breaklines were taken out of from Ground class so that these points were excluded from the DEM generation process. This process was done in batch mode using Fugro EarthData's proprietary software. 2) Inland ponds and lakes, inland streams and rivers, and tidal water bodies were hydro-flattened within the DEM. Hydro-flattening was applied to water impoundments, natural or man-made, larger than ~2 acres in area (inland ponds and lakes larger than 1 acre were collected for the 500 meter corridor); to streams nominally wider than 100' (inland streams and rivers wider than 15 meters were collected for the 500 meter corridor); and to tidal waters bodies, which includes any significant water body that is affected by tidal variations. 3) The hydro-flattened bare earth DEM generated in initial grid format was then clipped to the approved DEM product boundary. 4) After the hydro-flattened bare earth DEM was clipped to the boundary, the technician checked the tiles to ensure that the grid spacing met specifications and checked the surface to ensure proper hydro-flattening. The data was cut to the approved tile layout. The entire data set was checked for complete project coverage and to ensure it was free of anomalies. 5) The hydro-flattened bare earth DEM was then converted to the delivery ESRI Grid format. (Citation: Coastal California LiDAR; Classified LiDAR Point Cloud Data)
(describe or provide URL of description):
6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.6. Type(s) of data
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 3.1. Responsible Party for Data Management
- 4.1. Have resources for management of these data been identified?
- 4.2. Approximate percentage of the budget for these data devoted to data management
- 5.2. Quality control procedures employed
- 7.1. Do these data comply with the Data Access directive?
- 7.1.1. If data are not available or has limitations, has a Waiver been filed?
- 7.1.2. If there are limitations to data access, describe how data are protected
- 7.4. Approximate delay between data collection and dissemination
- 8.1. Actual or planned long-term data archive location
- 8.3. Approximate delay between data collection and submission to an archive facility
- 8.4. How will the data be protected from accidental or malicious modification or deletion prior to receipt by the archive?
(describe or provide URL of description):
7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
None
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dem/California_Lidar_DEM_2009_1131/index.html
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
This data can be obtained on-line at the following URL:
https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/
This data set is dynamically generated based on user-specified parameters.
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Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.