2010 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar DEM: California
Data Set (DS) | OCM Partners (OCMP)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66005 | Updated: January 10, 2024 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2024: 2010 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar DEM: California, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66005.
Full Citation Examples
These files contain rasterized topographic and bathymetric lidar elevations generated from data collected by the SHOALS-1000T bathymetric and the Leica ALS60 topographic lidar systems along the coast of California. Lidar data coverage generally extends along the coastline from the waterline inland 500 meters (topography) and offshore 1,000 meters or to laser extinction. Exclusively on areas where Fugro Pelagos acquired or planned to acquire multibeam sonar data by December 31, 2009, data coverage extends from the shoreline either to the 10-m contour, the 20-m contour or the landward extend of the multibeam data plus an additional 100 m offshore. Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. The 3-D position data are used to generate a series of gridded file products, with each covering approximately 5 kilometers of shoreline. The grid file index is provided by the shape file, "CA_Boxes", and the numbers used to identify files are in the "Box" field of the shape file. The data file naming convention is based on the year, project, area name, vertical datum, "Box" number and product type. An example file name is "2010_NCMP_CA_001_BareEarth_1mGrid.tif", where 2010 is the project year, is the project under which data were collected, is the area of data collection, 001 is the "Box" number and BareEarth_1mGrid is the product type. A letter appended to the file name means a subset of data collected has been processed separately due to significant morphology changes during the period of data acquisition.
In addition to these bare earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data, the lidar point data that these DEM data were created from, are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record.
Distribution Information
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Create custom data files by choosing data area, map projection, file format, etc. A new metadata will be produced to reflect your request using this record as a base.
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GeoTIFF
Bulk download of data files in the original coordinate system.
None
Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations.
Controlled Theme Keywords
BATHYMETRY, COASTAL ELEVATION, elevation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY, TERRAIN ELEVATION
Child Items
No Child Items for this record.
Contact Information
Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
Extents
-124.417919° W,
-120.624119° E,
42.003253° N,
35.034653° S
2009-09-30 - 2009-10-28
Item Identification
Title: | 2010 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar DEM: California |
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Short Name: | usace2010_ca_dem_m9438_metadata |
Status: | Completed |
Creation Date: | 2010 |
Abstract: |
These files contain rasterized topographic and bathymetric lidar elevations generated from data collected by the SHOALS-1000T bathymetric and the Leica ALS60 topographic lidar systems along the coast of California. Lidar data coverage generally extends along the coastline from the waterline inland 500 meters (topography) and offshore 1,000 meters or to laser extinction. Exclusively on areas where Fugro Pelagos acquired or planned to acquire multibeam sonar data by December 31, 2009, data coverage extends from the shoreline either to the 10-m contour, the 20-m contour or the landward extend of the multibeam data plus an additional 100 m offshore. Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. The 3-D position data are used to generate a series of gridded file products, with each covering approximately 5 kilometers of shoreline. The grid file index is provided by the shape file, "CA_Boxes", and the numbers used to identify files are in the "Box" field of the shape file. The data file naming convention is based on the year, project, area name, vertical datum, "Box" number and product type. An example file name is "2010_NCMP_CA_001_BareEarth_1mGrid.tif", where 2010 is the project year, is the project under which data were collected, is the area of data collection, 001 is the "Box" number and BareEarth_1mGrid is the product type. A letter appended to the file name means a subset of data collected has been processed separately due to significant morphology changes during the period of data acquisition. In addition to these bare earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data, the lidar point data that these DEM data were created from, are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. |
Purpose: |
These data were collected as a part of the National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) to depict the elevations above and below the water line in the California coastal zone. |
Supplemental Information: |
High water turbidity in the survey area hindered the acquisition of bathymetric data in boxes 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 and 23 and resulted in incomplete coverage. Additionally, datasets collected on different times such that shoreline material had moved exceeding the accuracy tolerance, were not merged and rather separated as dataset "A" for the box number affected |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
elevation
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | ALS60 |
None | JALBTCX |
None | SHOALS |
None | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR
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UNCONTROLLED | |
Geographic Names Information System | CA |
Geographic Names Information System | California |
Geographic Names Information System | Del Norte County |
Geographic Names Information System | McKinleyville |
Geographic Names Information System | San Diego |
Geographic Names Information System | United States |
Instrument Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords |
LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging
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Platform Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords |
Airplane > Airplane
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Physical Location
Organization: | Office for Coastal Management |
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City: | Charleston |
State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | Elevation |
Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Model (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
See access and use constraints information. Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners. |
Data Set Credit: | JALBTCX (Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -124.417919 | |
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E° Bound: | -120.624119 | |
N° Bound: | 42.003253 | |
S° Bound: | 35.034653 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2009-09-30 |
End: | 2009-10-28 |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Representations Used
Grid: | Yes |
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Reference Systems
Reference System 1
Coordinate Reference System |
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Reference System 2
Coordinate Reference System |
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Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Procedure: |
Data is available online for bulk and custom downloads. |
Data Access Constraints: |
None |
Data Use Constraints: |
Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Start Date: | 2021-12-20 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9438/details/9438 |
Distributor: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) (2021 - Present) |
File Name: | Customized Download |
Description: |
Create custom data files by choosing data area, map projection, file format, etc. A new metadata will be produced to reflect your request using this record as a base. |
File Type (Deprecated): | Zip |
Compression: | Zip |
Distribution 2
Start Date: | 2021-12-20 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dem/USACE_CA_DEM_2010_9438/index.html |
Distributor: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) (2021 - Present) |
File Name: | Bulk Download |
Description: |
Bulk download of data files in the original coordinate system. |
File Type (Deprecated): | GeoTIFF |
Distribution Format: | GeoTIFF |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/ |
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Name: | NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
Information on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) |
URL 2
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/ |
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Name: | NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Data Access Viewer (DAV) |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
The Data Access Viewer (DAV) allows a user to search for and download elevation, imagery, and land cover data for the coastal U.S. and its territories. The data, hosted by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, can be customized and requested for free download through a checkout interface. An email provides a link to the customized data, while the original data set is available through a link within the viewer. |
URL 3
URL: | https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4825/supplemental/ca2010_ncmp_m4825.kmz |
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Name: | Browse graphic |
URL Type: |
Browse Graphic
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File Resource Format: | KML |
Description: |
This graphic displays the footprint for this lidar data set. |
URL 4
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=4825/details/4825 |
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Name: | Custom Point Download |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | Zip |
Description: |
Link to custom download, from the Data Access Viewer (DAV), the lidar point data from which these raster Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data were created. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.0.3035 |
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Data Quality
Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The horizontal accuracy of the data is better than +/- 1.5 m RMSE. |
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Vertical Positional Accuracy: |
The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The vertical accuracy of the data is better than +/- 0.15 m RMSE. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
The data provided in this file were tested against ground truth data. At these locations the lidar data matched within 0.30 meters (RMSE 95% confidence level) |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
The USACE collected, processed, and provided the data to the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM). OCM received the data and processed it to be available for custom download from the Data Access Viewer (DAV) and for bulk download from https. |
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Sources
USACE JALBTCX
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | USACE JALBTCX |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
These data were collected using the SHOALS-1000T and ALS60 systems. They are owned by Fugro and operated through contract. The ALS60 system collects topographic lidar data at maximum pulse rate of 200 kHz in a wavelength of 1064 nm with a CASI-1500 hyperspectral line scanner integrated with the system. The SHOALS collects bathymetric lidar data at 1kHz, RGB imagery at 1Hz and a CASI-2 hyperspectral line scanner integrated with the system as well. Aircraft position, velocity and acceleration information are collected through a Novatel and POS A/V 410 equipment (SHOALS) and the onboard GPS/IMU system (ALS60). SHOALS raw data streams are transferred to the office for downloading and processing in SHOALS GCS software. ALS60 raw data were also transferred to the office and processed in IPAS software. Aircraft position data are processed using POSPac software and the results are combined with the lidar data to produce 3-D positions for each lidar shot. Upon inspection and QA/QC in the software packages Fledermaus (SHOALS), GeoCue and TerraScan (ALS60), anomalous data are flagged as invalid. FPI Workbench and Fugro's proprietary software convert all valid data from ellipsoid to orthometric heights based on the NGS' GEOID09 model and exports data as a series of first return topography and bathymetry ASCII files. The bathymetry files contain all of the returns from the bathymetric sensor which include returns both above and below the water. |
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Process Step 2
Description: |
An in-house script is run on the Hydrographic ASCII files to ensure that the file contains data from the same year. The resulting ASCII is then loaded into GeoCue to remove any valid topographic data collected with the hydrographic sensor. Then the data is converted into LAS format with a classification of 29. This LAS is then joined together with the Topographic Classified LAS to form one file that covers the entire NCMP box and contains both the bathymetry and topography of the given area. The classified las files are converted to a grid by generating a triangulated irregular network (TIN) and then extracting the grid node elevations from the TIN surface. The origin point of the grid is located at a horizontal position whose value is evenly divisible by the 1m grid resolution such that rasters from subsequent surveys have common cell boundaries. JALBTCX uses Quick Terrain Modeler V7.1.5 Beta to perform this operation utilizing the following key parameters; "Max Sample Excursion 50,” "Max Triangle Side 100, Radius of 4, Zero Tolerance of 2, and “Tiling Settings Snap to Grid (Expand)." The grid is exported from Quick Terrain Modeler as an ESRI ASCII Z grid file. Utilizing an in-house python script within ESRI ArcMap V10.0, the ASCII Z grid file is converted to a tiff-format raster file whose projection is defined as “The North American Datum of 1983.” The raster is then multiplied against a corresponding 1m Grid mask raster, a mask image produced from JALBTCX’s 1m Grid, in ESRI’s Raster Calculator to remove interpolated areas where data does not exist. Horizontal positions, provided in decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Vertical positions are referenced to the NAD83 ellipsoid and provided in meters. The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) GEOID09 model is used to transform the vertical positions from ellipsoid to orthometric heights referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). |
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Process Step 3
Description: |
The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received GeoTiff format files from USACE JALBTCX for the California coastline project area. The bare earth raster files were at a 1 m grid spacing. The data were in geographic NAD83 coordinates and NAVD88 (Geoid09) elevations in meters. OCM assigned the appropriate EPSG codes (Horiz - 4269, Vert - 5703) and copied the raster files to https for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2021-12-17 00:00:00 |
Process Contact: | Office for Coastal Management (OCM) |
Related Items
Item Type | Relationship Type | Title |
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Data Set (DS) | Cross Reference |
2010 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: California |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 66005 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66005 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Rebecca Mataosky |
Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-20 14:31+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Kirk Waters |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-01-10 19:21+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2024-01-10 |
Owner Org: | OCMP |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2022-03-16 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2023-03-16 |