Quantum Spatial (QSI) and PrecisionHawk (PH) collected lidar for test sites within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) using an unmanned aerial system (UAS). Four sites were flown, covering a total of 177 acres. A fixed-wing PH Lancaster (revision 5) platform was used, carrying a Velodyne Puck VLP-16 based lidar system. The system provides 2 returns (strongest and last) with a pulse rate of 300 kHz using a 903 nm wavelength laser. Flights were conducted from May 9-11, 2017 and were flown at 50 meters above ground level. Specifications for the collection included 30 pulses per square meter and 0.10 meter RMSE vertical accuracy in non-vegetated areas. The average first return density was over 105 points per square meter with an average ground classified density of over 3 points per square meter. Deliverables included a 1-meter resolution bare-earth DEM in UTM zone 16 NAD83(2011). These data were ingested into the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer for custom processing. Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Quantum Spatial (QSI) and PrecisionHawk (PH) collected lidar for a test site within the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (SFBNERR) Rush Ranch location using an unmanned aerial system (UAS). The target area covered approximately two square miles, although approximately three square miles of data were collected. A DJI Matrice 600 hexacopter platform was used, carrying a YellowScan lidar system. The system provides 2 returns (strongest and last) with a pulse rate of 300 kHz using a 903 nm wavelength laser. Flights were conducted from September 5-7, 2017 and were flown at 50 meters above ground level. Specifications for the collection included 30 pulses per square meter and 0.10 meter RMSE vertical accuracy in non-vegetated areas. The average first return density was over 400 points per square meter. Classified ground point density varied spatially depending on vegetation with areas of no penetration and areas with over 60 ground points per square meter. Deliverables included the lidar point cloud in LAS/LAZ format. Data were delivered in UTM zone 10 NAD83(2011) horizontally and NAVD88 (Geoid12b) meters vertically. Lidar point clouds were projected back to geographic coordinates for storage in the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer and the vertical datum was converted to the ellipsoid.

In April 2019, Quantum Spatial (QSI) was contracted by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (OCM) in partnership with the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GBNERR) to collect high resolution Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data in the spring of 2019 for four research sites within the GBNERR in New Hampshire. These four sites are “Sentinel Sites” within the GBNERR where vegetation and elevation parameters have previously been continuously monitored and surveyed using traditional methods that require extensive person hours and manual labor. The bare earth digital elevation model (DEM) represents the earth's surface with all vegetation and anthropogenic features removed. It is derived from NIR LiDAR data using TIN processing of the ground point returns. Some elevation values have been interpolated across areas in the ground model where there is no elevation data (e.g. over water, under dense vegetation). Air Shark collected the NOAA Great Bay UAS LiDAR data, on behalf of Quantum Spatial, for the NOAA Office for Coastal Management between 05/01/2019 and 05/09/2019. 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. A link to the lidar point data metadata record is provided in the Related Items section of this metadata record.

This dataset is a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) point cloud of the coastal tidal parts of Skagit and Snohomish Counties in WA State. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management contracted with Tetra Tech to acquire and process airborne LiDAR over an area of about 186 square miles. Data was to be acquired within a 2 hour window of low tide. Deliverables included classified LiDAR point clouds, breaklines and digital elevation models (DEM). LiDAR data was acquired on 13 and 14 of August 2019. The coastal area was covered in one flight on 8/14 while the inland area was covered on 8/13. The coastal flight took place on 8/14 with a tide window between -0.7 and +0.5 foot. For the airborne LiDAR flight Tetra Tech subcontracted with Eagle Mapping. The data was acquired with a Riegl LMS VQ780i sensor. A ground control survey was conducted to collect calibration points and check points. For the ground survey, Tetra Tech contracted with Compass Data. The LiDAR data and derivative products were to be based on the USGS LiDAR Base Specifications. The coordinate reference system is UTM Zone 10N meters, NAD83(2011). The vertical datum is NAVD88 with Geoid12B.

These data were collected by NOAA using a Riegl VQ880G sensor. The data were acquired from May 11, 2016 through May 14, 2016. The data includes topobathy data in LAS 1.2 format classified as created, unclassified (1); ground (2); noise (7); bathymetric noise (22); water column (25); bathymetric bottom (26); water surface (27); International Hydrographic Organization S-57 object, not otherwise specified (30); in accordance with project specifications. The project consists of approximately 85 square miles of data along the shores of Boca Grande. This dataset contains 1,053 500 m x 500 m lidar tiles.

Fugro was contracted in July 2017 by the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources (SMDMR), Maine Coastal Program (MCP), and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey in the vicinity of Blue Hill Bay in Maine, and to deliver fully processed and verified hydrographic survey data.The ALB survey was conducted with the SHOALS-1000T and Riegl VQ-820-G lidar systems in a concurrent acquisition. The SHOALS system, with a high power laser, provided the better probability for deep sounding detections at a reduced point density (about 0.15 pts/m2); whilst the Riegl VQ-820-Q provided high density coverage (up to 8.5 pts/m2) but at reduced depth detection. This metadata record describes the topographic and bathymetric LiDAR elevations generated from data collected with the Riegl VQ-820-Q LiDAR system along Blue Hill Bay on the coastline of Maine. These files contain topographic and bathymetric LiDAR elevations generated from data collected with the Riegl VQ-820-G LiDAR system along Blue Hill Bay on the coastline of Maine. Data were collected by Fugro for NOAA OCM. The Riegl VQ-820-G system is a a bathymetric LiDAR sensor for use in coastal mapping and charting activities because the laser's ability to penetrate the water column and detect targets up to 1 time the Secchi disk depth. Survey coverage is based on a delimiting polygon provided by NOAA OCM, which envelopes the area between the 0 m contour (NAVD88) down to approximated -10 meters. Riegl VQ-820-G data were processed on Riegl RiProcess software for: point cloud generation, boresight calibration, water surface classification and modeling, refraction correction; and exported with a minimal classification LAS format v1.4 for delivery. Additional classification was performed after delivery to extract ground and bathymetric points. In addition to these lidar point data, the bare earth Digital Elevation Models (DEM) created from the lidar point data are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. A link to custom download the concurrently collected topographic and bathymetric data (collected with the SHOALS-1000T lidar system) is provided in the URL section of this metadata record.

This data was collected by NOAA using a Riegl VQ880G sensor. The data was acquired August 5, 2017. The data includes topobathy data in LAS 1.2 format classified as created,unclassified (1); ground (2); topographic noise (7); bathymetric noise (22); water column (25); bathymetric bottom (26); water surface (27); International Hydrographic Organization S-57 object; not otherwise specified (30), in accordance with project specifications. The project consists of approximately 34 square miles of data along the shores of St. Jeromes Creek. This dataset contains 342 500 m x 500 m lidar tiles.

Fugro was contracted in July 2017 by the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources (SMDMR), Maine Coastal Program (MCP), and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey in the vicinity of Blue Hill Bay in Maine, and to deliver fully processed and verified hydrographic survey data.The ALB survey was conducted with the SHOALS-1000T and Riegl VQ-820-G lidar systems in a concurrent acquisition. The SHOALS system, with a high power laser, provided the better probability for deep sounding detections at a reduced point density (about 0.15 pts/m2); whilst the Riegl VQ-820-Q provided high density coverage (up to 8.5 pts/m2) but at reduced depth detection. This metadata record describes the bare earth, 1 meter digital elevation model (DEM) created from the topographic and bathymetric LiDAR elevations generated from data collected with the Riegl VQ-820-Q LiDAR system along Blue Hill Bay on the coastline of Maine. These files contain topographic and bathymetric LiDAR elevations generated from data collected with the Riegl VQ-820-G LiDAR system along Blue Hill Bay on the coastline of Maine. Data were collected by Fugro for NOAA OCM. The Riegl VQ-820-G system is a a bathymetric LiDAR sensor for use in coastal mapping and charting activities because the laser's ability to penetrate the water column and detect targets up to 1 time the Secchi disk depth. Survey coverage is based on a delimiting polygon provided by NOAA OCM, which envelopes the area between the 0 m contour (NAVD88) down to approximated -10 meters. Riegl VQ-820-G data were processed on Riegl RiProcess software for: point cloud generation, boresight calibration, water surface classification and modeling, refraction correction; and exported with a minimal classification LAS format v1.4 for delivery. Additional classification was performed after delivery to extract ground and bathymetric points. 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. A link to custom download the bare earth DEM that was created from the concurrently collected topographic and bathymetric data (collected with the SHOALS-1000T lidar system) is provided in the URL section of this metadata record.

These data were collected by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey Remote Sensing Division using a Riegl VQ880G system. The data were acquired from 20171010-20171027. The data includes topobathy data in an LAS 1.4 format file with possible classifications as 1 - unclassified, 2 - ground, 7 - topo noise, 26 - bathymetric bottom or submerged topography, 27 - water surface, and 29 - submerged object. This data set may also include lidar intensity values and encoded RGB image values.

Fugro was contracted in July 2017 by the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources (SMDMR), Maine Coastal Program (MCP), and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey in the vicinity of Blue Hill Bay in Maine, and to deliver fully processed and verified hydrographic survey data.The ALB survey was conducted with the SHOALS-1000T and Riegl VQ-820-G lidar systems in a concurrent acquisition. The SHOALS system, with a high power laser, provided the better probability for deep sounding detections at a reduced point density (about 0.15 pts/m2); whilst the VQ-820-Q provided high density coverage (up to 8.5 pts/m2) but at reduced depth detection. This metadata record describes the topographic and bathymetric LiDAR elevations generated from data collected with the SHOALS-1000T LiDAR system along Blue Hill Bay on the coastline of Maine. Data were collected by Fugro for NOAA OCM. The SHOALS system is a bathymetric LiDAR sensor for use in coastal mapping and charting activities because the laser's ability to penetrate the water column and detect targets up to 2.5 times the Secchi disk depth. Survey coverage was based on a delimiting polygon provided by NOAA OCM, which envelopes the area between the 0 m contour (NAVD88) down to approximated -10 meters. An additional horizontal buffer of 100 meters from the 0 m contour expanded the survey area coverage to include the adjacent emerged topography. SHOALS data have been processed on Optech SHOALS-GCS and QPS Fledermaus software packages for: auto-processing; calibration, cleaning and editing, validation, basic classification, and exported to LAS format. In addition to these lidar point data, the bare earth Digital Elevation Models (DEM) created from the lidar point data are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. A topographic and bathymetric reflectance raster are also available. These data are available for download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. A link to custom download the concurrently collected topographic and bathymetric data (collected with the Riegl VQ-820-G lidar system) is provided in the URL section of this metadata record.