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Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012

Lidar was collected between November 01 2012 and November 07 2012 in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Data were collected by National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) for Dr. Qinghua Guo at the University of California, Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute. This dataset covers roughly 437 km 2Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center

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Last Updated September 25, 2025, 17:32 (UTC)
Created September 25, 2025, 17:32 (UTC)
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sci:citation Qinghua, G. (2022). Lidar Survey of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA 2012. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J. Accessed <YYYY-MM-DD>
sci:doi https://doi.org/10.5069/G9DN438J
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temporal {"endTime": "2012-11-07T00:00:00Z", "startTime": "2012-11-01T00:00:00Z"}