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Data Release

EAARL Coastal Topography—Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, 2005

By Christine J. Kranenburg, Xan Fredericks, and David B. Nagle

USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida

Summary

These datasets, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in collaboration with the National Park Service, provide lidar-derived first-surface and bare-earth topography for Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia. Elevation measurements were acquired by the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) during September 2005.

Data

File Name and Description Metadata (XML format) Metadata (text format) Download File
ASIS2005_ EAARLA_BE_z18_n88g12B.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography point cloud for Assateague Island National Seashore (.xyz)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_
n88g12B_metadata.xml
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_
n88g12B_metadata.txt
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_
n88g12B.zip

(89 MB)
ASIS2005_ EAARLA_FS_z18_n88g12B.zip
Lidar-derived first-surface topography point cloud for Assateague Island National Seashore (.xyz)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_
n88g12B_metadata.xml
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_
n88g12B_metadata.txt
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_
n88g12B.zip

(100 MB)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_n88g12B_mosaic.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography DEM for Assateague Island National Seashore (.tif)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic_metadata.xml
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic_metadata.txt
ASIS2005_EAARLA_BE_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic.zip

(37 MB)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_n88g12B_mosaic.zip
Lidar-derived first-surface topography DEM for Assateague Island National Seashore (.tif)
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic_metadata.xml
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic_metadata.txt
ASIS2005_EAARLA_FS_z18_n88g12B_
mosaic.zip

(33 MB)

EAARL first-surface and bare-earth topography extent for Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia; data collected in September 2005.
Figure 1. EAARL first-surface and bare-earth topography extent for Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia; data collected in September 2005.

Suggested Citation

Kranenburg, C.J., Fredericks, Xan, and Nagle, D.B., 2017, EAARL Coastal Topography—Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GR0.