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Data Release

EAARL Coastal Topography—Eastern Louisiana Barrier Islands, 09 March 2008

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

USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida

Summary

These datasets, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center and the National Park Service (NPS), provide lidar-derived first-surface and bare-earth topography for a portion of eastern Louisiana. Elevation measurements were acquired by the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) on March 9, 2008.

Data

File Name and Description Metadata (XML format) Metadata (text format) Download File
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03.zip
Lidar-derived first-surface topography point cloud (.xyz)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03_metadata.xml
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03_metadata.txt
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03.zip

(169.89 MB)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography point cloud (.xyz)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03_metadata.xml
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03_metadata.txt
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03.zip

(163.12 MB)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03_mosaic.zip
Lidar-derived first-surface topography mosaic (.tif)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03_mosaic_metadata.xml
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03_mosaic_metadata.txt
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
FS_n88g03_mosaic.zip

(432.46 MB)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03_mosaic.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography mosaic (.tif)
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03_mosaic_metadata.xml
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03_mosaic_metadata.txt
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_
BE_n88g03_mosaic.zip

(441.28 MB)

EAARL first-surface and bare-earth topography extent for eastern Louisiana; data were collected on March 9, 2008.
Figure 1. EAARL first-surface and bare-earth topography extent for eastern Louisiana; data were collected on March 9, 2008.

Suggested Citation

Fredericks, Xan, Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., and Doran, K.S., 2017, EAARL Coastal Topography—Eastern Louisiana Barrier Islands, 09 March 2008: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HRQ.