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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
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.