2010 NOAA/USGS Lidar: French Frigate Shoals, NWHI

Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contracted with Hawaii-based Aerial Surveying, Inc. to collect lidar-derived elevation data over the low-lying areas within the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) during the summer of 2010. A separate contract issued to Aerial Surveying, Inc. by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funded the lidar data processing and elevation data product development phases of the project. Lidar data provide high resolution digital elevation models that are used for many applications, including but not limited to sea level rise modeling, habitat assessments, and tsunami inundation modeling. In April 2011, NOAA Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and NOAA Office for Coastal Management deployed a survey crew to the NWHI to collect high accuracy point data to validate the 2010 lidar data. The survey crew used survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to collect high accuracy elevation points. This metadata covers the information for French Frigate Shoals. This dataset contains lidar point clouds in LAS 1.2 format, classified according to the ASPRS LAS 1.2 class table. The following are the equipment used to create the lidar data sets. Aircraft: Beechcraft Queen Air Lidar Systems: Riegl 140 and 240 Accuracy statements are based on areas of open terrain, with points classified as ground. The accuracy of each point is expected to meet the vertical accuracy standard, derived products may be less accurate in areas of extreme terrain and dense vegetation due to a lesser number of points defining the ground in these areas. Classified data sets such as this one may have varying posting due to some pulses not reaching the ground. This work was conducted under permit number PMNM-2010-033 as approved by NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the State of Hawaii, and acknowledged by Dr. Charles L. Littnan of NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Original contact information: Contact Name: Lidar Manager Contact Org: Aerial Surveying Inc. Title: Lidar Manager Phone: (808) 327-9439

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc. https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9303
21 Simple download of data files. These data are in WGS84(ITRF00) EGM08. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/egm08/9303/index.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/64674
33 Accuracy assessment for the Northwestern Hawaii Islands project, including French Frigate Shoals. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/egm08/9303/supplemental/accuracy_assessment_nwhi.pdf
57 Breakline files for the French Frigate Shoals. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/laz/egm08/9303/supplemental/2010_ffs_breaklines.zip
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/64674.pdf
10 Project and survey report for the Northwestern Hawaiian Island collection. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/laz/egm08/9303/supplemental/NW_Hawaiian_Islands_Survey_Report.docx

Tags

  • topography
  • july
  • bare-earth
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • land surface
  • terrain elevation
  • national ocean service
  • oceans
  • 2010
  • continent
  • noaa
  • hawaii
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • coastal elevation
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • terrain
  • lidar
  • class 2: ground
  • topographical relief maps
  • coastal processes

Topics

Categories