2000 Puerto Rico USGS/NASA Airborne Lidar Assessment of Coastal Erosion (ALACE) Project for the US Coastline
This data set includes data collected in December, 2000, and covers coastline in Puerto Rico.
Laser beach mapping uses a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground
elevation and coastal topography. The laser emits laser beams at high frequency and is directed downward at the
earth's surface through a port opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the
time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the
aircraft. The aircraft travels over the beach at approximately 60 meters per second while surveying from
the low water line to the landward base of the sand dunes. The ATM system is a single return green laser and water returns are from the surface. A significant amount of the flight lines from this data set are over water.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov
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| description | This data set includes data collected in December, 2000, and covers coastline in Puerto Rico. Laser beach mapping uses a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation and coastal topography. The laser emits laser beams at high frequency and is directed downward at the earth's surface through a port opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The aircraft travels over the beach at approximately 60 meters per second while surveying from the low water line to the landward base of the sand dunes. The ATM system is a single return green laser and water returns are from the surface. A significant amount of the flight lines from this data set are over water. Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov |
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| issued | 2017-08-15T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPS",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO",
"beach",
"erosion",
"DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Lidar"
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| modified | 2017-08-15T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | -65.8949,18.3807,-66.0,18.4165 |
| temporal | 2000-12-01T00:00:00+00:00/2000-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | 2000 Puerto Rico USGS/NASA Airborne Lidar Assessment of Coastal Erosion (ALACE) Project for the US Coastline |
