High-resolution light detection and ranging (lidar) elevation data were acquired along the north coast of Alaska between 2009 and 2012. The lidar acquisition, from Icy Cape, Alaska to the United States/Canadian border, comprised approximately 11,000 km2. The airborne lidar data were acquired in support of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The purpose of this lidar acquisition was to produce highly detailed and accurate digital elevation data for shoreline change and coastal hazards assessments, and to make the data available to research scientists, natural resource managers, and the general public.
USGS scientists also use high-resolution Alaska elevation data for evaluating landscape patterns and developing methodologies for characterizing and classifying features as they relate to shoreline change.
USGS scientists also use high-resolution Alaska elevation data for evaluating landscape patterns and developing methodologies for characterizing and classifying features as they relate to shoreline change. USGS image created by Ann Gibbs.
Additional information regarding remote sensing of the Arctic Coast of Alaska using airborne lidar data is available here.
Information regarding elevation datasets in Alaska is available online at http://maps.dggs.alaska.gov/lidar/#-16000000:9338001:4.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
- Overview
High-resolution light detection and ranging (lidar) elevation data were acquired along the north coast of Alaska between 2009 and 2012. The lidar acquisition, from Icy Cape, Alaska to the United States/Canadian border, comprised approximately 11,000 km2. The airborne lidar data were acquired in support of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The purpose of this lidar acquisition was to produce highly detailed and accurate digital elevation data for shoreline change and coastal hazards assessments, and to make the data available to research scientists, natural resource managers, and the general public.
USGS scientists also use high-resolution Alaska elevation data for evaluating landscape patterns and developing methodologies for characterizing and classifying features as they relate to shoreline change.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.A graphic of LiDAR data collections along Alaska's North Slope, collected as part of the work of the Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project for the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Sioux Falls, SD.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.A graphic of historical shoreline positions at Brownlow Point, Alaska, collected as part of the work of the Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project for the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Sioux Falls, SD. USGS scientists also use high-resolution Alaska elevation data for evaluating landscape patterns and developing methodologies for characterizing and classifying features as they relate to shoreline change. USGS image created by Ann Gibbs.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.High-resolution elevation data were used to make this oblique image of Barter Island, Alaska, created through the Coastal National Elevation Database Applications Project at the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. Additional information regarding remote sensing of the Arctic Coast of Alaska using airborne lidar data is available here.
Information regarding elevation datasets in Alaska is available online at http://maps.dggs.alaska.gov/lidar/#-16000000:9338001:4.
- Science
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
High-resolution coastal elevation data is required to identify flood, hurricane, and sea-level rise inundation hazard zones and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment transport and storm surge models. Light detection and ranging (lidar) enables the rapid collection of very accurate elevation data over large areas, and during the last decade, airborne laser altimetry...Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
High-resolution coastal elevation data is required to identify flood, hurricane, and sea-level rise inundation hazard zones and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment transport and storm surge models. Light detection and ranging (lidar) enables the rapid collection of very accurate elevation data over large areas, and during the last decade, airborne laser altimetry...