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New NCALM Dataset in Tahoe National Forest Available

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 62 sq km within Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, California is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected as part of a…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of area within Tahoe National Forest. (Credit: OpenTopography)
NCALM Invites Graduate Students to Submit 2021 Seed Proposals

2021 Seed Proposal Period: September 27, 2021–January 7, 2022 The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping invites proposals from graduate student PIs seeking airborne lidar data for use…
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Three New NCALM Datasets from California and Oregon Available on OpenTopography

Three new lidar datasets collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping in California and Oregon are now available on OpenTopography. A repeat lidar dataset of Antelope Valley…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of the University of California Sedgwick Reserve. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Dataset in North Carolina

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 78 sq km near Hendersonville, North Carolina. This dataset was collected as part of an NCALM…
Section of Green River Gorge from figure above plotted as a 3D point cloud colored by elevation. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Lidar Data Over Yosemite National Park, California

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 74 sq km covering the Illilouette Creek basin in Yosemite National Park, California. This…
Lidar point cloud colored by elevation over a meadow in Yosemite Valley, California. (Credit: OpenTopography)
Hu earns NASA funding award

Xie Hu, a 2020 hire as an assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and at the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping,…
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NCALM Announces 2020 Seed Proposal Winners

2020 Student Seed Proposal Winners Selected The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping surveys multiple projects each year for graduate student PIs whose research would be enhanced by…
NCALM: Geodetic Imaging
Lee Approved for NOAA Grant to Forecast Inundation Extents

For University of Houston professor Hyongki Lee, living firsthand through the calamity and destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 has shaped his research interests, and brought to…
Hyongki Lee, an associate professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, is the principal investigator for a grant that will hopefully lead to better flood forecasting.
Long-Time Director of NCALM, Ramesh Shrestha, Hanging Up His Lidar Wings

Dr. Ramesh Shrestha Retiring Dr. Ramesh Shrestha will retire in January 2021 after 35 years in academia – the last 17 as Director of the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping. Ramesh…
Dr. Ramesh Shrestha
Call for Expressions of Interest for Alaska Airborne Lidar Campaign

Alaska Airborne Lidar Campaign for Small- and Medium-Sized Projects The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping is announcing a call for expressions of interest from researchers with…
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