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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,…
Hu
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…
Alaska
Geosensing Systems Engineering Seeks New Tenure-Track Faculty

Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences Program Seeks Tenure-Track Faculty for Assistant Professor The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of…
University of Houston Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
New NCALM dataset available covering portions of Cedar Mesa and Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 230 sq km covering Cedar Mesa and Bears Ears National Monument, Utah (Shash Jáa Unit). This…
Point cloud colored by elevation.
NCALM Invites Graduate Students to Submit 2020 Seed Proposals

2020 Seed Proposal Period: October 1–December 31 The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping invites proposals from graduate student PIs seeking airborne lidar data for use in research…
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping