HR: 13:40h
AN: G33D-01    [Abstracts]
TI: NCALM: The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping-Past, Present and Future
AU: * Shrestha, R L
EM: rshre@ce.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Carter, W E
EM: bcarter@ce.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Slatton, C K
EM: cslat@ce.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Dietrich, W E
EM: bill@eps.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AU: Zhang, K
EM: zhangk@fiu.edu
AF: Florida International University, International Hurricane Center, Miami, FL 33199 United States
AB: The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) was established in 2003 to: 1) provide research grade airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM) data to the research community, 2) advance the technology (including software) of ALSM, 3) evaluate other remote sensing technologies that would complement ALSM and 4) provide training for students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just renewed the center for three years, staring from August 1, 2005. NCALM is operated jointly by the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida (UF) and the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California-Berkeley (UCB). With the renewal, Florida International University (FIU) has been added to the center, to provide software development and support to the earth sciences community. NCALM uses an Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (ALSM) system jointly owned by UF and FIU. The ALSM sensor, GPS receiver, and other necessary hardware and software are installed in a dedicated Cessna 337 Skymaster aircraft, but other aircraft are leased for projects that require flights beyond the capabilities of the Cessna 337. The data are processed and analyzed at UF, FIU, and UCB, and are archived and distributed by UCB. During the last two years, NCALM has provided research grade data to more than 20 Universities and PIs across the country. The original NCALM planning assumed that most projects would cover relatively small areas, but the proposals received by NSF include some large projects-mapping 900 km of the southern potion of the San Andreas fault, for example, quickly used-up the 60 hours of laser on time (LOT) originally planned for the first two years. A total of 122 hrs of LOT was used during the first two years, and a number of approved projects have not yet been completed. This presentation will discuss what has been accomplished, give an overview of the current status, and outline what lies ahead for the next three years.
DE: 1225 Global change from geodesy (1222, 1622, 1630, 1641, 1645, 4556)
DE: 1294 Instruments and techniques
DE: 1640 Remote sensing (1855)
DE: 1824 Geomorphology: general (1625)
DE: 1855 Remote sensing (1640)
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005