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Las Lomas Hillside Lidar

This data release contains point clouds obtained from three terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) surveys of a hillslope (NAD 83/11 N/ 412828E/ 3780128N) burned by the 2016 Fish Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, CA, USA. The TLS surveys were completed with a Leica ScanStation C10. The first survey was made on 19 November 2016 prior to the first post-wildfire rainstorm. The second survey was performed on 5 January 2017. Two runoff-generating rainstorms occurred between the first and second surveys. The two rainstorms had peak fifteen-minute average rainfall intensities of 27 mm/h and 10 mm/h, respectively. The third survey was performed on 22 February 2017, following five additional runoff-generating post-wildfire rainstorms. Peak fifteen-minute average rainfall intensities for the five rainstorms were 8 mm/h, 11 mm/h, 16 mm/h, 25 mm/h, and 38 mm/h, respectively. Maps of hillslope erosion derived from the TLS data can be used to document hillslope erosion resulting from these two sets of rainstorms, including the initiation and growth of a substantial rill network. Additional details and a description of the study site can be found in the journal article: Hui T, McGuire LA, Rengers FR, Kean JW, Staley DM, Smith JB. Evolution of debris flow initiation mechanisms and sediment sources during a sequence of post-wildfire rainstorms. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2018.

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Author(s) Francis K Rengers orcid, Luke A. McGuire orcid
Publication Date 2019
Beginning Date of Data 2016-11-19
Ending Date of Data 2017-02-22
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P92HVD2T
Citation Rengers, F.K., and McGuire, L.A., 2019, Las Lomas Hillside Lidar: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92HVD2T.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-21
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