READ ME File For LiDAR DEM of Boset volcano in Ethiopia

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1347

ReadMe Author: Derek Keir, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Siegburg, M., Gernon, T. M., Bull, J. M., Keir, D., Barfod, D. N., Taylor, R. N., Abebe, B. & Ayele, A. (2018)
TITLE: Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift: 40Ar/39Ar evidence for episodic Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism
JOURNAL: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.12.014

This dataset contains a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) derived from a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) survey of Boset volcano in Ethiopia. The original LiDAR data was collected in November 2012 and processed by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF). The DEM has a 2 m horizontal and 0.2 m vertical resolution. The LiDAR data has been geo-referenced by the NERC ARSF using GPS station ground control points located in the towns of Nazret and Wellenchiti. The data file provided here is a .tif geotif file, which is a common geospatial file format for storing a raster-based digital elevation model. The files can be imported and read by the majority of software platforms built for reading geospatial datasets such as ArcGIS and QGIS. 

Date of data collection: November 2012

Information about geographic location of data collection: Latitude 8.6 N, Longitude 39.5 East

Licence: CC BY

Related projects:
Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future - NERC

Date that the file was created: February 2013
Date that the file was updated: April 2022