Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Abstract

A high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) is key to assessing habitat conditions, surface water connectivity, developing hydraulic models, and environmental change in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), Northern Alberta. Note that in this instance, DEM is a representation of the ground surface elevations and is thus considered synonymous with a digital terrain model. As part of the Oil Sands Monitoring (OSM) Program, the PAD DEM v1 was derived solely from airborne LiDAR surveys carried out since 2000 through multiple projects with different partners and collaborators, with the bulk of the area surveyed in 2019. Hence, the vertical accuracy varies spatially depending on the technology/method used in individual aerial surveys, as well as if a pixel was filled in via interpolation due to a lack of LiDAR ground data returns in very dense deltaic floodplain vegetation. Furthermore, it does not include traditional ground-based elevation survey data and bathymetric elevations, nor surface water extents for the multiple lakes, wetlands and channels – addition of these data will form part of a planned future version of this DEM product. Given that the DEM has yet to be tested and is a work in progress, the quality, accuracy or completeness is not warranted. The PAD DEM v1 is provided as a 4 m horizontal resolution product that is projected to the UTM NAD83 (CSRS) Zone 12 coordinate system and is referenced to the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 (CGVD2013) Epoch 2010.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
ca0f663f-acfc-4915-9210-3729a86b2e94 XML
Date Stamp
2022-10-27T13:32:01
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology Directorate / Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2022-10-25
Date (Creation)
2019-01-01
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
utf8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters
  • Elevation
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology Directorate / Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division

Keywords

Place

  • Peace-Athabasca Delta
Theme

  • Digital Elevation Model, DEM, Ground Surface Elevational data

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Digital elevation data

Business Functions

  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions

  • Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2019-01-01
End Date
2019-12-31

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 / unknown
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • TIFF ( unkown )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology Directorate / Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division
 
 

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Keywords

Digital Elevation Model, DEM, Ground Surface Elevational data Peace-Athabasca Delta
Business Functions
Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Digital elevation data

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