Development and Application of a Tool for Automated Transect Extraction Along Rivers (TATER)
Enable broader, more efficient use of topo-bathymetric data by creating a software tool for extracting river cross sections.
Recent advances in both field-based and remote sensing techniques have enabled more extensive, detailed mapping of the Nation’s rivers. These new data sets typically consist of two-dimensional maps of water depth or streambed elevation that provide continuous, high-resolution coverage of the channel. However, many practical applications require cross sections, which are also useful for visualization. We intend to develop user-friendly software specifically designed for generating regularly spaced cross sections: the Tool for Automated Transect Extraction along Rivers (TATER). This program will allow users to efficiently characterize channel geometry and thus support applications such as flow modeling, habitat assessment, and monitoring of erosion and deposition. By facilitating these analyses and allowing users to take advantage of increasingly abundant river data sets, TATER will contribute to the CDI’s goal to make “research products and processes available to all” and “increase the production of unbiased, accessible, high quality, and interoperable data.”
Enable broader, more efficient use of topo-bathymetric data by creating a software tool for extracting river cross sections.
Recent advances in both field-based and remote sensing techniques have enabled more extensive, detailed mapping of the Nation’s rivers. These new data sets typically consist of two-dimensional maps of water depth or streambed elevation that provide continuous, high-resolution coverage of the channel. However, many practical applications require cross sections, which are also useful for visualization. We intend to develop user-friendly software specifically designed for generating regularly spaced cross sections: the Tool for Automated Transect Extraction along Rivers (TATER). This program will allow users to efficiently characterize channel geometry and thus support applications such as flow modeling, habitat assessment, and monitoring of erosion and deposition. By facilitating these analyses and allowing users to take advantage of increasingly abundant river data sets, TATER will contribute to the CDI’s goal to make “research products and processes available to all” and “increase the production of unbiased, accessible, high quality, and interoperable data.”