To support the modeling of the Colorado River water storage area capacity tables by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Utah Water Science Center, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created a 3D high-resolution topobathymetric digital elevation model (TBDEM) for Lake Powell. Located in south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States was created by the flooding of a natural canyon by the construction of Glen Canyon Dam.
Ranging from 1947-2018, land elevations derived from lidar and historic topographic surveys and bathymetric multibeam sonar were used to generate the seamless Lake Powell TBDEM. This best available multi-source 3D data product is valuable for assessing water storage capacity, sediment transport, time-series analysis of land and water change during times of drought or impacts from climate change.
This Department of the Interior (DOI) USGS EROS effort was in collaboration with the DOI Bureau of Reclamation, USGS Utah Water Science Center, and USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Additional information and download capabilities regarding the Lake Powell TBDEM are located at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XX0J1Y.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
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To support the modeling of the Colorado River water storage area capacity tables by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Utah Water Science Center, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created a 3D high-resolution topobathymetric digital elevation model (TBDEM) for Lake Powell. Located in south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States was created by the flooding of a natural canyon by the construction of Glen Canyon Dam.
Ranging from 1947-2018, land elevations derived from lidar and historic topographic surveys and bathymetric multibeam sonar were used to generate the seamless Lake Powell TBDEM. This best available multi-source 3D data product is valuable for assessing water storage capacity, sediment transport, time-series analysis of land and water change during times of drought or impacts from climate change.
This Department of the Interior (DOI) USGS EROS effort was in collaboration with the DOI Bureau of Reclamation, USGS Utah Water Science Center, and USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Additional information and download capabilities regarding the Lake Powell TBDEM are located at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XX0J1Y.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Topobathymetric elevation model of Lake Powell. USGS image created by Sandra Poppenga, Dean Tyler, and Jeff Danielson.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Topobathymetric elevation model of Lake Powell. USGS image created by Sandra Poppenga, Dean Tyler, and Jeff Danielson. This video is a three-dimensional (3D) view of Lake Powell topobathymetric digital elevation model, which consists of topography (land elevation) and bathymetry (water depth). The 3D topobathymetric model was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center to support generation of the Colorado River water storage area capacity tables by the USGS Utah Water Science Center. This video shows the importance of high-resolution, detailed elevation information for the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States.
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Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
High-resolution coastal elevation data is required to identify flood, hurricane, and sea-level rise inundation hazard zones and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment transport and storm surge models. Light detection and ranging (lidar) enables the rapid collection of very accurate elevation data over large areas, and during the last decade, airborne laser altimetry...Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
High-resolution coastal elevation data is required to identify flood, hurricane, and sea-level rise inundation hazard zones and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment transport and storm surge models. Light detection and ranging (lidar) enables the rapid collection of very accurate elevation data over large areas, and during the last decade, airborne laser altimetry...USGS EROS Archive - Products Overview
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