Mapping Fluvial Ecosystems
Light detection and ranging (lidar) wave-form processing capabilities are being developed to utilize the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program Experimental Advanced Airborne Research (EAARL) sensor. The EAARL lidar point cloud collection consists of highly detailed submerged and shallow bathymetry (water depth) of river channels, which will be merged with land elevation surfaces (topography) to derive topobathymetric elevation models.
IIn 2014, a Delaware River Basin focal region was hydrologically-enforced for drainage structures (culverts/bridges) that impeded down slope surface flow across the digital elevation model (DEM). The addition of the submerged bathymetric elevation data from the EAARL acquisition will enhance the hydrologically-enforced DEM, allowing scientists to study surface flow in the river channel.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
Light detection and ranging (lidar) wave-form processing capabilities are being developed to utilize the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program Experimental Advanced Airborne Research (EAARL) sensor. The EAARL lidar point cloud collection consists of highly detailed submerged and shallow bathymetry (water depth) of river channels, which will be merged with land elevation surfaces (topography) to derive topobathymetric elevation models.
IIn 2014, a Delaware River Basin focal region was hydrologically-enforced for drainage structures (culverts/bridges) that impeded down slope surface flow across the digital elevation model (DEM). The addition of the submerged bathymetric elevation data from the EAARL acquisition will enhance the hydrologically-enforced DEM, allowing scientists to study surface flow in the river channel.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.