Topographic LiDAR surveys of rivers in Alaska, August 8-9, 2017

The U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) collected topographic LiDAR surveys of four rivers in Alaska from August 8-9, 2017 to support research related to remote sensing of river discharge. Data were ac...

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Main Authors: Kinzel, Paul J, Legleiter, Carl J, LeWinter, Adam, Gadomski, Peter
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9iqcvju
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ae8b775e4b06d9233b8a80c
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Summary:The U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) collected topographic LiDAR surveys of four rivers in Alaska from August 8-9, 2017 to support research related to remote sensing of river discharge. Data were acquired for the Knik, Matanuska, Chena and Salcha Rivers using a Riegl VQ-580 LiDAR. The LiDAR was installed on a Robinson R44 Raven helicopter in a HeliPod that was designed and operated by CRREL. The LiDAR data included as part of this release include: a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM), an intensity or reflectence digital surface model (DSM) both in GeoTiff format, and compressed binary LAS files (LAZ) for each river surveyed.