Use of Bathymetric and LiDAR Data in Generating Digital Elevation Model over the Lower Athabasca River Watershed in Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Ehsan H. Chowdhury, Quazi K. Hassan, Gopal Achari, Anil Gupta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Subjects: cross section; geoswath; inverse distance weighting; kriging; predicted surface; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Fort McMurray; Athabasca River; Canada; Firebag River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w9010019; https://doaj.org/article/2c8e47199dcb42af88c42f714f6172a7

The lower Athabasca River watershed is one of the most important regions for Alberta and elsewhere due to fact that it counts for the third largest oil reserve in the world. In order to support the oil and gas extraction, Athabasca River provides most of the required water supply. Thus, it is critic...