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Beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, August 2019
This dataset is a digital elevation model (DEM) of the beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota. The DEM has a 10-meter (m; 32.8084 feet) cell size and was created from a LAS dataset of terrestrial light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data representing the beach topography and sonar data representing the bathymetry to approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) offshore. Average point spacing of the LAS files in the dataset are as follows: LiDAR, 0.137 m; multi-beam sonar, 1.029 m; single-beam sonar, 0.999 m. LiDAR data were collected August 10, 2019 using a boat-mounted Optech ILRIS scanner and methodology similar to that described by Huizinga and Wagner (2019). Multi-beam sonar data were collected August 7-11, 2019 using an R2Sonic 2024 sonar unit and methodology similar to that described by Richards and Huizinga (2018). Single-beam sonar data were collected August 27-28, 2019 using a CEESCOPE echosounder and methodology similar to that described by Wilson and Richards (2006).
Author(s) |
Daniel M Wagner |
Publication Date | 2020-07-10 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2019-08-07 |
Ending Date of Data | 2019-08-28 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GXT1X1 |
Citation | Wagner, D.M., Lund, W.J., and Sanks, K.M., 2020, Beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, August 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GXT1X1. |
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Metadata Date | 2020-08-21 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2024-02-24T09:44:24.901Z