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Bathymetric lidar data from the Colorado River, near McCoy, Colorado, September 8-9, 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey contracted with LiteWave Technologies (formerly ASTRALiTe) to fly their production topo-bathymetric lidar system (Edge) along the Colorado River near McCoy, Colorado, on September 8-9, 2021. The objective of this project was to assess the potential to map river bathymetry (i.e., river-bed topography) using lidar data collected from an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). The Edge was mounted on a UAS owned and operated by LiteWave Technologies. This data release includes data delivered to the USGS by LiteWave Technologies on November 9, 2021. Grid coordinates are projected in Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 13 North and are represented in units of meters. The topo-bathymetric elevations, in units of meters, delivered by the contractor are believed to be relative to the height of the GRS80 ellipsoid and differ from the more commonly used orthometric height computed by the addition of the geoid height to the GRS80 ellipsoid. The data is provided as a LAS file which includes points classified as bathymetric or river bottom (code 40), created, never classified (code 0), and water surface returns (code 41). These data delivered to USGS have not been filtered or modified.

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Author(s) Paul J Kinzel orcid, Michael S Kohn orcid, Carl J Legleiter orcid
Publication Date 2023-11-14
Beginning Date of Data 2021-09-08
Ending Date of Data 2021-09-09
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U85IFS
Citation Kinzel, P.J., Kohn, M.S., and Legleiter, C.J., 2023, Bathymetric lidar data from the Colorado River, near McCoy, Colorado, September 8-9, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U85IFS.
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