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Uncertainty Model

Bathymetric, topographic, and grain-size data were collected in April 2011 along a 27-mi (43.5 – km) reach of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The study reach begins at river mile 61.1, about 0.6 -mi (1 –km) above the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers and ends at river mile 88.1 at the upstream boundary of the Bright Angel Rapid (Phantom Ranch boat beach). Channel bathymetry was mapped using multibeam and singlebeam echosounders, subaerial topography was mapped using ground-based total-stations, and bed-sediment grain-size data were collected using an underwater digital microscope system. These data were combined to produce digital elevation models, spatially variable estimates of digital elevation model uncertainty, georeferenced grain-size data, and bed-sediment distribution maps. These data were created by the Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Science Center as a component of a larger effort to monitor the status and trends of sand storage along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. This dataset is a 1-meter resolution elevation uncertainty model generated by fuzzy inference system modeling associated from the 1-meter resolution digital elevation model (DEM_EGC_Apr2011.tif) associated with this data release.

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Author(s) Matthew A Kaplinski orcid, Paul E Grams orcid, Joseph Jr. Hazel orcid, Keith Kohl orcid, Daniel D Buscombe orcid, Robert B Tusso orcid, Thomas Gushue orcid
Publication Date 2025-01-21
Beginning Date of Data 2011-04
Ending Date of Data 2011-04
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P95BA2Y1
Citation Kaplinski, M.A., Grams, P.E., Hazel, J.J., Kohl, K., Buscombe, D.D., Tusso, R.B., and Gushue, T., 2025, Uncertainty Model: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95BA2Y1.
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Metadata Date 2025-01-21
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