Water-surface elevations, depths, bed elevations, and depth-average water velocities measured with an acoustic Doppler current profiler and real-time kinematic GPS along the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, March, 2015.
Dates
Publication Date
2016
Start Date
2015-03-24
End Date
2015-03-25
Citation
Minear, J.T., and Wright, S.A., 2016, Water-surface elevations, depths, velocities, and temperature data collected for the NASA/JPL AirSWOT campaign on the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, for the period March – May, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NZ85R4.
Summary
This dataset is one part of a larger field dataset collected during March - May 2015 along the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, as part of the NASA and CalTech/JPL AirSWOT calibration and validation campaign. This particular dataset contains longitudinal profiles and cross sections of water-surface elevations, depths, bed elevations, and depth-average water velocities collected with an acoustic Doppler current profiler with real-time kinematic GPS. The data were collected in March 2015 from a slow-moving power boat.
Summary
This dataset is one part of a larger field dataset collected during March - May 2015 along the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, as part of the NASA and CalTech/JPL AirSWOT calibration and validation campaign. This particular dataset contains longitudinal profiles and cross sections of water-surface elevations, depths, bed elevations, and depth-average water velocities collected with an acoustic Doppler current profiler with real-time kinematic GPS. The data were collected in March 2015 from a slow-moving power boat.
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Purpose
This data set is one part of a large field dataset collected for calibration and validation purposes of the NASA / JPL AirSWOT campaign along the Sacamento River, near Colusa, CA, in March - May 2015. The AirSWOT campaign is an airborne precusor to the satellite-based NASA SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) Mission, which when launched, will attempt to measure surface water-related parameters from space. Additional appropriate uses of the collected data include investigating the effects of the major California drought on water stage and temperatures in the Sacramento River, as well as hydraulic modeling during very low water conditions.
