UMRR Illinois River Alton Reach Bathymetry Footprint

Publication Date

2017-02-24

Start Date

2007-08-28

End Date

2007-09-07

Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program; Long term resource monitoring element, 2017, UMRR Illinois River Alton Reach Bathymetry Footprint: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H41PXD.

A bathymetry footprint, or shapefile of the LTRM pools (pending sufficient existing data) is extremely useful for scientists currently using bathymetry in their research. The bathymetric footprint would be relevant for both scientists that are conducting research pool-wide, and for those that don’t need the entire bathymetric coverage, but rather collection date information corresponding with specific areas of interest within a pool. The UMRS is a highly dynamic system, and knowing the different dates of collection over a multi-year period can be crucial information when using bathymetric coverages representing pool-wide conditions. Bathymetric data is an essential tool scientists use to monitor the ecology of the river, and to assess the possible impact of hydrodynamic changes upon the riverine ecology. The footprint will enhance bathymetric and topobathy products – as this will be a small downloadable shapefile that will quickly display dates of bathymetry collection for the user.

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• Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC)

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