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Near-field Remote Sensing of River Velocity, Bathymetry, Floodplain Topography, and Discharge at the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, USA, March 2018

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2018-03-19
End Date
2018-03-22

Citation

Engel, F.L., Fulton, J.W., Lane, J.W., Eggleston, Corbett, S.C., Kohn, M.S., Pulli, J.J., J.R., Adams, J.D., Burton, T.A., Nicotra, M.S., Stephens, V.C., and Dawson, C.D., 2020, Near-field Remote Sensing of River Velocity, Bathymetry, Floodplain Topography, and Discharge at the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, USA, March 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VT1RDH.

Summary

A USGS Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) Aquatic Airshow field testing and demonstration event occurred March 20–21, 2018, on the Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO, USA. At the airshow, a group of USGS scientists and technicians gathered to test non-contact sensors for measuring stream discharge using UAS and a sensor mounted on a tag line. Scientists at the event performed a series of tests to measure river discharge with experimental non-contact techniques. USGS scientists and field personnel traditionally conduct a discharge measurement either by wading or working from a boat. Due to the potential danger and high risk to personnel safety, hydrologic measurement work is limited during very high flow events, ice break-up, or large floods, [...]

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
John W Fulton
Originator :
Frank L Engel, John W Fulton, John W Lane, Jack W. Eggleston, Skye C Corbett, Michael S Kohn, Jeremy J Pulli, Josip R. Adams, Todd A Burton, Matthew J Nicotra, Verlin C Stephens, Cian B Dawson
Metadata Contact :
Frank L Engel, SOUTHEAST REGION
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Office of Planning and Programming
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Purpose

Data were collected to test and evaluate experimental non-contact methods for the determination of river flow velocities and discharges on the Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO, on March 19–21, 2018.
Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO, March 2018. Photo credit: John W. Fulton
Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO, March 2018. Photo credit: John W. Fulton

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  • USGS Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch
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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7VT1RDH

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