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Channel mapping river miles 29–62 of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, May 2009

Open-File Report 2017-1030
Prepared in cooperation with Northern Arizona University
By: , , , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171030

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Abstract

Bathymetric, topographic, and grain-size data were collected in May 2009 along a 33-mi reach of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The study reach is located from river miles 29 to 62 at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers. 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. This project is 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 report documents the survey methods and post-processing procedures, digital elevation model production and uncertainty assessment, and procedures for bed-sediment classification, and presents the datasets resulting from this study.

Suggested Citation

Kaplinski, M., Hazel, J.E., Jr., Grams, P.E., Kohl, Keith, Buscombe, D.D., and Tusso, R.B., 2017, Channel mapping river miles 29–62 of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, May 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1030, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171030.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Data Collection and Processing
  • Digital Elevation Models
  • Digital Elevation Model Uncertainty
  • Results
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Channel mapping river miles 29–62 of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, May 2009
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2017-1030
DOI 10.3133/ofr20171030
Year Published 2017
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Southwest Biological Science Center
Description vi, 35 p.
Country United States
State Arizona
Other Geospatial Colorado River
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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