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Topographic LiDAR surveys of rivers in Alaska, August 8-9, 2017

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 08:49 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2020 at 12:00 AM
The U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) collected topographic LiDAR surveys of four rivers in Alaska from August 8-9, 2017 to support research related to remote sensing of river discharge. Data were acquired for the Knik, Matanuska, Chena and Salcha Rivers using a Riegl VQ-580 LiDAR. The LiDAR was installed on a Robinson R44 Raven helicopter in a HeliPod that was designed and operated by CRREL. The LiDAR data included as part of this release include: a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM), an intensity or reflectence digital surface model (DSM) both in GeoTiff format, and compressed binary LAS files (LAZ) for each river surveyed.

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