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Uncertainty Model

Metadata Updated: January 22, 2026

Bathymetric, topographic, and grain-size data were collected in April 2011 along a 27-mi (43.5 – km) reach of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The study reach begins at river mile 61.1, about 0.6 -mi (1 –km) above the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers and ends at river mile 88.1 at the upstream boundary of the Bright Angel Rapid (Phantom Ranch boat beach). 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. These data were created by the Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Science Center as 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 dataset is a 1-meter resolution elevation uncertainty model generated by fuzzy inference system modeling associated from the 1-meter resolution digital elevation model (DEM_EGC_Apr2011.tif) associated with this data release.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 13, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 22, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

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Metadata Created Date January 13, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 22, 2026
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