DEM generated from the bathymetric point cloud depicts the river channel terrain and outline of the water surface.

The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generated from the bathymetric point cloud depicts the river channel terrain and outline of the water surface.

On February 14th, 2024, members of the USGS NUSO staff tested a newly developed bathymetric lidar scanner over a section of the South Platte River near Denver, CO.  This evaluation produced a bathymetric lidar dataset covering the topography of the river channel, including the water surface and the bottom terrain under the water column.