The generated bathymetric lidar point cloud is colorized by point classification types

The generated bathymetric lidar point cloud is colorized by point classification types: blue indicates water, orange indicates vegetation, and gray indicates ground.

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.