Oblique view from the lidar point cloud showing the water surface and vegetation of the South Platte River in Denver, CO.

Oblique view from the lidar point cloud showing the water surface and vegetation of the South Platte River in Denver, CO.

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.