The YellowScan Navigator Bathymetric Lidar Scanner awaits preflight checks near the South Platte River, Denver, CO.

The YellowScan Navigator Bathymetric Lidar Scanner awaits preflight checks near the South Platte River, 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.