Water-surface elevations, depths, velocities, and temperature data collected for the NASA/JPL AirSWOT campaign on the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, for the period March – May, 2015
Dates
Start Date
2015-03-04
End Date
2015-05-26
Publication Date
2016-12-09
Citation
Minear, J.T., and Wright, S.A., 2016, Water-surface elevations, depths, velocities, and temperature data collected for the NASA/JPL AirSWOT campaign on the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA, for the period March – May, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NZ85R4.
Summary
This field dataset of water-surface elevations, depths, velocities and temperatures was collected in March - May 2015 along the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA. The dataset contains data from several different sources, including stationary continuously-measuring pressure transducers, high-speed longitudinal profiles of water-surface elevations measured from a power-boat, and cross section and longitudinal profiles of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements, including water-surface elevations, depths and velocities sampled from a power boat. All location data were determined with real-time kinematic global positioning systems (RTK GPS) with high precisions in both horizontal and vertical dimensions.
Summary
This field dataset of water-surface elevations, depths, velocities and temperatures was collected in March - May 2015 along the Sacramento River, near Colusa, CA. The dataset contains data from several different sources, including stationary continuously-measuring pressure transducers, high-speed longitudinal profiles of water-surface elevations measured from a power-boat, and cross section and longitudinal profiles of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements, including water-surface elevations, depths and velocities sampled from a power boat. All location data were determined with real-time kinematic global positioning systems (RTK GPS) with high precisions in both horizontal and vertical dimensions.
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Purpose
This dataset was collected for calibration and validation purposes of the 'AirSWOT' campaign of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and CalTech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory. AirSWOT is an airborne-deployment of a Ka-Band interferometric radar instrument similar to the instrument to be used in the upcoming satellite-based NASA SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) Mission, with the objectives of measuring water-surface parameters from space.