Bathymetric Imagery
While airborne LiDAR collects highly detailed terrain surface data it is unable to penetrate water surfaces (rivers, lakes, floodplains). We can conduct a shipboard hydro-acoustic survey under these circumstances, which is then seamlessly integrated with our airborne LiDAR. The bathymetric survey can be used to support hydraulic and engineering analyses in the study reaches.
Survey vessel running hydro-acoustic transects.
Bathymetry model of Willamette River derived from hydro-acoustic survey.