Christopher Edwards Dr. Scott Miller ANALYSIS OF STREAM BED MORPHOLOGY IN OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT AREAS USING LIDAR DATA Christopher Edwards Dr. Scott Miller
LiDAR-Based Channel Identification
LiDAR-Based Channel Identification
LiDAR-Based Channel Identification
Comparison of LiDAR and Field Data 0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2 -1.4 Width of Channel(m) (Miller, 2004)
Comparison of LiDAR-derived channel morphology to field data (Miller, 2004)
Project Area
MLRA DATA MLRA-32 Northern Intermountain Desert Basin Entisols, Aridisol Frost Free period 145 days 6-12 PPt High intensity short duration storms Highly variable climate
Methods
Flow Direction –Flow Accumulation
Width Vs Flow Accumulation
Channel width changing as a function of watershed area in SE Arizona (Miller, 2004)
Relation of width, depth, and velocity to discharge, Powder River at Arvada, Wyo. (Clifford, 1996)
Channel width as a function of watershed area in western Wyoming Environmental modelling for oil and gas development, La Barge platform. Vithanage J., Miller S. N., 2014, in preparation
Channel width as a function of watershed area in the Moneta Divide
What's Next
References Clifford, N. (1996). Classics in physical geography revisited: Leopold, L.B. and Maddock, T.M. jr 1953: The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications. USGS Professional Paper 252. Progress In Physical Geography, 20(1), 81-87. Miller, S. (1996). Estimating Channel Morphologic Properties from a High Resolution DEM (Masters). University of Wyoming. Miller, S. N., Shrestha, S. R., & Semmens, D. (2004, May). Semi-automated extraction and validation of channel morphology from LIDAR and IFSAR terrain data. In Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Denver, CO. Trevisani, S., Cavalli, M., & Marchi, L. (2009). Reading the bed morphology of a mountain stream: a geomorphometric study on high-resolution topographic data. Hydrology And Earth System Sciences Discussions, 6(6), 7287-7319.
Thank You Dr. Scott Miller Nasa Space Grant Consortium University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management Bureae of Land Management
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