1. Christopher Edwards Dr. Scott Miller
ANALYSIS OF STREAM BED MORPHOLOGY IN OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT AREAS USING LIDAR DATA
Christopher Edwards
Dr. Scott Miller

2. LiDAR-Based Channel Identification

3. LiDAR-Based Channel Identification

4. LiDAR-Based Channel Identification

5. Comparison of LiDAR and Field Data
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Width of Channel(m)
(Miller, 2004)

6. Comparison of LiDAR-derived channel morphology to field data
(Miller, 2004)

7. Project Area

8. 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

9. Methods

10. Flow Direction –Flow Accumulation

11. Width Vs Flow Accumulation

12. Channel width changing as a function of watershed area in SE Arizona
(Miller, 2004)

13. Relation of width, depth, and velocity to discharge, Powder River at Arvada, Wyo.
(Clifford, 1996)

14. 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

15. Channel width as a function of watershed area in the Moneta Divide

16. What's Next

17. 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),
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),

18. Thank You Dr. Scott Miller Nasa Space Grant Consortium
University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Bureae of Land Management

19. Questions