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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center/science/bathymetry-deadmans-lake-golf-course-reservoir-9-ice", "headline": "Bathymetry of Deadmans Lake, Golf Course Reservoir 9, Ice Lake, Kettle Lakes 1\u20133, and Non-Potable Reservoirs 1\u20134 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, 2019", "datePublished": "November 19, 2020", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael S Kohn, P.E.", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-s-kohn", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-5989-7700" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Hempel, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/laura-hempel", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0001-5020-6056" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Bathymetric DEMs (map sheet) were used to determine lake or reservoir volumes that correspond to water-surface elevations between the lakebed and the approximate top of the dam or spillway." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The study is meant to improve reservoir regulation and operation during periods of drought or high demand so that the lakes and reservoirs can be monitored using stage and volume gages." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Bathymetric maps of each lake and reservoir are presented with figures of the elevation-volume curves in the Scientific Investigations Map (Kohn and Hempel (2020)). The bathymetric surveys for this study were carried out from October 15, 2019, to December 12, 2019, using a manually operated, boat-mounted, single-beam echo sounder integrated with a Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver. Topographic surveys were carried out during the same time period using RTK GNSS to collect elevation data at and above the water surface and up to the elevation of the dam or spillway at the time of the surveys. The topographic and bathymetric datasets were imported into Esri ArcMap 10.7.1. The combined survey points were then interpolated into digital elevation models (DEMs), which were used to determine lake or reservoir volumes that correspond to water-surface elevations between the lakebed and the approximate top of the dam or spillway." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "In addition, these surveys serve as a baseline that could be compared with future surveys of the lakes and reservoirs." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "This study provides an updated characterization of storage capacity and improved understanding of present\n(2019) water capacity in the lakes and reservoirs at the USAFA, which will improve reservoir regulation and operation during periods of drought or high demand so that the lakes and reservoirs can be monitored using stage and volume gages." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), carried out bathymetric and topographic surveys to characterize the volume of Deadmans Lake, Golf Course Reservoir 9, Ice Lake, Kettle Lakes 1\u20133, and Non-Potable Reservoirs 1\u20134 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The elevation and volume data at specified elevations for each lake or reservoir and the combined topographic and bathymetric RTK GNSS survey points and bathymetric DEMs are published in Kohn and Hempel (2020).The data for Deadmans Lake, Golf Course Reservoir 9, Ice Lake, Kettle Lakes 1\u20133, and Non-Potable Reservoirs 1\u20134 are presented in the following formats:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Lake and reservoir volumes were computed at specified elevation ranges using the Surface Volume tool in ArcMap (Esri, 2020) and were compiled into elevation-volume curves" } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Colorado Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "water resources" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Bathymetry" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "U.S. Air Force Academy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "bathymetry" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "hydraulics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Hydraulics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Surface Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "surface water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Colorado" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "reservoir" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "survey" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "lake" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" } ]
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