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Combined High-Resolution Topography and Bathymetry for Western Passage Canal, Near Whittier, Alaska

Data Download Links Below | AK Science Portal | Project Site | Date Range: 09/26/1995 - 10/25/2012

This dataset is a new Digital Elevation Model (DEM) using the best available high-resolution topography and bathymetry surrounding the area of Whittier, Alaska. We utilized three datasets (1) LiDAR topography collected by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) in 2012, (2) multibeam echosounder system (MBES) survey of western Passage Canal collected by the USGS in the summer of 2011 (3) and NOAA single-beam soundings collected from September 26-October 18, 1995.

Data sets included:

Combined High-Resolution Topography and Bathymetry for Western Passage Canal, Near Whittier, Alaska - ASCII grid Metadata Data (21.4MB)
Combined High-Resolution Topography and Bathymetry for Western Passage Canal, Near Whittier, Alaska - GeoTIFF Metadata Data (28.2MB)

Author(s): Haeussler, P. J.; Labay, K. A.

Suggested Citation:
Haeussler, P. J. and Labay, K. A., 2022, Combined high-resolution topography and bathymetry for western Passage Canal, near Whittier, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L0Q0AK.

Referenced Publication(s):

Haeussler, P. J., T. Parsons, D. P. Finlayson, P. Hart, J. D. Chaytor, H. F. Ryan, K. A. Labay, A. Peterson, and L. M. Liberty. 2014. New imaging of submarine landslides from the 1964 Earthquake near Whittier, Alaska, and a comparison to failures in other Alaskan fjords. Pages 361-370 in Submarine mass movements and their consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Springer 37 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_32


DataID: 453 | doi:10.5066/P9L0Q0AK | Date Posted Online: 2022-01-21 | Last Updated: 2022-01-21 15:25:54

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