Application Note: Bathymetric Survey Of Remote Lakes Collects High-Resolution Data For Impact Model Of Hydroelectric Plant

Application article about bathymetric survey of lake to be used as source water for hydroelectric plant.

As soon as the thick fog thinned to pale wisps, the pilot steered the helicopter through bands of low clouds, between two mountain peaks, zipped past a waterfall, and followed a creek to an elevated valley where, 20 minutes later, he dropped Adam McCullough, Matt Previte and their equipment on a narrow patch of green. Nestled between the pristine peaks, the men set out to survey the bathymetry of two remote lakes for a proposed hydroelectric project in southeast Alaska.