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F.-M <br />Monitoring Changes in the Platte River Riparian Corridor <br />with Serial LiDAR Surveys <br />F3N P:iul J. Kinirl an(l .lunathan h1. NeItio,n III.S. (iculugircil Survcy. GoIdcn. C'O1 antl C. W:iynr "'right fNaui,nal nrrunauiiiti :in(l <br />tiI,arr:\dininiItr:uiun. W,illups I.I:ind. VA) <br />:lirhi,rnr lasrr altimriry. al`t, knt,wn as lieht <br />tIrtrction and ranging (L?l)AR), is an innuvaUvc <br />marping tcrhnult,gy that prrci.rly mra,urr, Utr <br />innc il takcs I'ur a lasrr pulsr tr.imniiitcd lrum an <br />.?ircralI In hr rrtlrr(rcl [rum ihc gruunii .urfacr <br />hark ti, Ihr .iircrul'I. '1'hc lascr-ranginr mcasurr- <br />mrnts arr uWLl in t:indrm «ith ihc pwvtiom <br />ul thr airrralt ati Llrtrnninril with :in unhuard <br />gluh:il pusilioninL,?,trm !(iPti) and inrni.?I <br />mra.,urrtnrnl unil (M11' ) tu m:q) ihr rlrvafit,n <br />ul ?Iic gn,un(l surlarr. ftrrently. thr Nautinal <br />Arrunatuirs and tirair Ailministrauom (N:1tiA) <br />clrvrluprd ihr l:xprnmcntal Atkanrrd Airhurnr <br />kcscarch Lil)Alt (LA:11t1.) w.unc\ ruasial <br />.in(l shaUh)w-watrr maruir rnvin,nnunis ltig. I 1 <br />(Wright :ind E3rurk. _'INI??. <br />"li) in?r`uiatc thc possihility uf rxirnd- <br />ing thr ux i)t Ihis tiytilrm tu tihallim, n%rrti. an <br />1:AAfL1. surwv w,u fli,wn (,vrr thr Plattc Iti\rr <br />m icnlral Nrhr:iska in'INl? antl 2(N)5 lo cullccl <br />haihymcuic anJ iulitizrarhir rlcv:uio?n nicasurc- <br />mcnis in thc nvrr rh:uinrl antl alnng nparian <br />arras '1'hc rlCv;ilu0n tiurt'arr, ihai «crr erncratrd <br />frunn flwMs along twu rnrr rrarhrs hi?hli?h? thr <br />uniyur r:yr.ihilitir, (iI I.il)A1t and illustr:itr hu%a <br />thr.r tl:ua can hr us?:d t„ nwnuor huth natural <br />:ind human ultrr•anons in ihr nparian curndor. <br />Introduction <br />2 <br />1 <br />Globd Potltloniny <br />GioDal PodYoning ,-. Y Srtem satelite <br />Systsm satdlft <br />X <br />"fhr F'latir F2ivcr in rrntral Nchra.ka I lig. <br />i, a ti iilr. .cind-hrddcd rnrr lhat rruviilcs <br />mlm? <br />hahuat fOr migratnry ?\atrr hutiti .ilung thr Nurth <br />:1iiicnran Ilv%v:n 'I'hc rrntr.il Pl:ittr Ilivrr <br />Iunruun. ati rriUcal h.ihitat Iur thr rntl:ingrrctl <br />whuuping rranc l(;rus rirniprrrunctl and alsn is an <br />impi,nanl hahitat f()r Ihr rnJungrrcd Ira,t irrn <br />I.S'trr?tu rrtiN!!(u•imi) (ll.S. I'i.h ;ind Wildli(r Scr- <br />virr. 1967. INKSa) antl ihr [hrrairnr(f piping pluvcr IChcruclriu.s melodtrs) I l!.S. f'itih and <br />W'i1d1ifr tirrvicr. 199il,i. Upstrcam watrr-resourcr JrvrJurmrnt ovrr ihr la,t crntury haN <br />drirr;i.cd thr watrr and xdinirnt supplircl to ihc crntral f'laur River (w'illiams. 1979; <br />li,ihnrr :ind i)[hrrs. IN;{;I. Ihis has rrwltrd in vrgciauun rnrniarhinrnt anLl n:irruwing <br />(if Plaur Itivrr <br />channrl.. "1'hc NaU„nal Aradrrny t)t Srirnrr,' N;ukmal Rcuarch Council, in a rrcrnt <br />rcvirkv ()f Ihcsc criUc:il h:ihitat drtiignaumnti, c(incluclcil Ihat thr rurrrnt rnwrrh(ilt,gy nl' <br />Figure t. Illustrafion of an EAARL survey. <br />U.S Depnrtment ol lhe Inlenor @;,,•,,,? on reeyOuo puPuI Fael Sheet 2006-3063 <br />U.S. Geolopicel SurveY August 2006 <br />?¢lal csmera K-?. PIIth <br />I ln ?i...._i n.,.,?....,.._