Yellowstone Landslide Monitoring and 2022 Flooding Work
In a series of two deployments in September 2020, UW Professor Joe Wartman and a team of geotechnical engineers collected lidar and photogrammetry data in Yellowstone National Park using the Maptek I-Site LR3 laser scanner and the Gigapan Robotic Camera Mount with Cannon SLR Digital Camera. The data will be used to assess the landslide hazard risk of nearby structures.
In June 2022, Yellowstone National Park experienced historic flooding, with rivers cresting at heights not seen in 100 years. An atmospheric river, combined with warm temperatures that exacerbated the melting of the heavy snowpack, led to flooding across many area rivers and streams. The park was closed, and more than 10,000 visitors were evacuated due to safety concerns. The RAPID supported a preliminary reconnaissance team immediately after the event with short-range TLS equipment
In early September of 2022, Michael Grilliot and Andrew Lyda returned to the Yellowstone area to support the GEER team’s research of the effects of the flood. The team used RAPID’s Teledyne hydrographic survey z-boat, Leica GS18T SmartAntenna GNSS, Nanometrics triaxial seismometer, and Altum Multispec Camera mounted on a DJI Matrice 210 to collect data in support of research on the 2022 summer Yellowstone 500-year flood event.
