Daniel (Contractor) D Buscombe

Acoustic backscatter - Data and Python Code

These data were compiled for investigating the relationship between acoustic backscattering by riverbeds composed of various riverbed substrates (bed sediment), and for developing and testing a probabilistic model for substrate classification based on high-frequency multibeam acoustic backscatter. The model is described in Buscombe et al. (2017). The data consist of various quantities on coincident grids, from various sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, including water depth, bed roughness, the area (or footprint) of the acoustic beam, unfiltered and filtered backscatter magnitude, sediment classification (for each location, 1 of 5 sediment classes in a categorical scheme), and the probabilities for...

Categories: Data; Tags: Arizona, Colorado River, Geography, Geomorphology, Glen Canyon, All tags... Grand Canyon, Information Sciences, Marble Canyon, Remote Sensing, Southwestern United States, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, acoustic remote sensing, ecogeomorphology, fluvial geomorphology, fluvial sediment transport, multibeam backscatter, probabilistic modeling, seafloor mapping, stochastic modeling, submerged aquatic vegetation, substrate mapping, Fewer tags

Post-Hurricane Florence RGB averaged orthoimagery of coastal North Carolina

This data release presents structure-from-motion (SFM) products derived from aerial imagery surveys with precise Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation data flown in a piloted fixed wing aircraft taken along the North Carolina coast in response to Hurricane Florence (available here https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P91KB9SF/). USGS researchers use the elevation models and orthorectified imagery to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. The products span the coast over both highly developed towns and natural areas, including federal lands. These products represent the coast after Hurricane Florence and cover the Cape...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CMHRP, Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... North Carolina, Outer Banks, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, USGS-CC Natural Hazards, aerial photography, coastal processes, digital elevation models, earth sciences, farming, geography, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, oceans, remote sensing, structure from motion, utilitiesCommunication, Fewer tags

This page contains links to the digital elevation models and orthoimages 10-11, one month post-Hurricane Dorian. See main landing page for additional dates and information.

This data release presents structure-from-motion products derived from imagery taken along the North Carolina coast in response to storm events and the recovery process. USGS researchers use the aerial photogrammetry data and products to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. This research is part of the Remote Sensing Coastal Change Project. Products include digital elevation models and orthorectified imagery (RGB averaged products) created from aerial imagery surveys with precise Global Navigation Satellite Systen (GNSS) navigation data flown in a piloted fixed wing aircraft (available here https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P91KB9SF/)....

Tags: East Coast, Geography, Geomorphology, Geomorphology, Mid-Atlantic, All tags... Natural Hazards, North Carolina, North Carolina Coast, Orthoimagery, Outer Banks, Remote Sensing, Virginia, coastal, digital elevation models (DEMs), elevation, geomorphology, hurricane, hurricanes, orthomosaic, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Suspended-sediment, bedload, bed-sediment, and multibeam sonar data in the Chippewa River, WI

These data were compiled for analyses of sediment transport within the Chippewa River, WI. Objective(s) of our study were to determine sand loads contributed by the Chippewa River to the Mississippi River. These data include physical suspended-sediment samples, acoustical suspended-sediment measurements, acoustical suspended-sediment loads, quasi-continuous measurements of bed-elevation, multibeam sonar survey data, and longitudinal profiles of the bed-elevation at certain locations. These data were collected in the Chippewa River in 2018 and 2019. Acoustical suspended-sediment data also include data from March and April 2020. These data were collected by the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center and...

Tags: Chippewa River, Durand, Geochemistry, Geography, Geomorphology, All tags... Hydrology, Information Sciences, Lower Chippewa River, Mississippi River, Modified Einstein Method, Pepin, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Wisconsin, acoustic Doppler profiler, acoustic doppler current profiling, acoustical suspended-sediment data, acoustical suspended-sediment loads, acoustical suspended-sediment measurements, bed-elevation, bedform geometry data, bedforms, bedload data, discharge, doppler radar imaging, dredging, dredging operations, elevation, environment, field inventory and monitoring, inlandWaters, longitudinal profile, multibeam sonar, multibeam sonar survey data, physical samples, physical suspended-sediment samples, remote sensing, remotely sensed data, sand loads, sediment transport, stream discharge, suspended material (water), topography, Fewer tags