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Projected future habitat, elevation change, and carbon accumulation of coastal wetlands in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington

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Creation
2022
Start Date
2030
End Date
2110
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Moritsch. M.M., Byrd, K.B, Davis, M.J., Good, A., Drexler, J.Z., Woo, I., Morris, J.T., Windham-Myers, L., Grossman, E., Poppe, K.L., Rybczyk, J., and Nakai, G., 2022, Projected future habitat, elevation change, and carbon accumulation of coastal wetlands in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ONIUCK.

Summary

This dataset consists of raster geotiff outputs from modeling habitat change, marsh vertical accretion, and carbon accumulation in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington, USA. These rasters represent projections of future habitat type, change in surface elevation above Mean Sea Level, and total sediment carbon accumulation since 2011 in coastal wetland habitats. Projections were generated in 20-year increments for 100 years for five amounts of sea-level rise, three amounts of suspended sediment concentrations, and two alternative configurations of the U.S. Interstate-5 causeway as it crosses the Nisqually River to either prevent or allow inland habitat migration (a total of 30 scenarios). The full methods and results are described in [...]

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Purpose

These rasters were created to assist with climate adaptation planning within the Nisqually River Delta. These data can be used to visualize habitat change, elevation change, and carbon accumulation. The rasters can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software for research purposes.

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Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology. These data are available in raster geotiff format contained in a three zip files (.zip), which also include CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northwest CASC

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These rasters were created to assist with climate adaptation planning within the Nisqually River Delta. These data can be used to visualize potential carbon accumulation in soils. The rasters can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software for research purposes.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9ONIUCK

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