Aerial imagery and structure-from-motion data products from UAS survey of the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, WA, June 2019

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) was used to acquire high-resolution imagery of the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, Washington on June 4, 2019. This imagery was processed using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetric techniques to derive a high-resolution digital surface model (DSM), orthomosaic imagery, and topographic point clouds. In order to maximize the extent of the subaerially exposed area, the survey was timed to coincide with a spring low tide occurring at approximately 18:02 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) (11:02 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)), with a predicted water level of -0.74 meters below mean lower-low water (MLLW) at the Sunset Beach NOAA subordinate tide station (station ID 9447951)....

Tags: Geomorphology, Remote Sensing

Aerial imagery from UAS survey of the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, WA, 2019-06-04

This portion of the data release presents the raw aerial imagery collected during the unmanned aerial system (UAS) survey of the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, WA, on 2019-06-04. The imagery was acquired using a Department of Interior-owned 3DR Solo quadcopter fitted with a Ricoh GR II digital camera featuring a global shutter. Flights using both a nadir camera orientation and an oblique camera orientation were conducted. For the nadir flights (F04, F05, F06, F07, and F08), the camera was mounted using a fixed mount on the bottom of the UAS and oriented in an approximately nadir orientation. The UAS was flown on pre-programmed autonomous flight lines at an approximate altitude of 70 meters above ground...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CHMRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hastie Lake County Park, Island County, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Salish Sea, State of Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, Whidbey Island, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, altimetry, coastal processes, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, orthophotography, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, topographic maps, topography, Fewer tags

Digital surface model (DSM) for the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, WA, 2019-06-04

This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and hillshade image of the intertidal zone at West Whidbey Island, WA. The DSM has a resolution of 4 centimeters per pixel and was derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with an unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 2019-06-04. Unlike a digital elevation model (DEM), the DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell. Vegetation, buildings and other objects have not been removed from the data. In addition, data artifacts resulting from noise in the original imagery have not been removed. The raw imagery used to create the DSM was acquired using a UAS fitted with a Ricoh GR II...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CHMRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hastie Lake County Park, Island County, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Salish Sea, SfM, State of Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, Whidbey Island, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, altimetry, coastal processes, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, orthophotography, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, topographic maps, topography, Fewer tags

River-channel topography, grain size, and turbidity records from the Carmel River, California, before, during, and after removal of San Clemente Dam (ver. 2.0, March 2022)

This data release supersedes version 1, published in 2017 under https://doi.org/10.5066/F74M93HF. Please see Version_History_P9HG8UDS.txt below for more information. The San Clemente Dam, built in the 1920s on the Carmel River in Monterey County, California, was removed during 2014 and 2015. The dam-removal project was the largest in California to date, and one of the largest in the U.S. This USGS data release presents data collected before, during, and after the removal of the dam. The data were collected to study how the river channel's topographic profiles and sediment distributions changed in response to new sediment supply after dam removal and base-level changes in the former San Clemente reservoir sediment...

Categories: Data; Tags: Geomorphology, Land Use Change, Water Resources

High resolution topography for two pools on the Carmel River, central California, 2014 to 2019

High-resolution topographic surveys were conducted at two pools on the Carmel River between 2014 and 2019 using a survey-grade total station. The Dam Reach pool (DMPOOL) is located within the Dam Reach, approximately 450 meters downstream of the former site of the San Clemente Dam. The Sleepy Hollow pool (SHPOOL) is located within the Sleepy Hollow reach, approximately 2.25 kilometers downstream of the former site of the San Clemente Dam. Both pools were surveyed in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 using a total station, in conjunction with the channel cross-section surveys also conducted as part of this study (see accompanying file within this data release for topographic survey transect data). For the 2015 survey,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMGP, Carmel River, Carmel Valley, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Monterey County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, San Clemente Dam, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, field inventory and monitoring, gravel deposits, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, river reaches, river systems, topographic mapping, topography, Fewer tags

Topographic survey transect endpoint coordinates along the Carmel River, central California, 2013 to 2021 (ver. 2.0, March 2022)

This data release supersedes version 1, published in 2017 under https://doi.org/10.5066/F74M93HF. Please see Version_History_P9HG8UDS.txt below for more information. This dataset contains the easting, northing, and elevation values of the river-right and river-left transect endpoint reference benchmarks (RBM and LBM) from survey transects at 10 survey reaches along the Carmel River, central California. Topographic surveys were completed on these transects during eight summer surveys (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021). See accompanying file within this data release for elevation measurements. All data were collected in NAD83 UTM10N horizontal coordinates and NAVD88 Geoid 12B vertical coordinates,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMGP, Carmel River, Carmel Valley, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Monterey County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, San Clemente Dam, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, field inventory and monitoring, gravel deposits, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, river reaches, river systems, topographic mapping, topography, Fewer tags

Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of northern Monterey Bay, California

This data release presents beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data from repeated surveys in northern Monterey Bay, California to document changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology as they relate to episodic (storms), seasonal, and interannual and longer (e.g. El Niño) processes. The ongoing monitoring program was initiated in October 2014 with semi-annual surveys performed in late summer (September or October) and Spring (March). Nearshore bathymetry and topography data were collected along a series of shore-perpendicular transects spaced primarily at 50-250 m intervals between Santa Cruz and Moss Landing, California (fig. 1). The transects were located along sandy stretches of the coastline...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Echo Sounders, GPS (Global Positioning System), All tags... GPS measurement, Geophysics, Global Positioning System (GPS) observations, LIDAR, Monterey Bay, Monterey County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Santa Cruz County, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Water Depth, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement, coastal sediment budget, digital elevation models, elevation, single-beam echo sounder, topographic mapping, topography, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery and structure-from-motion data products from UAS survey of the intertidal zone at Puget Creek and Dickman Mill Park, Tacoma, WA, June 2019

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) was used to acquire high-resolution imagery of the intertidal zone at Puget Creek and Dickman Mill Park in Tacoma, Washington on June 3, 2019. This imagery was processed using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetric techniques to derive high-resolution digital surface models (DSM), orthomosaic imagery, and topographic point clouds. In order to maximize the extent of the subaerially exposed area, the survey was timed to coincide with a spring low tide occurring at approximately 18:36 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) (11:36 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)), with an observed water level of -1.47 meters relative to the NAVD88 vertical datum at the Tacoma NOAA tide station (station ID...

Tags: Geomorphology, Remote Sensing

Digital surface model (DSM) for the Liberty Island Conservation Bank Wildlands restoration site, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2018-10-23

This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and hillshade of the Liberty Island Conservation Bank Wildlands restoration site in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The DSM has a resolution of 10 centimeters per-pixel and was derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) on 2018-10-23. Unlike a digital elevation model (DEM), the DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell. Vegetation, buildings and other objects have not been removed from the data. In addition, data artifacts resulting from noise in the original imagery have not been removed. The raw imagery used to create this DSM was...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CHMRP, Cache Slough, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Liberty Island, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Sacramento River, Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, San Joaquin River, State of California, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, aerial photography, altimetry, elevation, fragile ecosystems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, topographic maps, topography, wetland restoration, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery from UAS survey of the Liberty Island Conservation Bank Wildlands restoration site, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2018-10-23

This portion of the data release presents the raw aerial imagery collected during the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) survey of the Liberty Island Conservation Bank Wildlands restoration site in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on 2018-10-23. The imagery was acquired using two Department of Interior owned 3DR Solo quadcopters fitted with Ricoh GR II digital cameras featuring global shutters. The cameras were mounted using a fixed mount on the bottom of the UAS and oriented in a roughly nadir orientation. The UAS were flown on pre-programmed autonomous flight lines at an approximate altitude of 120 meters above-ground-level, resulting in a nominal ground-sample-distance (GSD) of 3.2 centimeters per-pixel. The flight...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CHMRP, Cache Slough, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Liberty Island, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Sacramento River, Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, San Joaquin River, State of California, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, aerial photography, altimetry, elevation, fragile ecosystems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, topographic maps, topography, wetland restoration, Fewer tags

Topographic digital surface model (DSM) for Whiskeytown Lake and surrounding area, 2018-12-02

This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and hillshade of Whiskeytown Lake and the surrounding area derived from Structure from Motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery acquired on 2018-12-02. Unlike a digital elevation model (DEM), the DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell. Vegetation, buildings and other objects have not been removed from the data. In addition, data artifacts resulting from noise and vegetation in the original imagery have not been removed. However, in unvegetated areas such as reservoir shorelines and deltas, the DSM is equivalent to a DEM because it represents the ground surface elevation. The raw imagery used to create...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMHRP, Carr fire, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Whiskeytown Lake, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, aerial photography, elevation, fires, fragile ecosystems, geomorphology, image mosaics, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, reservoir, topographic maps, topography, wildfires, Fewer tags

Digital surface model (DSM) for the intertidal zone at Lone Tree Point, Kiket Bay, WA, 2019-06-05

This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and hillshade image of the intertidal zone at Lone Tree Point, Kiket Bay, WA. The DSM has a resolution of 4 centimeters per pixel and was derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with an unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 2019-06-05. Unlike a digital elevation model (DEM), the DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell. Vegetation, buildings and other objects have not been removed from the data. In addition, data artifacts resulting from noise in the original imagery have not been removed. The raw imagery used to create the DSM was acquired using a UAS fitted with a Ricoh...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CHMRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Kiket Bay, Lone Tree Point, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Salish Sea, SfM, Skagit Bay, Skagit County, State of Washington, Structure-from-motion, Swinomish Reservation, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, altimetry, coastal processes, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, orthophotography, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, topographic maps, topography, Fewer tags

Structure-from-motion point cloud of Mud Creek, Big Sur, California, 2017-05-27

Presented here is a point cloud collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using an oblique plane-mounted camera system, covering the area of the Mud Creek landslide on California State Route 1 (SR1), Mud Creek, Big Sur, California. The point cloud is referenced to previously published lidar data and contains RGB information as well as XYZ. Point cloud coordinates are in NAD83 UTM Zone 10 meters. Imagery was collected with a Nikon D800 camera in RAW format and processed using structure-from-motion photogrammetry with Agisoft PhotoScan version 1.2.8 through 1.3.2. Pointclouds were clipped to an AOI using LASTools. The AOI was created from a KMZ in Google Earth and transformed to a shapefile using ArcMap 10.5.

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, Big Sur, CMHRP, California, Cape San Martin, All tags... Central California Coastal, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Monterey, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, Villa Creek, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, agents of coastal change, anthropogenic agents of coastal change, coastal change hazards topics, coastal landslides, coastal landsliding, coastal processes, coastal processes, coastal sediment budget, coastal zone management, effects of coastal change, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, hazards, hazards and disasters, human responses to coastal change, image analysis, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, landslides, remote sensing, topography, transportation, Fewer tags

Time-series oceanographic data collected off Makua, Kauai, USA, August 2016

Time-series data of water-surface elevation, wave height, water-column currents, temperature were acquired for 6 days off the north coast of the island of Kauai, Hawaii in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns and groundwater input to the coral reefs of Makua.

Tags: CMHRP, CORAL REEFS, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Island of Kauai, Kauai, All tags... Kauai County, Makua Reef, OCEAN CURRENTS, Oceans, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, THERMOCLINE, Tunnels Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WATER TEMPERATURE, Water Column Features, geoscientificInformation, marine water quality, ocean salinity, ocean sciences, ocean temperature, physical oceanography, time series datasets, Fewer tags

Orthomosaic imagery for the intertidal zone at Post Point, Bellingham Bay, WA, 2019-06-06

This portion of the data release presents a high-resolution orthomosaic images of the intertidal zone at Post Point, Bellingham Bay, WA. The orthomosaics were derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with an unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 2019-06-06. The orthomosaics are presented with two resolutions: one image, covering the entire survey area, has a resolution of 2 centimeters per pixel; the other image which was derived from a lower-altitude flight, covers an inset area within the main survey area and has a resolution of 1 centimeter per pixel. The raw imagery used to create the orthomosaics was acquired using a UAS fitted with a Ricoh GR II digital camera featuring a global...

Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, Bellingham, Bellingham Bay, CHMRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... Fairhaven, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Post Point, Puget Sound, Salish Sea, SfM, South Bellingham, State of Washington, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, Whatcom County, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, altimetry, coastal processes, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, orthophotography, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, topographic maps, topography, Fewer tags

Ground control point locations for UAS surveys of the beaches at Fort Stevens State Park, OR, and Cape Disappointment State Park, WA, July 2021

This portion of the data release presents the locations of the temporary ground control points (GCPs) used for the structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of the imagery collected during the July 2021 unoccupied aerial system (UAS) surveys of the ocean beach at Fort Stevens State Park, OR, and Benson Beach at Cape Disappointment State Park, WA. Eighteen temporary ground control points (GCPs) were distributed throughout the survey area to establish survey control. The GCPs consisted of a combination of small square tarps with black-and-white cross patterns and "X" marks placed on the ground using temporary chalk. The GCP positions were measured using dual-frequency post-processed kinematic (PPK) GPS with corrections...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, Benson Beach, CHMRP, Cape Disappointment, Clatsop County, All tags... Clatsop Spit, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Columbia River, Fort Stevens, North Head, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific County, Pacific Ocean, State of Oregon, State of Washington, Structure-from-motion, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, aerial and satellite photography, aerial photography, altimetry, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, orthophotography, photography, remote sensing, remote sensing, topographic maps, topography, Fewer tags

Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of northern Monterey Bay, California, October 2014

This USGS data release presents data collected during surveys of nearshore bathymetry and beach topography from northern Monterey Bay, California. Survey operations were conducted between October 20 and October 24, 2014 (USGS Field Activity Number 2014-676-FA). Nearshore bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs), each equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Topography data were collected using an all-terrain vehicle equipped with a GNSS receiver and on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks. Positions of the survey platforms were referenced to a GNSS base station with known horizontal and vertical coordinates. Depths...

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Time-series oceanographic data collected from reef flat and lagoon sediment dynamics packages in 2016 off Jurabi Point, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia (ver. 2.0)

Time series data of water surface elevation, wave height, water column currents and temperature, and suspended sediment were acquired for 6 weeks on a coral reef off Jurabi Point, Ningaloo Coast UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia in support of a study on the circulation and sediment transport patterns of these reefs.

Tags: CMHRP, CONDUCTIVITY, CORAL REEFS, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DENSITY, All tags... Jurabi Coastal Park, Jurabi Point, Ningaloo Marine Park, OCEAN CURRENTS, Oceans, PCMSC, PYCNOCLINE, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, THERMOCLINE, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS:5d0aa29be4b0e3d311601a5a, WATER TEMPERATURE, Water Column Features, Western Australia, geoscientificInformation, marine water quality, physical oceanography, time series datasets, Fewer tags

Bathymetric data for Whiskeytown Lake, December 2018 (ver. 2.0, July 2021)

These metadata describe bathymetric data collected during a December 2018 SWATHPlus survey of Whiskeytown Lake, California. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) during fieldwork activity number 2018-686-FA. The bathymetric data are provided as a GeoTIFF image.

Tags: Bathymetry, Bathymetry and Elevation, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Seafloor Topography, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS:5dfbd23fe4b0cc5243395f60, Whiskeytown Lake, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement, field observation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, interferometric sonar, lake bed, lakebed characteristics, marine geophysics, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery and structure-from-motion data products from a UAS survey of the Los Padres Reservoir delta, Carmel River valley, CA, 2017-11-01

An unoccupied aerial system (UAS) was used to acquire high-resolution imagery of the exposed reservoir delta at Los Padres Reservoir, in the Carmel River valley in central California on 1 November 2017. This survey followed sediment delivery to the reservoir by the Carmel River due to landscape response after the 2016 Soberanes Fire and high flows in winter 2017. The imagery from this survey was processed using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetric techniques to derive a high-resolution digital surface model (DSM), a digital elevation model (DEM), an orthomosaic image, and a topographic point cloud. A total of six flights were conducted for the survey between 19:35 and 22:15 UTC (12:35 and 15:15 PDT). Only...

Categories: Data; Tags: Geomorphology, Remote Sensing