Mean tidal range of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, tidal range, tides (oceanic), vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Elevation of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, elevation, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Geospatial Characterization of Salt Marshes for Massachusetts

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

USGS 1:25000-scale Quadrangle for Plum Island, NY 1947

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, Downloadable Data, GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, Historical Topographic Maps, All tags... Historical Topographic Maps 7.5 x 7.5 Minute Map Series, Map, NY, Plum Island, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags

USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Plum Island, NY 1954

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, Downloadable Data, GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, Historical Topographic Maps, All tags... Historical Topographic Maps 7.5 x 7.5 Minute Map Series, Map, NY, Plum Island, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags

Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), Massachusetts, November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) on November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GR II digital camera for true color photos, which can be used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multispectral camera for five-banded imagery (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared spectral bands), which can be used to...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3DR Solo Quadcopter, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, MicaSense RedEdge, All tags... North America, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, TIFF, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, drone, field activity 2017-057-FA, field activity 2019-009-FA, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, low-altitude aerial imagery, marsh, multispectral, near-infrared, photographs, photos, remote sensing, uncrewed aircraft systems, unmanned aerial system, unoccupied aircraft system, Fewer tags

True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMHRP, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Field activity 2018-015_FA, JPEG, All tags... Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, RGB, Ricoh GRII, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, drone, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, marsh, photographs, photos, remote sensing, Fewer tags

FSA 10:1 NAIP Imagery m_4107255_ne_18_h_20150507_20151109 3.75 x 3.75 minute JPEG2000 from The National Map

This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA strategic goals centered on agricultural production. These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation programs....

Types: Citation; Tags: 3.75 x 3.75 minute, 36103, 4107255, Aerial Compliance, Compliance, All tags... Digital Ortho rectified Image, Downloadable Data, JPEG2000, NAIP, NY, NY103, Ortho Rectification, Orthoimagery, PLUM ISLAND, PLUM ISLAND, NE, Quarter Quadrangle, SUFFOLK CO NY FSA, Suffolk, USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), farming, Fewer tags

Unvegetated to vegetated ratio of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, UVVR, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Ground control and transect points collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Carlson SurvCE, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GPS, Global Positioning System, All tags... Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Spectra Precision SP80, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, elevation, geoscientificInformation, ground control points, location, navigation, navigational data, transect points, Fewer tags

Ground control and transect points collected during unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Carlson SurvCE, Coastal/Marine Harzards and Resources Program, GPS, Global Positioning System, All tags... Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Spectra Precision SP80, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, elevation, geoscientificInformation, ground control points, location, navigation, navigational data, transect points, Fewer tags

Multispectral aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMHRP, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Field activity 2018-015_FA, Massachusetts, All tags... MicaSense RedEdge, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Rededge, TIFF, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, drone, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, marsh, multispectral, near-infrared, photographs, photos, remote sensing, Fewer tags

USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Plum Island, NY 1947

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, Downloadable Data, GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, Historical Topographic Maps, All tags... Historical Topographic Maps 7.5 x 7.5 Minute Map Series, Map, NY, Plum Island, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags

FSA 10:1 NAIP Imagery m_4107255_nw_18_h_20150507_20151109 3.75 x 3.75 minute JPEG2000 from The National Map

This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA strategic goals centered on agricultural production. These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation programs....

Types: Citation; Tags: 3.75 x 3.75 minute, 36103, 4107255, Aerial Compliance, Compliance, All tags... Digital Ortho rectified Image, Downloadable Data, JPEG2000, NAIP, NY, NY103, Ortho Rectification, Orthoimagery, PLUM ISLAND, PLUM ISLAND, NW, Quarter Quadrangle, SUFFOLK CO NY FSA, Suffolk, USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), farming, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and ground control points: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018.

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify vegetation....

Tags: Aerial Imaging, Environmental Health, Geomorphology, Hazards, Marine Geology, All tags... Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Remote Sensing, USA, aerial photography, aerial photography, coastal change, coastal change forecasts, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, image collections, navigational data, remote sensing, remote sensing, storm impacts, Fewer tags

Marsh shorelines of the Massachusetts coast from 2013-14 topographic lidar data

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the Massachusetts coast. Seventy-six maps were produced in 1997 depicting a statistical analysis of shoreline change on ocean-facing shorelines from the mid-1800s to 1978 using multiple data sources. In 2001, a 1994 shoreline was added. More recently, in cooperation with CZM, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) delineated a new shoreline for Massachusetts using color aerial ortho-imagery from 2008 to 2009 and topographic lidar data collected in 2007. This update included a marsh shoreline, which was defined to be the tonal difference between low- and high-marsh seen in ortho-photos....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bourne, CMGP, Chatham, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Duxbury, All tags... Essex, Fairhaven, Ipswich, Kingston, LIDAR, Land Use Change, Little Bay, MA, Marine Geology, Marion, Marsh Platform, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Mattapoisett, NOAA, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pleasant Bay, Plum Island, Plymouth, Pocasset, Quincy, Rock Island Cove, Sandwich, Shoreline, Squantum, Structural Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Wareham, Wellfleet, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, coastal submergence, elevation, environment, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, marsh, marsh edge, marsh shoreline, oceans, shore, topography, Fewer tags

USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Plum Island, NY 1954

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, Downloadable Data, GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, Historical Topographic Maps, All tags... Historical Topographic Maps 7.5 x 7.5 Minute Map Series, Map, NY, Plum Island, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery and ground control points collected during an uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) survey at Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be...

Tags: Aerial Imaging, Hazards, Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Plum Island, Remote Sensing, USA, aerial photography, aerial photography, coastal change, coastal change forecasts, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, image collections, navigational data, remote sensing, remote sensing, storm impacts, Fewer tags

Salt Marsh Turbidity at Plum Island, MA , 2016-2017

Turbidity and calibrated suspended sediment concentration measurements were collected along a shore-normal transect from the channel in West Creek, Rowley, MA extending 24 meters into the marsh interior at Law's Point at the PIE LTER. Data was collected every 15 minutes over two different growing seasons during 2016 and 2017, totaling 9 months.

Categories: Data; Tags: Plum Island, environment, suspended material (water), turbidity, wetland ecosystems

FSA 10:1 NAIP Imagery m_4107255_sw_18_h_20150507_20151109 3.75 x 3.75 minute JPEG2000 from The National Map

This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA strategic goals centered on agricultural production. These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation programs....

Types: Citation; Tags: 3.75 x 3.75 minute, 36103, 4107255, Aerial Compliance, Compliance, All tags... Digital Ortho rectified Image, Downloadable Data, JPEG2000, NAIP, NY, NY103, Ortho Rectification, Orthoimagery, PLUM ISLAND, PLUM ISLAND, SW, Quarter Quadrangle, SUFFOLK CO NY FSA, Suffolk, USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), farming, Fewer tags