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    Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3

    Metadata Updated: February 23, 2025

    This dataset includes estimates of total suspended solids (TSS) concentration and turbidity for waters of the Atchafalaya River and Terrebonne Basins of the Mississippi River Delta (MRD) in coastal Louisiana. Estimates were derived from Level 2 (L2) BRDF-corrected imagery from NASA's Next Generation Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS-NG). AVIRIS-NG imagery was collected from March 27-April 6 (spring) and August 20-25 (fall), 2021, as part of the 2021 Delta-X campaign. Algorithms for TSS and turbidity estimation were developed using in-situ remote-sensing reflectance measured at field sampling stations paired with in-situ measures of turbidity from a water quality probe and TSS from water samples. Using the in-situ data, a partial least squares regression (PLSR) model was developed for each AVIRIS-NG wavelength. A subset of the in-situ data, collected during relatively clear AVIRIS-NG overflights, was held out to validate the PLSR model. The PLSR algorithm was then applied to AVIRIS-NG imagery to retrieve TSS and turbidity across the study area. The measurement units for TSS and turbidity estimates are mg L-1 and Formazin Nephelometric Units (FNU), respectively, and the spatial resolution is 3.8 to 5.4 m as determined by the AVIRIS-NG imagery. The dataset includes binary cloud and water masks. These data quantify the mesoscale (i.e., on the order of 1 ha) patterns of soil accretion that control land loss and gain and predict the resilience of deltaic floodplains under projected relative sea-level rise. Gridded estimates are provided in netCDF format, and regression coefficients are included in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. This is Version 3 of this dataset. All previously released data were updated to the latest available versions.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025

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    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2797469962-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-11-02
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-18
    Category Delta-X, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2152
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -91.59 29.06 -90.18 29.81
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash cd365af7deb6dcf62f0b4da1848fb63893fe432999d3cee2816653d16f9d8550
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-03-27T00:00:00Z/2021-09-24T23:59:59Z

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