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Final Data

These are the final datasets that were inputs for this paper:

Zhang, X., Wright, K., Passalacqua, P., Simard, M., & Fagherazzi, S., 2022. Improving channel hydrological connectivity in coastal hydrodynamic models with remotely-sensed channel networks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127.
DOI: 10.1029/2021JF006294

INPUT DATASETS

Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, Coastal Louisiana, 2021 | view dataset
Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 | view dataset
Pre-Delta-X: Water Levels across Wax Lake Outlet, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 | view dataset
Pre-Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Vegetation Maps, Wax Lake Delta, LA, USA, 2016 | view dataset

MODEL DATA

Calibrated Delft3D model for the Wax Lake Delta (~10m resolution). Using remote sensed channel network, 18 water level measurements, and 5 discharge measurements. View dataset description.

Delft3D model setup files: download (97 MB)
Channel networks: download (3 MB)
Modified topography: download (70 MB)
Hydrodynamic model results: download (551 MB)
Cost function model: download (15 KB)

Map of various sites in the Wax Lake Delta

Figure with colorful maps of hydrodynamic model and channel lines over the Wax Lake Delta

Figure showing three maps with tidal propagation times over the Wax Lake Delta

If you end up using this data, please cite Delta-X with this acknowledgement:
The NASA Delta-X project is funded by the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division through the Earth Venture Suborbital-3 Program NNH17ZDA001N-EVS3.