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Delta-X

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Data Products

Data Collected

Here are the field data that were collected during the Spring and Fall 2021 campaigns:

Instrument

Spring 2021

Fall 2021

Acoustical Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Collected Collected
Feldspar plots (soil accretion) Collected Collected
Field spectrometer (water reflectance) Collected Collected
Laser In-situ Scattering & Transmissometry (LISST) Collected Collected
Particular Organic Carbon (POC) concentrations Collected Collected
RTK GPS Not collected Collected
Sediment concentration & grain size Collected Collected
Sediment core Collected Collected
Sonar Not collected Collected
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Collected Collected
Turbidity within islands Collected Collected
Vegetation structure Collected Collected
Water level gauges Collected Collected
Water quality indicators Collected Collected

Here are the airborne data that were collected during the Spring and Fall 2021 campaigns:

Instrument

Spring 2021

Fall 2021

UAVSAR Collected (high, low, rising tides) Collected (high, rising tides)
AVIRIS Collected Collected
AirSWOT Collected (high, low, rising tides) Collected (high, low, rising tides)

Products

Delta-X delivers L0-L4 data products progressively by level.

Level

Description

L0 Field data (in situ)
L1 Raw remote sensing data
L2 Georeferenced remote sensing data
L3 Remote sensing measurements
L4 Science products

Delta-X begins with airborne and field data acquisition and carries through data analysis, model integration, and validation to predict the extent and spatial patterns of future deltaic land loss or gain.

Here is the list of products that will be delivered:

Level

Deliverable Products

0 In situ only (e.g. vegetation structure, ADCP, sonar, accretion, water level, TSS)
1 UAVSAR single-look complex (SLC) images, quad-polarized
1 AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral
1b UAVSAR interferometric products
1b AirSWOT interferogram
2 UAVSAR georeferenced interferometric products
2 AirSWOT georeferenced interferogram
2 AVIRIS-NG reflectance
2b AVIRIS-NG bidirectional reflectance distribution function
3 UAVSAR area maps of water level vs. time (georeferenced)
UAVSAR channels > 10 m wide
AirSWOT water-surface elevation vs. time
Ecogeomorphic cells
AVIRIS-NG aboveground biomass
AVIRIS-NG water quality (sediment concentration)
4 Map of bathymetry/elevation
Calibrated ANUGA hydrodynamic outputs for the Atchafalaya basin
Calibrated ANUGA hydrodynamic outputs for the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins
Delft3D hydrodynamic outputs for the Terrebonne basin
Delft3D hydrodynamic outputs for the Atchafalaya basin
Delft3D wetland outputs, Terrebonne, Old Oyster Bayou Lake (CRMS site 322)
Delft3D wetland outputs, Terrebonne, Lost Lake (CRMS site 399)
Delft3D wetland outputs, Terrebonne, Lake Penchant (CRMS site 294)
Delft3D wetland outputs, Terrebonne, Bayou Chevreau (CRMS site 396)
Delft3D wetland outputs, Terrebonne, Pass des Illes (CRMS site 421)
Land accretion Matlab model at Wax Lake Delta
Modeled 1-yr upscale land accretion map at Wax Lake Delta
Calibrated NUMAN/MEM for MRD
Map of soil accretion at annual time steps to year 2100
Validated soil accretion at annual time steps to year 2024