Skip to main content
ORNL DAAC HomeNASA Home

DAAC Home > Get Data > NASA Projects > Delta-X > Landing page

Pre-Delta-X: Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1804
Version1
Project
Published2020-08-31
Updated2020-08-31
Usage415 downloads
Citations1 publication cited this dataset

Description

This dataset provides measurements of in situ remote-sensing reflectance (Rrs; per steradian) of surface water across Atchafalaya Basin, southern coastal Louisiana, USA within Mississippi River Delta (MRD) floodplain. The in situ spectral reflectance measurements were made during the Pre-Delta-X campaign in Fall 2016 (October 14 to 2). Hand-held spectrometer measurements were collected from a boat at 35 locations selected to represent a range of suspended sediment concentrations and properties from a variety of hydrodynamic and physical settings typically encountered across the Atchafalaya basin. These 35 spectral reflectance measurements were collected at 24 unique sites that coincide with measurements of total suspended solids (TSS). The data serves two main purposes, to ground-truth the remote-sensing reflectance derived from NASA's Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) instrument, and to calibrate and validate algorithms for the retrieval of TSS from AVIRIS-NG.

Science Keywords

  • LAND SURFACE
  • GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
  • COASTAL LANDFORMS
  • DELTAS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • WETLANDS
  • TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
  • WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY
  • SOLIDS
  • SUSPENDED SOLIDS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
  • RIVERS/STREAM
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
  • REFLECTANCE

Data Use and Citation

Download citation from Datacite
RISBibTexOther
Crosscite Citation Formatter
Jensen, D.J., T.M. Pavelsky, and C. Lion. 2020. Pre-Delta-X: Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1804

This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use Policy. See our Data Use and Citation Policy for more information.

Data Files

Sign in to download files.

Companion Files

Toggle Companion Files

Sign in to download files.

Dataset has 1 companion files.

  • PreDeltaX_Insitu_Reflectance.pdf

Additional Resources

TypeTitle
WorkshopDelta-X Open Data Workshop
TutorialDelta-X Applications Workshop