Delta-X: AirSWOT L3 Water Surface Elevations, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, Version 2

Description

This dataset contains water surface elevations at selected point locations generated from the AirSWOT data collected during the Spring and Fall 2021 Delta-X deployments over the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins in Louisiana, USA. AirSWOT uses near-nadir wide-swath Ka-band radar interferometry to measure water-surface elevation and produce continuous gridded elevation data. The Level 3 (L3) data were created by masking land areas out of the AirSWOT Level 2 products, then filtering and averaging to the AirSWOT heights to produce water surface elevations at selected points throughout the scene. The AirSWOT elevation data are useful for calibrating elevation and slopes along the main channels, as well as tying observations to open ocean tidal conditions. AirSWOT performance in the floodplain was limited by the presence of vegetation and the very small slope characteristic of two dimensional floodplain discharge. Therefore, the bulk of the AirSWOT data collections were targeted at the larger channels, since the channel discharge provides the necessary boundary conditions for potential overflow to islands and floodplains. The data are provided in comma-separated values (CSV) format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F2349
57 Collection bundle https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2_2349.zip
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/DELTAX/guides/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2349
57 Collection bundle https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2_2349.zip
33 Delta-X: AirSWOT L3 Water Surface Elevations, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, Version 2: DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/deltax/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2/comp/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2.pdf
34 AirSWOT L3 water surface elevations collected on April 1, 2021 over the Atchafalaya Basin. Each point is colored based on its elevation with respect to the NAVD88 vertical datum (GEOID12B), as shown in the color bar. https://daac.ornl.gov/DELTAX/guides/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2_Fig1.png
21 Delta-X Project Site https://deltax.jpl.nasa.gov/
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/deltax/DeltaX_L3_AirSWOT_WaterElev_V2/data/

Tags

  • topography
  • coastal-processes
  • ecosystems
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • surface-water
  • oceans
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • earth-science

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