EAARL Submarine Topography - Northern Florida Keys Reef Tract
Open-File Report
2007-1432
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Abstract
This Web site contains 32 Lidar-derived bare earth topography maps and GIS files for the Northern Florida Keys Reef Tract.
These lidar-derived submarine topographic maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility. One objective of this research is to create techniques to survey coral reefs and barrier islands for the purposes of geomorphic change studies, habitat mapping, ecological monitoring, change detection, and event assessment. As part of this project, data from an innovative instrument under development at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, the NASA Experimental Airborne Advanced Research Lidar (EAARL) are being used. This sensor has the potential to make significant contributions in this realm for measuring subaerial and submarine topography wthin cross-environment surveys. High spectral resolution, water-column correction, and low costs were found to be key factors in providing accurate and affordable imagery to costal resource managers.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | EAARL Submarine Topography - Northern Florida Keys Reef Tract |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2007-1432 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20071432 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | HTML Document: Home, Purpose, PDF Maps, Raw Data, ArcMap Doc, Metadata, Collaborators |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Other Geospatial | Northern Florida Keys |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |