Abstract:

The dataset consists of 4 stacked files. They are masks for the four major basins in coastal Louisiana: the Barataria, Breton Sound, Pontchartrain, and Terrebonne basins. More information can be found at: Yu Mo, Bahram Momen, Michael S. Kearney, Quantifying moderate resolution remote sensing phenology of Louisiana coastal marshes,Ecological Modelling 312 (2015) 191–199. Processing by Yu Mo, J.C. Alexis Riter, and Michael S. Kearney of the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Suggested Citation:

Riter, Joyce Christine. 2016. Basin location masks for Barataria, Breton Sound, Pontchartrain, and Terrebonne basins in Louisiana.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7JW8BT8

Publications:

Mo, Y., Momen, B., & Kearney, M. S. (2015). Quantifying moderate resolution remote sensing phenology of Louisiana coastal marshes. Ecological Modelling, 312, 191–199. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.05.022

Purpose:

To evaluate the effect of the April 20 - July 15, 2010 Macondo oil-spill on Louisiana marsh vegetation and marsh substrate stability with Landsat data and to examine the variation in the phenology of marsh vegetation based on NDVI data before and after the Macondo oil-spill

Data Parameters and Units:

Suitable for Landsat imagery whose pixels are 30 meters by 30 meters.

Individual Files: