Abstract:

This dataset contains the centerline position for the Mobile River/Tombigbee River system; the thalwegs for the Mobile, Alabama, and Tombigbee Rivers; a listing of all publicly-available data used and their sources; measured and low-pass filtered velocities from stations not directly obtainable online; measured and low-pass filtered water levels from the stations not directly obtainable online. Bed elevations from 119 surveys were used to calculate high-resolution thalweg elevations. The 11 long-term water level and 6 long-term velocity measurements were resampled at hourly intervals as well as low pass filtered with a 9-day Lanczos filter. This dataset supports the publication: Dykstra, S.L.; Dzwonkowski, B. (2020). The Propagation of Fluvial Flood Waves Through a Backwater-Estuarine Environment. Water Resources Research, 56, 2, doi:10.1029/2019WR025743.

Suggested Citation:

Dykstra, Steven L.; Dzwonkowski, Brian. 2020. Dataset for: The Propagation of Fluvial Flood Waves Through a Backwater-Estuarine Environment. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/6TDW4XSV

Publications:

Dykstra, S. L., & Dzwonkowski, B. (2020). The Propagation of Fluvial Flood Waves Through a Backwater‐Estuarine Environment. Water Resources Research, 56(2). doi:10.1029/2019wr025743

Purpose:

Data published here were used to study geomorphology and the propagation of river flood waves (fluvial flood waves) through the Tombigbee-Alabama-Mobile-Mobile Bay fluvial-marine transition in the associated publication, Dykstra & Dzwonkowski (2020).

Data Parameters and Units:

Centerline locations along the Tombigbee-Mobile Transition: Filename: Profile_Mobile-Tombigbee_Location.txt River_Kilometer: kilometers inland from Main Pass along the center of the fluvial-marine transition Longitude: degrees north Latitude: degrees east UTM_Zone: zone of the UTM UTM_x: meters east UTM_y: meters north For original data see geospatial-usace.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/80a394bae6b547f1b5788074261e11f1_0 Thalweg profile elevations: Filenames: Profile_Alabama.txt, Profile_Tombigbee.txt, Profile_Mobile.txt River_Kilometer: kilometers inland from Main Pass along the center of the fluvial-marine transition Elevation_meter: deepest point of the cross section in meters using the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 For original data see geospatial-usace.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/80a394bae6b547f1b5788074261e11f1_0 Water level profile of the 1961 discharge event: Filename: Profile_Mobile-Tombigbee_Water_Level_1961_Event.txt River_Kilometer: kilometers inland from Main Pass along the center of the fluvial-marine transition Elevation_meter: deepest point of the cross section in meters using the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 For original plot where data was pulled from, see O'Neil, P. E., & Mettee, M. F. (Eds.) (1982). Alabama coastal region ecological characterization. Volume 2. A synthesis of environmental data, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services. Long-term water level elevations, observed and low pass filtered (LP): Filenames: water_level_2002_2017.txt, water_level_LP_2002_2017.txt Time_UTC: Time in UTC B0_m, B24_m, B35_m, B45_m, D52_m, D96E_m, D100_m, A175_m, T194_m, T238_m, and A238_m: water levels in m (NaN: no data) For more information pertaining to each station, see Station_Metadata_Access.xlsx Long-term near surface velocity, observed and low pass filtered (LP): Filenames: velocity_1991_2017.txt, velocity_LP_1991_2017.txt Time_UTC: Time in UTC G14_m, B8_m, B22_m, B47_m, D53_m, and D100_m: water levels in m (NaN: no data) For more information pertaining to each station, see Station_Metadata_Access.xlsx Station Metadata and access information: Station_Metadata_Access.xlsx

Methods:

For detailed methods, please refer to "data and method" section and the supporting information in the associated publication Dykstra & Dzwonkowski (2020). The station naming convention is detailed in Dykstra & Dzwonkowski (2020) as well; briefly, stations are named after the body of water in which they are located (Alabama, Bay, Delta, Tombigbee) and their distance upstream from the Main Pass.

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