{
    "tag": 19203,
    "title": "River-channel topography on the Elwha River, Washington, 2006 to 2022 (ver. 2.0, July 2025)",
    "pubdate": "20180604",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/F76972SC",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/pcmsc\/DataReleases\/ScienceBase\/DR_F76972SC\/Topo_ElwhaRiver_2006to2022_metadata.faq.html",
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    "email": null,
    "descript": "This portion of the data release presents topographic data collected at 5 study sites along Elwha River, Washington between 2006 and 2022. Elevations along channel-perpendicular transects were surveyed using a total station and prism rod. Initial geodetic control was established using static global positioning system (GPS) occupations. A total station was subsequently used to expand and maintain the survey control network at each site. All survey data were referenced to the NAD83 datum, using the UTM, zone 10, coordinate reference system. All elevations were referenced to the NAVD88 vertical datum. Based on repeat measurements of points with known positions, we estimated the horizontal and vertical accuracy of the topographic measurements to be within 2 to 3 cm. Topographic data were collected using a total station using survey layout routines to locate data along the same transects during each survey. Wetted portions of the channel were measured primarily by wading with the survey rod. In several locations where wading was not feasible due to water depth, measurements were not taken or they were made by swimming with the survey rod or by deploying the survey rod from an inflatable kayak (necessary in the thalweg of reach 3 between 2006 and 2011). Although the focus of the surveys was to make repeated measurements of elevations along a transect, some additional topographic measurements were within the reaches off of the transects. Additionally, a small side channel within reach 2 was surveyed from 2006 to 2008 along transects perpendicular to that channel and along the channel's thalweg.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "East, Amy E.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Logan, Joshua B.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mastin, Mark C.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
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        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "375",
            "name": "field inventory and monitoring",
            "scope": "Repeated observation or sampling at a site, on a scheduled or event basis, for study and analysis.  In general, this category excludes sampling programs in which materials are obtained in the field and brought back to a laboratory for study and analysis."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "500",
            "name": "gravel deposits",
            "scope": "Alluvial accumulations of small unconsolidated rock fragments, such as pebbles and cobbles, used in construction as fill, ground cover, or aggregate for concrete."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1001",
            "name": "river reaches",
            "scope": "Continuous parts of streams between two specified points."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1002",
            "name": "river systems",
            "scope": "Long water courses including main streams and tributaries."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1176",
            "name": "topography",
            "scope": "Configuration of the land surface and sea floor."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "012",
            "name": "inlandWaters",
            "scope": "Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 23,
            "code": "22",
            "name": "Bathymetry and Elevation",
            "scope": "Includes measures of the height of a location above or below a reference surface. Bathymetry is the elevation of the Earth's surface beneath a body of water, especially the ocean, typically determined by measurements of depth from the water surface at mean lower low water. Distributions are topographic maps and bathymetric charts based on collected data and also include smoothed or gridded maps of bathymetry and elevation from observational data or other associated factors. Assessment data types include models of ecological value, economic value, or current rates of alterations due to erosion, accretion, climate change, and other stressors (for example, wetland habitat loss). Predictions are the results of models or projections of future distributions, values, or ecological impacts of bathymetry, including predicted changes due to natural and human forces such as erosion, deposition, sea-level rise, and dredging activities; predictions also include the results of scenario-based models of bathymetry changes under different management strategies."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "429",
            "name": "topographic mapping",
            "scope": "used for traditional cartographic methods that document the distribution and elevation of geographic and hydrographic features (and usually cultural features and administrative boundaries)."
        }
    ],
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    "image": [
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            "name": "https:\/\/www.sciencebase.gov\/catalog\/file\/get\/5a989288e4b06990606de04b?name=Elwha_ReachTransectLocations.jpg&allowOpen=true",
            "description": "Image map showing locations of study reaches and transects along the Elwha River, Washington"
        }
    ],
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