Characterization of seafloor photographs near the mouth of the Elwha River during the first two years of dam removal (2011-2013)

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Melissa M. Foley
Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Characterization of seafloor photographs near the mouth of the Elwha River during the first two years of dam removal (2011-2013)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: comma-delimited text
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7MC8XHX

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8XHX
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/593722f6e4b0f6c2d0d89aba

Description:

Abstract:

We characterized seafloor sediment conditions near the mouth of the Elwha River from underwater photographs taken every four hours from September 2011 to December 2013. A digital camera was affixed to a tripod that was deployed in approximately 10 meters of water. Each photograph was qualitatively characterized as one of six categories: (1) base, or no sediment; (2) low sediment; (3) medium sediment; (4) high sediment; (5) turbid; or (6) kelp. For base conditions, no sediment was present on the seafloor. Low sediment conditions were characterized by a light dusting of sediment; medium sediment conditions were characterized by a layer of sediment that covered all rock surfaces but did not obscure the relief of the seafloor; high sediment conditions were characterized by a layer of sediment that covered all rock surfaces and obscured the relief of the seafloor. During turbid conditions, suspended sediment in the water column obscured the view of the seafloor, and during kelp conditions, blades of kelp covered the camera lens, blocking our view of the seafloor.

Purpose:

Data were collected to assess seafloor sediment conditions near the mouth of the Elwha River during the first two years of dam removal (September 2011 to December 2013).

Supplemental_Information:

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20110912
Ending_Date: 20131223

Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time data were collected

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.55931
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.55444
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.21778
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.15333

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:593722f6e4b0f6c2d0d89aba

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: substrate

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation
Theme_Keyword: underwater photography
Theme_Keyword: time series datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: photography
Theme_Keyword: dam removal

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Elwha River
Place_Keyword: Strait of Juan de Fuca
Place_Keyword: Olympic Peninsula
Place_Keyword: Clallam County
Place_Keyword: State of Washington

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset and in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jonathan A. Warrick
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7569
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwarrick@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Thanks go to the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility crew for their hard work with the tripod deployments and equipment turnarounds: Henry Chezar, Robert Wyland, Thomas Reiss, Jamie Grover, Peter Dal Ferro, Jenny White, Cordell Johnson, Joanne Ferreira

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011, Mac OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.5.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Melissa M. Foley
Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Ephemeral seafloor sedimentation during dam removal: Elwha River, Washington

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: journal article
Publisher: Continental Shelf Research

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.09.005

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Completeness_Report:

Data were not collected while instruments were being serviced (typically four days), which occurred approximately every six months. Test photographs and bad photographs (for example, when the camera and/or flash system were not working properly) were removed from the dataset during post-processing.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: +/- 3.0 m

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Photographs of the seafloor were taken every four hours during instrument deployment from September 2011 to December 2013.

Process_Date: 20110912

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Photographs were qualitatively assigned to one of six categories: (1) base, (2) low sediment, (3) medium sediment, (4) high sediment, (5) turbid, (6) kelp.

Process_Date: 20140201

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4741

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.258223563

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Tripod photographs
Entity_Type_Definition: Tabular data
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PhotoNumber
Attribute_Definition:

Number corresponding to the counter on the camera. Numbers are sequential, but there are breaks in the numbers when the camera was being serviced. Test photographs were removed from the dataset. Number gaps also occurred when the camera and flash system were not working properly.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2467
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9941
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: sequential whole numbers
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition: Date photograph was taken in mm/dd/yyyy format
Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 09/12/2011
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12/23/2013
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Dates in mm/dd/yyyy format

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WeekNum
Attribute_Definition:

number corresponding to the week in the year, starting from January 1, when the photograph was taken.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 53
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: sequential whole numbers
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MonthNum
Attribute_Definition:

number corresponding to the month in the year, starting from January, when the photograph was taken.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: sequential whole numbers
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time
Attribute_Definition:

Time photograph was taken in HH:MM format relative to Pacific Daylight Time or Pacific Standard Time.

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 01:11
Range_Domain_Maximum: 22:59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Time in HH:MM format

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SedimentCode
Attribute_Definition:

alphabetic code used to define the sediment condition captured in the photograph

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Base condition; no sediment on the seafloor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: L
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: low sedimentation; light dusting of sediment on the seafloor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

medium sedimentation; layer of sediment covered all rock surfaces but did not obscure the relief of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: H
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

high sedimentation (layer of sediment covered all rock surfaces and obscured the relief of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: T
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

turbid; suspended sediment in the water column obscured the view of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: K
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

kelp; blades of kelp covered the camera lens, blocking our view of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NumberCode
Attribute_Definition:

numeric code used to define the sediment condition captured in the photograph

Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: base condition; no sediment on the seafloor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: low sedimentation; light dusting of sediment on the seafloor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

medium sedimentation; layer of sediment covered all rock surfaces but did not obscure the relief of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

high sedimentation; layer of sediment covered all rock surfaces and obscured the relief of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

turbid; suspended sediment in the water column obscured the view of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

kelp; blades of kelp covered the camera lens, blocking our view of the seafloor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

These data are available in csv format (tripod_photo_classifications.csv), along with CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata.

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/593722f6e4b0f6c2d0d89aba?name=tripod_photo_classigications.csv

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8XHX

Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the Internet

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites: These data can be viewed with word-processing software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201019
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jonathan A. Warrick
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7569
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwarrick@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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