Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Olivia A. De Meo Originator: Robert D. Bales Originator: Steven E. Suttles Originator: Neil K. Ganju Originator: Eric D. Marsjanik Publication_Date: 20240116 Title: Unvegetated to vegetated ratio at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, New Jersey from 2014 to 2018 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9CS5U6N Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CS5U6N Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/64920e2bd34ef77fcb004e38 Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Olivia A. De Meo Originator: Robert D. Bales Originator: Steve E. Suttles Originator: Eric D. Marsjanik Originator: Neil K. Ganju Publication_Date: 2024 Title: Supplementary data in support of oceanographic and water quality times-series measurements made at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ from September 2018 to February 2023 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9CS5U6N Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: De Meo, O.A., Bales, R.D., Suttles, S.E., Marsjanik, E.D., and Ganju, N.K., 2024, Supplementary data in support of oceanographic and water quality times-series measurements made at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ from September 2018 to February 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CS5U6N. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CS5U6N Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/648cc60fd34ef77fcaff4462 Description: Abstract: In 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeastern US causing devastation among coastal ecosystems. Post-hurricane marsh restoration efforts have included sediment deposition, planting of vegetation, and restoring tidal hydrology. The work presented here is part of a larger project funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to monitor the post-restoration ecological resilience of coastal ecosystems in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center made in-situ observations during 2018-2019 and 2022-2023 at two sites: Thompsons Beach, NJ and Stone Harbor, NJ. Marsh creek hydrodynamics and water quality including currents, waves, water levels, water temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, organic matter, chlorophyll-a, and suspended-sediment concentration and organic content were measured at both sites. Additionally, marsh accretion and erosion were evaluated and used to interpret sediment budgets. These ecological data will be coupled with topographic lidar and imagery to explain the processes responsible for coastline evolution, and to evaluate restoration techniques and assess whether storm vulnerability has decreased relative to unaltered environments. Purpose: The ratio of unvegetated area to vegetated area (UVVR) was calculated from a regional dataset of UVVR mapped in 30-m cells. A shapefile was created for two sites, Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ, to calculate UVVR in each marsh. The UVVR is an important metric for determining the vulnerability and resiliency of salt marshes. The UVVR was calculated for each year from 2014 to 2018 to evaluate marsh restoration efforts. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 2014 Ending_Date: 2018 Currentness_Reference: The range of years of UVVR data that were downloaded for the analysis. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.994961 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.770424 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.206360 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.028643 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: wetland ecosystems Theme_Keyword: wetland functions Theme_Keyword: coastal ecosystems Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: vegetation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Hurricane Sandy Theme_Keyword: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Theme_Keyword: marsh resilience Theme_Keyword: UVVR Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: CMHRP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:64920e2bd34ef77fcb004e38 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Stone Harbor Place_Keyword: Thompsons Beach Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common geographic areas Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: Atlantic Access_Constraints: None. Please see 'Distribution Info' for details. Use_Constraints: The unvegetated to vegetated ratio for each marsh is defined for scientific research purposes and should not be used as a sole source of reference for any regulations and policy making. Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Olivia A. De Meo Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Technical Information Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: odemeo@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/64920e2bd34ef77fcb004e38?name=TB_Bands.png Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Vegetated, unvegetated, and water bands used to calculate UVVR at Thompsons Beach, NJ. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Robert D. Bales Originator: Steven E. Suttles Originator: Olivia A. De Meo Originator: Neil K. Ganju Originator: Eric D. Marsjanik Publication_Date: 2024 Title: Time-series measurements of oceanographic and water quality data collected at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, New Jersey, USA, September 2018 to September 2019 and March 2022 to May 2023 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: netCDF Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9Z0Z8DM Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z0Z8DM Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The vegetated, unvegetated, and water values used in the UVVR calculation inherit their accuracy from the source data, the UVVR for coastal wetlands Atlantic Coast (Couvillion and others, 2021), which uses 30-meter Landsat 8 imagery. The root mean squared error (RMSE) of the percent unvegetated estimates was 12.95% with a bias of +0.81%. The RMSE of the percent vegetated estimates was 17.75% with a bias of +1.5%. The RMSE of the percent water estimates was 16.76% with a bias of -0.87%. Logical_Consistency_Report: Low-end (lo) and high-end (hi) UVVR estimates were calculated to provide an unbiased range of values. Lo UVVR was calculated excluding null values (pixels with no data). Hi UVVR was calculated by classifying null values as unvegetated. Completeness_Report: Polygons were drawn around Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ with boundaries where pixels existed in all years (2014-2018). Pixels that only occurred in some years were excluded. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal accuracy is inherited from the source data, the UVVR for coastal wetlands Atlantic Coast (Couvillion and others, 2021), which uses 30-meter Landsat 8 imagery. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Brady R. Couvillion Originator: Neil K. Ganju Originator: Zafer Defne Publication_Date: 2021 Title: An Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the Conterminous United States (2014-2018) Edition: First Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital dataset Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P97DQXZP Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Downloaded Atlantic Coast UVVR geoTIFF files for 2014-2018. Download date was 04/21/2023. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P97DQXZP Type_of_Source_Media: Shapefile Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 2014 Ending_Date: 2018 Source_Currentness_Reference: The range of years of UVVR data that were downloaded for the analysis. Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATL UVVR Source_Contribution: UVVR values for the two areas of interest. Process_Step: Process_Description: Created separate polygons for the two areas of interest: Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ. The Thompsons Beach polygon was defined with 2022 ArcGIS Pro imagery basemap using the channels to delineate the boundary. The Stone Harbor polygon was defined using 2015 aerial imagery since the area is dynamically changing. Both polygons were further defined by including only areas where UVVR data was present for all years (2014-2018); pixels that only occurred in some years were excluded. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATL UVVR Process_Date: 202304 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Stone_Harbor.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Thompsons_Beach.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Kate Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2331 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Calculate low (lo) and high (hi) estimates of the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR) for Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ. Low estimates exclude null values and high estimates convert null values to unvegetated. a) EXTRACT BY MASK from the ATL UVVR geoTIFF file using Stone_Harbor.shp and Thompsons_Beach.shp as masks and append "_lo.tif" to the file name. Null values are ignored in these files. b) RASTER CALCULATOR on the ATL UVVR geoTIFF file with the expression: Con(IsNull(ATL UVVR),0,ATL UVVR) to convert null values to unvegetated using Stone_Harbor.shp and Thompsons_Beach.shp as masks in the environment settings. "_hi.tif" was appended to the file name. c) The vegetated fraction of the marsh was calculated as the mean of band 2, which is the vegetated band, for lo and hi geoTIFF files for each year from 2014-2018. d) UVVR was calculated as (1-vegetated)/vegetated for lo and hi geoTIFF files for each year from 2014-2018, and the values were added to the attribute table. e) MERGE Stone_Harbor.shp and Thompsons_Beach.shp into one shapefile: NFWF_UVVR.shp. f) Added "Site" as a field in the attribute table. g) PROJECT the shapefile to WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere. This data set uses a different horizontal coordinate system (rather than NAD83) for better performance of web services with online basemaps. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATL UVVR Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Thompsons_Beach.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Stone_Harbor.shp Process_Date: 202304 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: NFWF_UVVR.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Olivia A. De Meo Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Technical Information Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: odemeo@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere Map_Projection_Parameters: False_Easting: 0.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 0.0 Standard_Parallel: 0.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.6096 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.6096 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: NFWF_UVVR.shp attribute table Entity_Type_Definition: Table containing attribute information associated with the dataset. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A closed shape defined by a connected sequence of x,y coordinate pairs. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute: Attribute_Label: Site Attribute_Definition: Location name Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string. Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRhi2014 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values set to unvegetated for 2014 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.359 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.566 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRlo2014 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values excluded for 2014 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.327 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.543 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRhi2015 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values set to unvegetated for 2015 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.318 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.641 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRlo2015 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values excluded for 2015 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.309 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.622 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRhi2016 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values set to unvegetated for 2016 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.266 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.610 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRlo2016 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values excluded for 2016 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.252 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.579 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRhi2017 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values set to unvegetated for 2017 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.155 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.448 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRlo2017 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values excluded for 2017 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.141 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.428 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRhi2018 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values set to unvegetated for 2018 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.226 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.514 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Attribute: Attribute_Label: UVVRlo2018 Attribute_Definition: Ratio of unvegetated surface area to vegetated surface area with null values excluded for 2018 Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.214 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.493 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: none Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Low-end and high-end UVVR estimates for Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ from 2014-2018 Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80225 Country: United States Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov Resource_Description: NFWF_UVVR.zip contains the shapefile and additional shapefile components. 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP Format_Information_Content: Esri polygon shapefile and its associated files produced in ArcGIS Pro 3.1.0. 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De Meo Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Technical Information Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998