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Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1984-03-25
End Date
2016-03-23

Citation

Couvillion, B.R., 2017, Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QF8R2N.

Summary

The analyses of landscape change presented in this dataset use Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) and Operational Land Imager (OLI) to assess changes in land area through time. All cloud-free dates of imagery from 1984 through early 2016 were used in this analysis. This amounted to a total of 174 dates of imagery which were analyzed. No water level restrictions were used during the image selection process as gages with a period of record sufficient for this analysis are not available nearby. Persistent loss and gain data are presented for 1984-2016.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Brady Couvillion
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey, Brady Couvillion
Metadata Contact :
Brady Couvillion
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

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mscip_persistent_loss_gain_174_lyrs_031717.tif.xml
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MSCIP_land_area_summary_020117_v3.xlsx 64.83 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
MSCIP_Horn_Island_1984_2016_Persistent_Change_Map_032017.pdf 1 MB application/pdf
MSCIP_Ship_Island_1984_2016_Persistent_Change_Map_032017.pdf 1.11 MB application/pdf
MSCIP_Petit_Bois_Island_1984_2016_Persistent_Change_Map_032017.pdf 1.16 MB application/pdf
MSCIP_Cat_Island_1984_2016_Persistent_Change_Map_032017.pdf 1.22 MB application/pdf
LandChangeFits_Ship_Island_032017.emf 92.43 KB application/x-msmetafile
LandChangeFits_Petit Bois_Island_032017.emf 92.21 KB application/x-msmetafile
LandChangeFits_Horn_Island_032017.emf 92.47 KB application/x-msmetafile
LandChangeFits_Cat_Island_032017.emf 92.71 KB application/x-msmetafile
mscip_persistent_loss_gain_174_lyrs_031717.zip 144.96 KB application/zip

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to provide updated estimates of persistent land change and historical land change trends for the Mississippi Barrier Islands for the 1984-2016 period of record. The use of 174 datasets plus the application of consistent change criteria in this study provide opportunities to better understand the timing and causal mechanisms of land area change, which are critical for forecasting landscape changes in the future.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7QF8R2N

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