Sediment budget data for Lees Ferry dune field, February-May 2019
Data for journal manuscript: Can we accurately estimate sediment budgets on Mars?
Dates
Publication Date
2022-09-20
Start Date
2019-02-28
End Date
2019-05-02
Citation
Sankey, J.B., Caster, J.J., Debenedetto, G.P., Kasprak, A., Chojnacki, M., and Titus, T.N., 2022, Sediment budget data for Lees Ferry dunefield, February-May 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P971IOAI.
Summary
These data were compiled to enable estimation of aeolian dune field sediment budgets calculated using remote sensing methods. The objective of the study was to evaluate sediment budgets calculated for the Lees Ferry dune field in Grand Canyon, Earth as a terrestrial analog for aeolian dune fields in Valles Marineris, Mars. These data represent digital elevation models (DEM) of the topography of the Lees Ferry dune field in February and May, 2019, respectively. These data were collected with an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) remote sensing survey conducted on February 28th and then repeated on May 2nd, 2019. The images acquired with the UAV surveys were processed with photogrammetric modelling to produce the DEMs. These data were collected [...]
Summary
These data were compiled to enable estimation of aeolian dune field sediment budgets calculated using remote sensing methods. The objective of the study was to evaluate sediment budgets calculated for the Lees Ferry dune field in Grand Canyon, Earth as a terrestrial analog for aeolian dune fields in Valles Marineris, Mars. These data represent digital elevation models (DEM) of the topography of the Lees Ferry dune field in February and May, 2019, respectively. These data were collected with an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) remote sensing survey conducted on February 28th and then repeated on May 2nd, 2019. The images acquired with the UAV surveys were processed with photogrammetric modelling to produce the DEMs. These data were collected and processed by Geoff Debenedetto (USGS Arizona Water Science Center) and further processed and analyzed by Joshua Caster and Joel B. Sankey (USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center). These data can be used to investigate the topography of, and calculate and evaluate remote sensing sediment budgets of, the Lees Ferry dune field.
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Sankey, J.B., Kasprak, A., Chojnacki, M., Titus, T.N., Caster, J., and Debenedetto, G.P., 2022, Can we accurately estimate sediment budgets on Mars?: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (online), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117682.
The purpose of these data are to support the evaluation of dune field sediment budgets. These data were created to investigate the sediment budgets calculated using remote sensing methods for the Lees Ferry dune field in Grand Canyon, Earth as a terrestrial analog for aeolian dune fields in Valles Marineris, Mars. Future researchers could use these data for terrestrial and planetary analog geomorphology investigations.
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