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Geospatial representations of salinity monitoring site and bay and estuary group boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico

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Crowley-Ornelas, E.R., Asquith, W.H., Rodgers, K.D., Roland II, V.R., and Banks, S.M., 2023, Geospatial representations of salinity monitoring site and bay and estuary group boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DJU6BV.

Summary

The polygon datasets were created to assist in visualizing the results of salinity modeling in Gulf of Mexico estuaries and bays. Statistical algorithms (Asquith and others, 2023) were developed to predict daily salinities for 91 salinity monitoring sites (Rodgers and Swarzenski, 2019) operated by 7 agencies in near coastal United States waters of the Gulf of Mexico. These monitoring sites are assigned to 15 salinity groups roughly corresponding to distinct bays and estuaries. The statistical algorithms facilitate the study of trends and drivers of salinity in near coastal waters. The groups polygon dataset consists of 15 polygons representing the outer boundary or hull of each of the 15 salinity groups. The sites polygon dataset consists [...]

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Point of Contact :
Elena R Crowley-Ornelas
Process Contact :
Elena R Crowley-Ornelas
Originator :
Elena R Crowley-Ornelas, William H Asquith, Kirk D Rodgers, Victor L Roland II, Sarah M Banks
Metadata Contact :
Elena R Crowley-Ornelas
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Geospatial representations of salinity monitoring site and bay and estuary group boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico.xml
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salt_site_polys.zip 1.74 MB application/zip
salt_grps_polys.zip 1.72 MB application/zip

Purpose

The polygon datasets described are suitable for visualizing broad trends and patterns in predicted daily salinity. These polygon datasets are not suitable for use in mass balance computations within a salinity group or for the broader near-coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico and are not suitable as a basis for hydrodynamic or other process-based modeling.

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