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LEAN-Corrected San Francisco Bay Digital Elevation Model, 2018
Lidar-derived digital elevation models often contain a vertical bias due to vegetation. In areas with tidal influence the amount of bias can be ecologically significant, for example, by decreasing the expected inundation frequency. We generated a corrected digital elevation mode (DEM) for tidal marsh areas around San Francisco Bay using the Lidar Elevation Adjustment with NDVI (LEAN) technique (Buffington et al. 2016). Survey-grade GPS survey data (6614 points), NAIP-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, and original 1 m lidar DEM from 2010 were used to generate a model of predicted bias across tidal marsh areas. The predicted bias was then subtracted from the original lidar DEM and merged with the NOAA Sea-Level Rise Viewer DEM to create a new seamless DEM for the San Francisco Bay. Across all GPS points, mean initial lidar error was 22.8 cm (SD=12.0) and root-mean squared error (RMSE) was 25.8 cm. After correction with LEAN, mean error was 0 (SD=0.07) and RMSE was 7.4 cm. References: Buffington, K.J., Dugger, B.D., Thorne, K.M. and Takekawa, J.Y., 2016. Statistical correction of lidar-derived digital elevation models with multispectral airborne imagery in tidal marshes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186, pp.616-625.
Author(s) |
Kevin J Buffington |
Publication Date | 2019-02-14 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2009-06-01 |
Ending Date of Data | 2018-02-01 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P97J9GU8 |
Citation | Buffington, K.J., and Thorne, K.M., 2019, LEAN-Corrected San Francisco Bay Digital Elevation Model, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97J9GU8. |
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Metadata Date | 2022-09-06 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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