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Seafloor Elevation Change From 2016 to 2017 at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted research to quantify bathymetric changes at Crocker Reef near Islamorada, Florida (FL), within a 33.6 square-kilometer area following the landfall of Hurricane Irma in September 2017. USGS staff used light detection and ranging (lidar)-derived data acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) between July 21 and November 21, 2016 and USGS multibeam data collected between October 10 and December 8, 2017 (Fredericks and others, 2019) to assess changes in seafloor elevation and structure that occurred after the passage of Hurricane Irma. An elevation change analysis between the 2016 NOAA lidar data and the 2017 multibeam data was performed to quantify and map impacts to seafloor elevations and to determine elevation and volume change statistics for nine habitat types found at Crocker Reef, FL. Data were collected under Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary permit FKNMS-2016-068.

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Author(s) Kimberly K Yates orcid, David G Zawada orcid, Stephanie R. Arsenault, Zachery W Fehr orcid
Publication Date 2019-08-01
Beginning Date of Data 2016-07-21
Ending Date of Data 2017-12-08
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JI465S
Citation Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., Arsenault, S.R., and Fehr, Z.W., 2019, Seafloor Elevation Change From 2016 to 2017 at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JI465S.
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Metadata Date 2020-10-13
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