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Description

This dataset provides measurements of total suspended solids concentrations (TSS) of surface waters in the Atchafalaya River and Terrebonne Basins during the spring (2021-03-25 to 2021-04-22) and fall (2021-08-14 to 2021-09-24) field efforts by the Delta-X project. Field sampling was paused on August 25 and resumed on September 13, 2021, due to the landfall of Hurricane Ida on 2021-08-26 approximately 70 km east of the study site. Water quality changes caused by the hurricane were expected to be minimal. Samples were collected from ~0.5 m of surface in multiple channels of varying width (from a few meters to >100 m), near Delta-X intensive study sites, in open bays and lakes, and at few locations in the nearshore Gulf of Mexico. For each collection, the water sample volume was filtered, and the suspended particles retained on the filter were weighed after drying. The TSS concentration was calculated as the difference of the filter weight (before and after filtration) divided by the volume filtered.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD INVESTIGATION ,
LABORATORY
Instruments
WATER BOTTLES ,
BALANCE
Spatial Extent

N: 29.7545 S: 28.7911 E: -90.5696 W: -91.4678

Location
LOUISIANA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2021-03-25 to 2021-09-24
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2482188997-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Suspended Solids

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Fichot, C. G., Ghosh, N., Harringmeyer, J., & Weiser, M. (2022). Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 (Version 2). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2075 Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

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Mechanisms of wetland deterioration in a sinking deltaic lagoon Donatelli, Carmine, Fichot, Cedric, Fagherazzi, Sergio Suspended Solids, Estuary, Inundation, Sediments, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Subsidence, Subsidence
Delta-X: An airborne remote sensing framework to calibrate hydrodynamic Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Twilley, Robert R., Castaneda-Moya, Edward, Fagherazzi, Sergio, Fichot, Cedric G., Lamb, Michael P., Passalacqua, Paola, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Thompson, David R., Belhadj-aissa, Saoussen, Biswas, Pradipta, Christensen, Alexandra, Cortese, Luca, Denbina, Michael, Donatelli, Carmine, Flores, Sarah, Fontenot, Andy, Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Jensen, Daniel, Mallard, John, Nghiem, Justin, Oliver-Cabrera, Talib, Payandeh, Ali Reza, Rovai, Andre S., Solohin, Elena, Soloy, Antoine, Varugu, Bhuvan, Wang, Dongchen, Wright, Kyle, Zhang, Xiaohe, Zheng, Yang Hydroperiod, Inundation, Water Channels, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Estuary, Water Depth, Coastal Bathymetry, Rivers/Stream, Wetlands, Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Coastal Elevation, Wetlands, Stage Height, Salt Marsh, Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Forests, Suspended Solids, Terrain Elevation, Primary Production, Vegetation Species, Plant Characteristics, Sedimentation, Accretion, Isotopic Age, Soil Horizons/Profile, Infrared Radiance, Sedimentation, Sediments, VIEWING GEOMETRY, Vegetation Cover, Geolocation, Visible Radiance, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Attenuation/Transmission, Vegetation Fraction, Sea Level Changes, REFLECTED INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Reflectance, Isotopes, Nutrients, Nutrient Cycling, Isotope Ratios, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Carbon, Potassium, Nitrogen, Dominant Species, Discharge/Flow, Soil Rooting Depth, Salinity, Sediment Composition, Organic Matter, Solids, Surface Water Chemistry, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Sedimentation, Water Depth, Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Sedimentation
A hyperspectral view of the nearshore Mississippi River Delta: Characterizing suspended particles in coastal wetlands using imaging spectroscopy Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Ghosh, Nilotpal, Weiser, Matthew W., Thompson, David R., Simard, Marc, Lohrenz, Steven E., Fichot, Cedric G. Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Suspended Solids, Attenuation/Transmission, Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Coastal Elevation, Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Organic Matter, Solids, Surface Water Chemistry
Coupling numerical models of deltaic wetlands with AirSWOT, UAVSAR, and AVIRIS-NG remote sensing data Cortese, Luca, Donatelli, Carmine, Zhang, Xiaohe, Nghiem, Justin A., Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Denbina, Michael, Fichot, Cedric G., Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Fagherazzi, Sergio Suspended Solids, Coastal Bathymetry, Rivers/Stream, Wetlands, Deltas, Wetlands, Stage Height, Inundation, Estuary, Salt Marsh, Coastal
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