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Publications Citing Delta-X Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using Delta-X data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Mechanisms driving transport and accretion of mud from channels to islands in a riverdominated delta	2026	Nghiem, Justin A., Salter, Gerard, Li, Gen K., Wright, Kyle, Passalacqua, Paola, Lamb, Michael P.	Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Water Pressure, Turbidity, Sedimentation, Surface Pressure, Sedimentation, Discharge/Flow, Wetlands, Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Coastal Elevation	Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: Sediment Core Grain Size Distribution, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021
Carbon and nutrient mobilization across inundation gradients in an emerging freshwater delta	2026	Berens, Matthew J., Schwaner, Geoff, Herndon, Elizabeth M.	Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Wetlands, Soil Bulk Density, Carbon, Potassium	Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3
Evaluating Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Water Quality in the Atchafalaya Basin Using Landsat 8 & 9 Surface Reflectance Imagery	2026	Loh, Priscilla M., Twumasi, Yaw A., Ning, Zhu H., Osei, Jeff D., Gyan, Dorcas, Dadzie, Esi	Deltas, Wetlands, Suspended Solids, Reflectance, RIVERS/STREAMS	Pre-Delta-X: Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016
Multi-Sensor Airborne Remote Sensing for Calibrating Hydrodynamic and	2026	Payandeh, Ali Reza, Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Christensen, Alexandra, Jensen, Daniel, Denbina, Michael, OliverCabrera, Talib	Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Coastal Elevation, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Wetlands, Stage Height, Inundation, Estuary, Salt Marsh, Coastal, RIVERS/STREAMS, Salinity, Water Depth, Water Depth, Hydroperiod, Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Sediments	Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: In-situ Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Vegetation Types, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Hydroperiod, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Salinity, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3
Water quality estimation using machine learning and deep learning neural networks	2026	Malladi, Pradyumna, Muddam, Sanjith, Majumder, Abhradeep, Anmala, Jagadeesh	Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations	Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2
Repeat LiDAR Reveals Patterns of Island Accretion in a Rapidly Growing	2026	Alqattan, H., Lamb, M. P.	RIVERS/STREAMS	Delta-X: Real-Time Kinematic Elevation Measurements for Coastal Wetlands, LA, 2021
Flocculated Silt, Not Clay, Dominates River Suspended Sediment Load	2026	Nghiem, Justin A., Li, Gen K., ZepedaRosales, Miguel, Li, Youli, Lamb, Michael P.	Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Sedimentation	Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: Sediment Core Grain Size Distribution, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA
Delta-X: An airborne remote sensing framework to calibrate hydrodynamic	2026	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, Wetlands, Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, 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	Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Hydroperiod, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Sonar Bathymetry Survey of Channels, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AirSWOT Level 1B Interferogram Products in Radar Coordinates, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Gridded Open Water Channels, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2 Delta-X: Soil Accretion Rates from Cs-137 Activity and NUMAR Validation, MRD, LA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR-derived Water Level Change Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: In situ Beam Attenuation and Particle Size from LISST-200X, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Root Stable Isotopes from Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, August 2021 Delta-X: NUMAR Predictive Model for Marsh Accretion Rates and Chemical Properties Delta-X: Matlab Model for Wax Lake Delta Land Accretion Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 421, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Foliar Stable Isotopes, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Ecogeomorphic Cell Products across the MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Salinity, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Particulate Organic Carbon Concentration from Water Samples, MRD, LA, 2021 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: In-situ Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021 Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: NUMAR Soil Accretion Modeled to 2100, MRD, Louisiana, USA
Mechanisms of wetland deterioration in a sinking deltaic lagoon	2026	Donatelli, Carmine, Fichot, Cedric, Fagherazzi, Sergio	Suspended Solids, Estuary, Inundation, Sediments, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Subsidence, Subsidence	Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 421, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 399, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 322, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Land Subsidence Rate, Mississippi River Delta (MRD), Louisiana, USA
Investigating the contributions of herbaceous vegetation biomass to soil	2026	Jensen, Daniel, Solohin, Elena, Castaneda-Moya, Edward, Simard, Marc, Thompson, David R., Jones, Cathleen E., Christensen, Alexandra, Rovai, Andre, Fontenot, Andy, Twilley, Robert	REFLECTED INFRARED, Deltas, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Wetlands, Reflectance, Salinity, Water Depth, Water Depth, Inundation, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Sedimentation, Erosion/Sedimentation, Accretion, Soil Bulk Density, Organic Matter, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Sedimentation, Infrared Radiance, Estuary, Sediments, VIEWING GEOMETRY, Vegetation Cover, Geolocation, Visible Radiance, Biomass, Forests, Wetlands, Soil Rooting Depth, Vegetation Fraction, Primary Production	Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG BRDF-Adjusted Surface Reflectance and Mosaics, MRD, LA, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3
Study of Hydrologic Connectivity and Tidal Influence on Water Flow	2025	Varugu, Bhuvan K., Jones, Cathleen E., Oliver-Cabrera, Talib, Simard, Marc, Jensen, Daniel J.	Estuary, Water Channels, Wetlands	Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR Georeferenced Channel Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016, V2
Evidence for mud as flocculated bedmaterial load versus washload in a river delta	2025	Nghiem, Justin A., Li, Gen K., Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Salter, Gerard, Fichot, Cedric G., Wright, Kyle, Passalacqua, Paola, Lamb, Michael P.	Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Water Pressure, Sedimentation, Surface Pressure, Sedimentation	Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: Sediment Core Grain Size Distribution, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA
Advancing wetland aboveground biomass mapping: Insights from high-resolution PlanetScope data in the Mississippi River Delta	2025	Hemati, Mohammadali, Mahdianpari, Masoud, Shiri, Hodjat, Mohammadimanesh, Fariba, Salehi, Bahram, Wu, Jianghua	Biomass, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure	Pre-Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Vegetation Maps, Wax Lake Delta, LA, USA, 2016
Brief communication: Not as dirty as they look, flawed airborne and satellite snow spectra	2025	Bair, Edward H., Roberts, Dar A., Thompson, David R., Brodrick, Philip G., Wilder, Brenton A., Bohn, Niklas, Crawford, Christopher J., Carmon, Nimrod, Vuyovich, Carrie M., Dozier, Jeff	Viewing Geometry, Geolocation, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance, Reflectance, Absorption, Absorption	EMIT L2A Estimated Surface Reflectance and Uncertainty and Masks 60 m V001 AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1
Comparative Analysis of UAVSAR Polarimetric Decompositions for Wetland Aboveground Biomass Mapping Using Machine Learning Models	2025	Hemati, Mohammadali, Mahdianpari, Masoud, Shiri, Hodjat, Mohammadimanesh, Fariba	Forests, Wetlands, Plant Characteristics, Biomass, Vegetation Species, Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, Salt Marsh, Terrain Elevation, Estuary, Inundation, Wetlands	Pre-Delta-X: Vegetation Species, Structure, Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA, USA, 2015 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021
Controlling Factors on Water and Sediment Partitioning at Deltaic Bifurcations	2025	Barile, Gabriele, Passalacqua, Paola, Kwon, Siyoon, Tubino, Marco	Coastal Bathymetry, Wetlands, Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Coastal Elevation, Discharge/Flow, Turbidity, Suspended Solids	Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: Calibrated ANUGA Hydrodynamic Outputs for the Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, LA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3
Identifying wet troposphere delay in Lband InSAR using weather radar reflectivity	2025	OliverCabrera, Talib, Jones, Cathleen E., Simard, Marc, Varugu, Bhuvan, BelhadjAissa, Saoussen	Salt Marsh, Terrain Elevation, Estuary, Inundation, Wetlands, Coastal Elevation, Sea Level Changes	Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021
High spatial-resolution satellite mapping of suspended particulate	2025	Teng, Wenxiu, Yu, Qian, Stramski, Dariusz, Reynolds, Rick A., Woodruff, Jonathan D., Yellen, Brian	Wetlands, Suspended Solids, Deltas, Reflectance, RIVERS/STREAMS	Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V3
Integrating Characteristic Arctic Vegetation in a Land Surface Model	2025	Murphy, Bailey A., Sulman, Benjamin N., Yuan, Fengming, Salmon, Verity G., Yang, Daryl, Kumar, Jitendra, Dengel, Sigrid, Herndon, Elizabeth, Fettrow, Sean, Brown, Colette, Torn, Margaret S., Chafe, Oriana E., Pegoraro, Elaine F., Iversen, Colleen M.	Reflectance, Absorption, Absorption	AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1
Mixing patterns of river deltas obtained from remotely sensed rouse number	2025	Kwon, Siyoon, Passalacqua, Paola, Nghiem, Justin A., Lamb, Michael P.	Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Sediments, Water Characteristics, Water Temperature, Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Water Pressure, Sedimentation, Surface Pressure, REFLECTED INFRARED, Deltas, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Wetlands, Reflectance	Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021
Optical and biomarker indicators reveal contrasting saltmarsh and riverine contributions of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon	2025	Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Kaiser, Karl, Yan, Ge, Weiser, Matthew W., Zhu, Xiaohui, Ghosh, Nilotpal, Fichot, Cedric G.	Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations	Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2
Preexisting phytoplankton biomass concentrations shape coastal plankton response to firegenerated ash leachate	2025	Baetge, Nicholas, Halsey, Kimberly H., Hanan, Erin J., Behrenfeld, Michael J., Milligan, Allen J., Graff, Jason R., Hansen, Parker, Carlson, Craig A., Boiteau, Rene M., Arrington, Eleanor C., Comstock, Jacqueline, Halewood, Elisa R., Harvey, Elizabeth L., Nelson, Norman B., Opalk, Keri, Ver Wey, Brian	Reflectance, Absorption, Absorption	AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1
Testing floc settling velocity models in rivers and freshwater wetlands	2024	Nghiem, Justin A., Li, Gen K., Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Salter, Gerard, Fichot, Cedric G., Cortese, Luca, Lamb, Michael P.	Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Suspended Solids, Attenuation/Transmission	Delta-X: In situ Beam Attenuation and Particle Size from LISST-200X, 2021
Storm impacts on mineral mass accumulation rates of coastal marshes	2024	Cortese, L., Zhang, X., Simard, Marc, Fagherazzi, S.	Sediment Transport, Inundation, Estuary, Sediments, Sediment Transport, Water Channels, Discharge/Flow, Wetlands	Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2
Separation of water level change from atmospheric artifacts through application of independent component analysis to InSAR time series	2024	Belhadjaissa, Saoussen, Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., OliverCabrera, Talib, Christensen, Alexandra	Wetlands, Stage Height, Inundation, Estuary, Salt Marsh, Coastal, RIVERS/STREAMS	Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021

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