Missouri River 2011 Regional Sand Floodplain
May 18, 2016
This is a polygon coverage of sand deposits from the 2011 Missouri River flood. The polygon coverages were compiled from classification of 26 multispectral SPOT (Systme Pour lObservation de la Terre) 4 and 5 satellite images colleted during October and November, 2011. The dataset covers 1,298 km of the Missouri River valley bottom from Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota to the confluence with the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri. Dataset is described in: Alexander, J.S., Jacobson, R.B., and Rus, D.L., 2013, Sediment transport and deposition in the lower Missouri River during the 2011 flood: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 27 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1798f/
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2016 |
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Title | Missouri River 2011 Regional Sand Floodplain |
DOI | 10.5066/F7BG2M2N |
Authors | Robert B Jacobson |
Product Type | Data Release |
Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
USGS Organization | Columbia Environmental Research Center |
Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |