Rebecca A. Smith
Rebecca Smith is a Physical Scientist with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Professional Experience
2018 - Present, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
2015 - 2018, Student Intern, U.S. Geological Survey
Science and Products
Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA
Chemostratigraphic signatures were recorded in a 113 m thick outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (~103–82 Ma) Hue Shale exposed on the bank of the Jago River in the coastal plain (“1002 Area”) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. Spectral gamma-ray (SGR) data was collected in situ across the Jago River section. A total of 250 samples consisting of predominantly...
Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024 Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024
This dataset contains results from a stratigraphic section of the Hue Shale located along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 69.9099, -143.3947 (WGS84). Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in a continuous succession. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at either the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) or the...
Filter Total Items: 13
Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik
An unknown occurrence of oil was detected near Avak Creek on Native lands on the North Slope of Alaska. Determining the source of oil was imperative for allowing stakeholders (Federal, State, and local government agencies and the landowner, an Alaska Native corporation) to make timely and informed decisions and mount a mitigation response, if required. The regional and local geological...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Jody Wycech, J. Moldowan, Paul Lillis, Rebecca Smith, Kimberley Maher
Centering voices of scientists from marginalized backgrounds to understand experiences in climate adaptation science and inform action Centering voices of scientists from marginalized backgrounds to understand experiences in climate adaptation science and inform action
Identifying and building solutions to help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change requires participation of all people; however, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, including environmental sciences, continue to lack diversity. To address this issue, many institutions have increased programming to recruit and retain people from historically marginalized...
Authors
Meghna N. Marjadi, Rebecca Smith, Hsin Fei Tu, Asha M. Ajmani, Addie Rose Holland, Bianca E. Lopez, Toni Morelli, Bethany A. Bradley
Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution
We document chemostratigraphy in an outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (∼103–82 Ma) marine source rocks to better understand paleoenvironmental controls on trace element (TE) enrichment and organic matter accumulation in the distal Colville foreland basin of Arctic Alaska and how those drivers are linked to arc volcanism and successions of Cretaceous oceanographic and climatic...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, William Rouse, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera, Brett Valentine
Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma) Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma)
The middle Cretaceous greenhouse period experienced profound environmental change including episodes of enhanced global burial of organic carbon marked by carbon isotopic excursions (CIEs). However, the role and response of polar regions like the newly formed, partially enclosed Arctic Ocean Basin during middle Cretaceous carbon burial remains enigmatic. We present the first Arctic...
Authors
Richard Lease, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, David Houseknecht, Palma Botterell, Mark Dreier, Neil Griffis, Roland Mundil, Andrew Kylander-Clark, Margaret Sanders, John Counts, Jean Self-Trail, Jared Gooley, William Rouse, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean volumes of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of gas technically recoverable from undiscovered, conventional accumulations in Cretaceous and Cenozoic strata of the North Chukchi Basin.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Craig Markey, Tracey J. Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Christopher Connors, Jared Gooley, Palma Botterell, Rebecca Smith, William Rouse, Christopher Garrity
Genetic structure of restored Brook Trout populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains indicates successful reintroductions Genetic structure of restored Brook Trout populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains indicates successful reintroductions
Wildlife reintroduction is an important conservation tool for threatened species, yet identifying appropriate source populations poses a challenge. In particular, the possibility of outbreeding depression is cited as a constraint limiting the range of candidate source populations for translocation. When multiple source lineages are mixed during reintroduction, genetic monitoring is...
Authors
Rebecca Smith, David Kazyak, Matt Kulp, Barbara Lubinski, Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1,407 billion (1.4 trillion) cubic feet of gas in conventional accumulations in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Thomas Moore, William Rouse, Julie Dumoulin, William Craddock, Richard Lease, Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, Rebecca Smith, Christopher Connors, Christopher Garrity, Katherine Whidden, Jared Gooley, John Counts, Joshua Long, Christina DeVera
Upper Colorado River Basin 20th century droughts under 21st century warming: Plausible scenarios for the future Upper Colorado River Basin 20th century droughts under 21st century warming: Plausible scenarios for the future
This study builds on a collaboration with a water resource management community of practice in the Upper Colorado River Basin to develop scenarios of future drought and assess impacts on water supply reliability. Water managers are concerned with the impacts of warming on water year streamflow, but uncertainties in projections of climate make the application of these projections to...
Authors
Connie Woodhouse, Rebecca Smith, Stephanie A. McAfee, Gregory Pederson, Gregory McCabe, W. Miller, Adam Csank
The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
Wildland fires have a multitude of ecological effects in forests, woodlands, and savannas across the globe. A major focus of past research has been on tree mortality from fire, as trees provide a vast range of biological services. We assembled a database of individual-tree records from prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States. The Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database...
Authors
C. Alina Cansler, Sharon Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle Agne, Robert Andrus, Matthew Ayres, Bruce Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael Battaglia, Barbara Bentz, Carolyn Breece, James Brown, Daniel Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Corace, W. Covington, Douglas Cram, James Cronan, Joseph Crouse, Adrian Das, Ryan Davis, Darci Dickinson, Stephen Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fule, Lisa Ganio, Lindsay Grayson, Charles Halpern, Jim Hanula, Brian Harvey, J. Hiers, David Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara Keyser, Leda Kobziar, Thomas Kolb, Crystal Kolden, Karen Kopper, Jason Kreitler, Jesse Kreye, Andrew Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles McHugh, Joel McMillin, Jason Moghaddas, Joseph O’Brien, Daniel Perrakis, David Peterson, Susan Pritchard, Robert Progar, Kenneth Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John Roccaforte, Brendan Rogers, Kevin Ryan, Hugh Safford, Alyson Santoro, Timothy Shearman, Alice Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri Smith, Rebecca Smith, Nathan Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael Stoddard, Walter Thies, Nicole Vaillant, Shelby Weiss, Douglas Westlind, Travis Woolley, Micah Wright
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Connors, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma J. Botterell, Rebecca Smith, Margaret M. Sanders, William Craddock, Christina DeVera, Christopher Garrity, Marc Buursink, C. Karacan, Samuel Heller, Thomas Moore, Julie Dumoulin, Marilyn Tennyson, Katherine French, Cheryl Woodall, Ronald Drake, Kristen Marra, Thomas Finn, Scott Kinney, Chilisa Shorten
Giving ecological meaning to satellite-derived fire severity metrics across North American forests Giving ecological meaning to satellite-derived fire severity metrics across North American forests
Satellite-derived spectral indices such as the relativized burn ratio (RBR) allow fire severity maps to be produced in a relatively straightforward manner across multiple fires and broad spatial extents. These indices often have strong relationships with field-based measurements of fire severity, thereby justifying their widespread use in management and science. However, satellite...
Authors
Sean Parks, Lisa Holsinger, Michael Koontz, Luke Collins, Ellen Whitman, Marc-Andre Parisien, Rachel Loehman, Jennifer Barnes, Jean-Francois Bourdon, Jonathan Boucher, Yan Boucher, Anthony Caprio, Adam Collingwood, Ron Hall, Jane Park, Lisa Saperstein, Charlotte Smetanka, Rebecca Smith, Nick Soverel
A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized ecological coastal units A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized ecological coastal units
A new 30-m spatial resolution global shoreline vector (GSV) was developed from annual composites of 2014 Landsat satellite imagery. The semi-automated classification of the imagery was accomplished by manual selection of training points representing water and non-water classes along the entire global coastline. Polygon topology was applied to the GSV, resulting in a new characterisation...
Authors
Roger Sayre, Suzanne Noble, Sharon Hamann, Rebecca Smith, Dawn Wright, Sean Breyer, Kevin Butler, Keith Van Graafeiland, Charlie Frye, Deniz Karagulle, Dabney Hopkins, Drew Stephens, Kevin Kelly, Zeenatul Basher, Devon Burton, Jill Janene Cress, Karina Atkins, D. Van Sistine, Beverly Friesen, Rebecca Allee, Tom Allen, Peter Aniello, Irawan Asaad, Mark Costello, Kathy Goodin, Peter Harrison, Maria Kavanaugh, Helen Lillis, Eleonora Manca, Frank Muller-Karger, Bjorn Nyberg, Rost Parsons, Justin Saarinen, Jac Steiner, Adam Reed
Non-USGS Publications**
Sayre, R., J. Dangermond, D. Wright, S. Breyer, K. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, M.J. Costello, P. Harris, K. Goodin, M. Kavanaugh, N. Cressie, J. Guinotte, Z. Basher, P. Halpin, M. Monaco, P. Aniello, C. Frye, D. Stephens, P. Valentine, J. Smith, R. Smith, D.P. VanSistine, J. Cress, H. Warner, C. Brown, J. Steffenson, D. Cribbs, B. Van Esch, D. Hopkins, G. Noll, S. Kopp, and C. Convis. 2017. A New Map of Global Ecological Marine Units – An Environmental Stratification Approach. Washington, DC: American Association of Geographers. 36 pages.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA
Chemostratigraphic signatures were recorded in a 113 m thick outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (~103–82 Ma) Hue Shale exposed on the bank of the Jago River in the coastal plain (“1002 Area”) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. Spectral gamma-ray (SGR) data was collected in situ across the Jago River section. A total of 250 samples consisting of predominantly...
Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024 Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024
This dataset contains results from a stratigraphic section of the Hue Shale located along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 69.9099, -143.3947 (WGS84). Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in a continuous succession. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at either the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) or the...
Filter Total Items: 13
Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik
An unknown occurrence of oil was detected near Avak Creek on Native lands on the North Slope of Alaska. Determining the source of oil was imperative for allowing stakeholders (Federal, State, and local government agencies and the landowner, an Alaska Native corporation) to make timely and informed decisions and mount a mitigation response, if required. The regional and local geological...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Jody Wycech, J. Moldowan, Paul Lillis, Rebecca Smith, Kimberley Maher
Centering voices of scientists from marginalized backgrounds to understand experiences in climate adaptation science and inform action Centering voices of scientists from marginalized backgrounds to understand experiences in climate adaptation science and inform action
Identifying and building solutions to help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change requires participation of all people; however, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, including environmental sciences, continue to lack diversity. To address this issue, many institutions have increased programming to recruit and retain people from historically marginalized...
Authors
Meghna N. Marjadi, Rebecca Smith, Hsin Fei Tu, Asha M. Ajmani, Addie Rose Holland, Bianca E. Lopez, Toni Morelli, Bethany A. Bradley
Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution
We document chemostratigraphy in an outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (∼103–82 Ma) marine source rocks to better understand paleoenvironmental controls on trace element (TE) enrichment and organic matter accumulation in the distal Colville foreland basin of Arctic Alaska and how those drivers are linked to arc volcanism and successions of Cretaceous oceanographic and climatic...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, William Rouse, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera, Brett Valentine
Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma) Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma)
The middle Cretaceous greenhouse period experienced profound environmental change including episodes of enhanced global burial of organic carbon marked by carbon isotopic excursions (CIEs). However, the role and response of polar regions like the newly formed, partially enclosed Arctic Ocean Basin during middle Cretaceous carbon burial remains enigmatic. We present the first Arctic...
Authors
Richard Lease, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, David Houseknecht, Palma Botterell, Mark Dreier, Neil Griffis, Roland Mundil, Andrew Kylander-Clark, Margaret Sanders, John Counts, Jean Self-Trail, Jared Gooley, William Rouse, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean volumes of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of gas technically recoverable from undiscovered, conventional accumulations in Cretaceous and Cenozoic strata of the North Chukchi Basin.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Craig Markey, Tracey J. Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Christopher Connors, Jared Gooley, Palma Botterell, Rebecca Smith, William Rouse, Christopher Garrity
Genetic structure of restored Brook Trout populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains indicates successful reintroductions Genetic structure of restored Brook Trout populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains indicates successful reintroductions
Wildlife reintroduction is an important conservation tool for threatened species, yet identifying appropriate source populations poses a challenge. In particular, the possibility of outbreeding depression is cited as a constraint limiting the range of candidate source populations for translocation. When multiple source lineages are mixed during reintroduction, genetic monitoring is...
Authors
Rebecca Smith, David Kazyak, Matt Kulp, Barbara Lubinski, Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1,407 billion (1.4 trillion) cubic feet of gas in conventional accumulations in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Thomas Moore, William Rouse, Julie Dumoulin, William Craddock, Richard Lease, Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, Rebecca Smith, Christopher Connors, Christopher Garrity, Katherine Whidden, Jared Gooley, John Counts, Joshua Long, Christina DeVera
Upper Colorado River Basin 20th century droughts under 21st century warming: Plausible scenarios for the future Upper Colorado River Basin 20th century droughts under 21st century warming: Plausible scenarios for the future
This study builds on a collaboration with a water resource management community of practice in the Upper Colorado River Basin to develop scenarios of future drought and assess impacts on water supply reliability. Water managers are concerned with the impacts of warming on water year streamflow, but uncertainties in projections of climate make the application of these projections to...
Authors
Connie Woodhouse, Rebecca Smith, Stephanie A. McAfee, Gregory Pederson, Gregory McCabe, W. Miller, Adam Csank
The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
Wildland fires have a multitude of ecological effects in forests, woodlands, and savannas across the globe. A major focus of past research has been on tree mortality from fire, as trees provide a vast range of biological services. We assembled a database of individual-tree records from prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States. The Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database...
Authors
C. Alina Cansler, Sharon Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle Agne, Robert Andrus, Matthew Ayres, Bruce Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael Battaglia, Barbara Bentz, Carolyn Breece, James Brown, Daniel Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Corace, W. Covington, Douglas Cram, James Cronan, Joseph Crouse, Adrian Das, Ryan Davis, Darci Dickinson, Stephen Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fule, Lisa Ganio, Lindsay Grayson, Charles Halpern, Jim Hanula, Brian Harvey, J. Hiers, David Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara Keyser, Leda Kobziar, Thomas Kolb, Crystal Kolden, Karen Kopper, Jason Kreitler, Jesse Kreye, Andrew Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles McHugh, Joel McMillin, Jason Moghaddas, Joseph O’Brien, Daniel Perrakis, David Peterson, Susan Pritchard, Robert Progar, Kenneth Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John Roccaforte, Brendan Rogers, Kevin Ryan, Hugh Safford, Alyson Santoro, Timothy Shearman, Alice Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri Smith, Rebecca Smith, Nathan Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael Stoddard, Walter Thies, Nicole Vaillant, Shelby Weiss, Douglas Westlind, Travis Woolley, Micah Wright
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Connors, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma J. Botterell, Rebecca Smith, Margaret M. Sanders, William Craddock, Christina DeVera, Christopher Garrity, Marc Buursink, C. Karacan, Samuel Heller, Thomas Moore, Julie Dumoulin, Marilyn Tennyson, Katherine French, Cheryl Woodall, Ronald Drake, Kristen Marra, Thomas Finn, Scott Kinney, Chilisa Shorten
Giving ecological meaning to satellite-derived fire severity metrics across North American forests Giving ecological meaning to satellite-derived fire severity metrics across North American forests
Satellite-derived spectral indices such as the relativized burn ratio (RBR) allow fire severity maps to be produced in a relatively straightforward manner across multiple fires and broad spatial extents. These indices often have strong relationships with field-based measurements of fire severity, thereby justifying their widespread use in management and science. However, satellite...
Authors
Sean Parks, Lisa Holsinger, Michael Koontz, Luke Collins, Ellen Whitman, Marc-Andre Parisien, Rachel Loehman, Jennifer Barnes, Jean-Francois Bourdon, Jonathan Boucher, Yan Boucher, Anthony Caprio, Adam Collingwood, Ron Hall, Jane Park, Lisa Saperstein, Charlotte Smetanka, Rebecca Smith, Nick Soverel
A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized ecological coastal units A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized ecological coastal units
A new 30-m spatial resolution global shoreline vector (GSV) was developed from annual composites of 2014 Landsat satellite imagery. The semi-automated classification of the imagery was accomplished by manual selection of training points representing water and non-water classes along the entire global coastline. Polygon topology was applied to the GSV, resulting in a new characterisation...
Authors
Roger Sayre, Suzanne Noble, Sharon Hamann, Rebecca Smith, Dawn Wright, Sean Breyer, Kevin Butler, Keith Van Graafeiland, Charlie Frye, Deniz Karagulle, Dabney Hopkins, Drew Stephens, Kevin Kelly, Zeenatul Basher, Devon Burton, Jill Janene Cress, Karina Atkins, D. Van Sistine, Beverly Friesen, Rebecca Allee, Tom Allen, Peter Aniello, Irawan Asaad, Mark Costello, Kathy Goodin, Peter Harrison, Maria Kavanaugh, Helen Lillis, Eleonora Manca, Frank Muller-Karger, Bjorn Nyberg, Rost Parsons, Justin Saarinen, Jac Steiner, Adam Reed
Non-USGS Publications**
Sayre, R., J. Dangermond, D. Wright, S. Breyer, K. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, M.J. Costello, P. Harris, K. Goodin, M. Kavanaugh, N. Cressie, J. Guinotte, Z. Basher, P. Halpin, M. Monaco, P. Aniello, C. Frye, D. Stephens, P. Valentine, J. Smith, R. Smith, D.P. VanSistine, J. Cress, H. Warner, C. Brown, J. Steffenson, D. Cribbs, B. Van Esch, D. Hopkins, G. Noll, S. Kopp, and C. Convis. 2017. A New Map of Global Ecological Marine Units – An Environmental Stratification Approach. Washington, DC: American Association of Geographers. 36 pages.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.