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Northeast US Blue Carbon Rasters

This data set includes rasters of tidal marsh soil properties in the Northeast US for the purpose of blue carbon accounting. Mapping products cover estuarine and emergent wetland classes in the National Wetlands Inventory.

Resources in this dataset:

  • Resource Title: Northeast Blue Carbon Raster Map - LOI
    File Name: Northeast_marsh_LOI.7z
    Resource Description: This raster file provides soil organic matter (% LOI) estimates for tidal marshes in the Northeast US.

  • Resource Title: Northeast Blue Carbon Raster Map - BD
    File Name: Northeast_marsh_BD.7z
    Resource Description: This raster based data product provides soil dry bulk density estimates for tidal marshes in the Northeast US.

  • Resource Title: README file for Northeast Blue Carbon Rasters
    File Name: README_Northeast_blue_carbon_rasters_LOI_BD.txt
    Resource Description: Brief description of the raster properties and methods by which they were created to model soil organic matter, soil dry bulk density, and carbon density for the Northeast US. See Teng et al (in prep, 2023) for more details on the model development.

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FieldValue
Tags
blue carbon
Remote Sensing
tidal marsh
salt marsh
Modified
2023-07-19
Release Date
2023-07-19
Identifier
ba263512-1057-49a7-a2c2-feea5d68024c
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-66.97265625 45.2427929179, -71.217773705721 43.47723793883, -71.578124463558 41.81595145198, -71.578124463558 41.81595145198, -74.249998927116 41.322789170365, -73.154295086861 43.06888777417))
Publisher
Ag Data Commons
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Northeast US coastal (New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine)
Temporal Coverage
June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Contact Name
Yellen, Brian
Contact Email
byellen@umass.edu
Public Access Level
Public
Bureau Code
005:53 - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Extended Metadata: 
FieldValue
Authors
Yellen, Brian (ORCID)
Yu, Qian (ORCID)
Teng, Wenxiu (ORCID)
Peer Reviewed
No
Intended Use
These geospatial data can be used to estimate blue carbon stocks and sequestration rates. They can also be used for restoration planning when considering sediment-based restoration methods.
Funding Sources
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NR203A750025C009
Dataset DOI (digital object identifier)
10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529275
FieldValue
OSTI Identifier
ISO Topic(s)
environment
geoscientificInformation
oceans
State or Territory
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term
Northeastern United States
blue carbon
salt marshes
soil properties
carbon footprint
estuaries
carbon sinks
soil organic matter
bulk density
Ag Data Commons Keywords
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Soil
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Geography
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Weather and Climate
  • Maps & Multimedia
  • Maps
  • Maps & Multimedia

Suggested Citation:

(dataset) Yellen, Brian; Yu, Qian; Teng, Wenxiu (2023). Northeast US Blue Carbon Rasters. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529275. Accessed 2023-11-28.