USDA NASS Disaster Analysis 2022 Event - Hurricane Nicole Florida Inundation - November 2022

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Research and Development Division (RDD), Geospatial Information Branch (GIB), Spatial Analysis Research Section (SARS)
Publication_Date: 20221128
Title:
USDA NASS Disaster Analysis 2022 Event - Hurricane Nicole Florida Inundation - November 2022
Edition:
USDA NASS Disaster Analysis 2022 Event - Hurricane Nicole Florida Inundation - November 2022
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
USDA, NASS Marketing and Information Services Office, Washington, D.C.
Publisher: USDA, NASS
Other_Citation_Details:
The USDA NASS monitors the impact of natural disasters on US agriculture in near real-time using remotely sensed data and geospatial techniques. The first test case is detailed in the following papers <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/2018/Hurricane-Michael/Flood_Monitoring_Methodology_Paper.pdf> and <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/docs/Boryan_IGARSS2018%20_Flood.pdf>.
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
Hurricane Nicole was a late-season hurricane that made landfall in Florida in early November 2022. The United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) responded to inquiries regarding damage to agricultural land in Florida, specifically citrus areas in Indian River and St. Lucie Counties. Datasets used for flood detection for this event were from very limited collections of descending Sentinel-1A SAR images (path 84), with pre-event images from August 4, 2020, and post-event from November 10, 2022. The flood inundation layers were derived from before and after event VH polarization bands using a threshold differencing algorithm under the Google Earth Engine App "Flood Detection and Monitoring System V1.0". These data are not considered official NASS estimates. For this event, inundation raster files for the areas of interest are included for download. The official website <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/> provides disaster assessments in geospatial data format, reports, and metadata as available. These data are not official NASS estimates.
Purpose:
Agricultural disaster monitoring is important for food security and economic stability. Using remotely sensed data and geospatial techniques provides an additional tool for the USDA NASS to use in evaluating a disaster's impact on US agriculture.
Supplemental_Information:
  LIST OF INPUTS

  Event: Hurricane Nicole - November 2022
  Last Updated: November 28, 2022

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  Inundation Data

  Raster Zip File: 2022_Hurricane_Nicole_Inundation_Raster_20221111.zip
  Inundation derived from Sentinel-1A SAR dated November 10, 2022 and the 2021 Cropland Data Layer.
  Value 0 = NoData
  Value 2 = Inundated Other Land
  Value 3 = Inundated Cropland

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  Land Cover Inputs

  NASS 2021 Cropland Data Layer (planted acres)
  Obtained From: https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/
  Disclaimer: These data are not official NASS estimates.

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  Official NASS Estimates

  Florida Citrus Statistics Report 2020-2021
  https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Florida/Publications/Citrus/Citrus_Statistics/2020-21/fcs2021b.pdf
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20220804
Ending_Date: 20221112
Currentness_Reference: November 2022
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.6435
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.0490
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.9950
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.5432
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: farming, 001
Theme_Keyword: environment, 007
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, 010
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Theme_Keyword:
Earth Science > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Agricultural Lands
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: crop cover
Theme_Keyword: cropland
Theme_Keyword: agriculture
Theme_Keyword: farming
Theme_Keyword: land cover
Theme_Keyword: disaster monitoring
Theme_Keyword: crop estimates
Theme_Keyword: ESA SENTINEL-1
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Place_Keyword: Continent > North America > United States of America > Florida
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: FL
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2022
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The USDA NASS Disaster Analysis data are provided to the public as is and are considered public domain and free to redistribute. The USDA, NASS does not warrant any conclusions drawn from these data. These data are not official NASS estimates.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section
Contact_Person: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section staff
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5029 South Building
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20250-2001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-727-9540
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 855-493-0447
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov
Data_Set_Credit: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: None
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: None
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Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise; ERDAS Imagine Version 2018 <https://www.hexagongeospatial.com/>; ESRI ArcGIS Version 10.7.0.10450 <https://www.esri.com/>. ERDAS Imagine is used in the analysis and post-processing of all raster-based data. ESRI ArcGIS is used to prepare all vector-based data and to create graphics. Some analysis is conducted within Google Earth Engine (GEE). The use of GEE is a proof of concept for a modified processing methodology.
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The official website <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/> provides disaster assessments in geospatial data format, reports, and metadata as available.
Completeness_Report: This is a one time analysis with no planned updates.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The Disaster Analysis products retain the spatial attributes of the underlying Cropland Data Layer and its input imagery. The Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS imagery is obtained via download from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer (Glovis) website <https://glovis.usgs.gov/>. Please reference the metadata on the Glovis website for each Landsat scene for positional accuracy. The majority of the Landsat data is available at Level 1T (precision and terrain corrected).
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: European Space Agency (ESA)
Title: SENTINEL-1A
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Publication_Information:
Publisher: Copernicus - European Commission
Publication_Place: European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)
Publication_Date: 2022
Other_Citation_Details:
The ESA SENTINEL-1A satellite is a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor. The technical specifications used for this analysis include the following: interferometric wide (IW) swath (250 kilometer), Level-1 Ground Range Detected (GRD), 5x20 meter spatial resolution, and dual polarization (VV, VH). Additional information can be obtained at <http://www.esa.int/>. Refer to the 'Supplemental Information' Section of this metadata file for specific scenes used for this analysis. The imagery was resampled to 30 meters to match the Cropland Data Layer spatial resolution. The resample used cubic convolution, rigorous transformation.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 10 meter
Type_of_Source_Media: online download
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
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Beginning_Date: 20220804
Ending_Date: 20221110
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SENTINEL-1A
Source_Contribution: Raw data used in spectral signature analysis
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Datasets used for flood detection for this event were from very limited collections of descending Sentinel-1A SAR images (path 84), with pre-event images from August 4, 2020, and post-event from November 10, 2022. The flood inundation layers were derived from before and after event VH polarization bands using a threshold differencing algorithm under the Google Earth Engine App "Flood Detection and Monitoring System V1.0". These data are not considered official NASS estimates.
Process_Date: 20221128
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section
Contact_Person: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section staff
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5029 South Building
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20250-2001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-727-9540
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 855-493-0447
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Florida
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 22808
Column_Count: 26796
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area as used by mrlc.gov (NLCD)
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 29.500000
Standard_Parallel: 45.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.000000
False_Easting: 0.000000
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Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Note of Caution: There are several causes for inundation/anomalous water, which could potentially include flooding, saturated fields from rainfall, ponding, or intentionally flooded rice and aquaculture fields. Areas of inundation are then intersected with cropland as identified in the NASS Cropland Data Layer (CDL).
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
 Data Dictionary: USDA NASS Disaster Analysis 2022 Event - Hurricane Nicole Florida Inundation - November 2022

 Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

 Raster
 Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: NO DATA, BACKGROUND 0

 Categorization Code   Name
           "0"        NoData/Background
           "2"        Inundated Other Land
           "3"        Inundated Cropland
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA, NASS Customer Service
Contact_Person: USDA, NASS Customer Service Staff
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5038-S
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20250-9410
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-727-9540
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 855-493-0447
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov
Contact_Instructions:
Please visit the official website <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/> for distribution details and free downloads. Distribution issues can be directed to the NASS Customer Service Hotline at 1-800-727-9540.
Resource_Description:
USDA NASS Disaster Analysis 2022 Event - Hurricane Nicole Florida Inundation - November 2022
Distribution_Liability:
Disclaimer: These data are not official NASS estimates. Users of the Disaster Analysis data and the Cropland Data Layer (CDL) are solely responsible for interpretations made from these products. The data are provided 'as is' and the USDA, NASS does not warrant results you may obtain using this information. Contact our staff at (SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov) if technical questions arise.
Standard_Order_Process:
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Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: GEOTIFF
Format_Version_Date: 2022
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Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/>
Access_Instructions:
The Disaster Analysis data is available online and free for download at <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/>.
Fees:
The Disaster Analysis data is available online and free for download at <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/>.
Ordering_Instructions:
The Disaster Analysis data is available online and free for download at <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/>. Distribution issues can also be directed to the NASS Customer Service Hotline at 1-800-727-9540.
Technical_Prerequisites:
All of the data is available for viewing and downloading at the following website <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/>. Typically, for each disaster analysis event there will be graphics available for download in PDF and PNG file formats and an Assessment Report in a PDF format. The underlying data that the graphics and assessment reports are based on is also available for download within WinZIP files in a GeoTIFF file format which can be opened using ESRI ArcGIS software.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20221128
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section
Contact_Person: USDA, NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section Staff
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5029 South Building
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20250-2001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-727-9540
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 855-493-0447
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on the distribution or use of the metadata file
Metadata_Use_Constraints: No restrictions on the distribution or use of the metadata file

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