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    "tag": 6060,
    "title": "Orthomosaic images of the middle and lower Elwha River, Washington, 2012 to 2017",
    "pubdate": "2018",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": null,
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/pcmsc\/DataReleases\/ScienceBase\/DR_F7PG1QWC\/Elwha_Orthos_2012to2017.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "This dataset presents 28 georeferenced orthomosaic images of the middle and lower reaches of the Elwha River. Each mosaic image was created by stitching together thousands of individual photographs that were matched based on numerous unique tie points shared by the photographs. The individual photographs were taken by a plane-mounted camera during multiple flights over the study area spanning 2012 to 2017. Because each mosaic is orthogonal to the earth's surface and is georeferenced to real-world coordinates, changes to the river channel and surrounding morphology can be seen and measured, including channel width, river braiding, bar formation, and other metrics to assess responses of the river to the removal of two large dams upstream from the study area.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Ritchie, Andrew C.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Curran, Christopher A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Magirl, Christopher S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bountry, Jennifer A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Hilldale, Robert C.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Randle, Timothy J.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Duda, Jeffrey J.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
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        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "15",
            "name": "aerial photography",
            "scope": "The process of taking pictures with a camera from an aircraft. Use for both the process of photography from the air and the images produced by the process."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2041",
            "name": "digital elevation models",
            "scope": "Gridded elevation, geographically referenced to the surface of the earth, as digital data"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "375",
            "name": "field inventory and monitoring",
            "scope": "Repeated observation or sampling at a site, on a scheduled or event basis, for study and analysis.  In general, this category excludes sampling programs in which materials are obtained in the field and brought back to a laboratory for study and analysis."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "575",
            "name": "image collections",
            "scope": "Visible representations of objects or earth properties produced by cameras, spectral instruments, or as graphical representations of measurements."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2046",
            "name": "image mosaics",
            "scope": "Composite images formed by overlapping existing images, typically arranged to achieve greater spatial coverage."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "648",
            "name": "lidar",
            "scope": "Light detection and ranging, an airborne, spaceborne or ground-based laser-ranging technique commonly used for acquiring high-resolution topographic data."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "981",
            "name": "remote sensing",
            "scope": "Acquiring information about a natural feature or phenomenon, such as the Earth's surface, without actually being in contact with it. USGS remote sensing is usually carried out with airborne or spaceborne sensors or cameras."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1001",
            "name": "river reaches",
            "scope": "Continuous parts of streams between two specified points."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1002",
            "name": "river systems",
            "scope": "Long water courses including main streams and tributaries."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1172",
            "name": "time series datasets",
            "scope": "Digital information describing observations taken at specified time intervals.  The time interval may be regular or variable; the type of observed phenomena and the location are typically constant."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1749",
            "name": "topographic maps",
            "scope": "Maps depicting the elevation and relief of the land surface or depth of a water body (bathymetry) in an area, usually shown using contour lines.  Typically these maps include manmade features and administrative boundaries as well as vegetation and hydrographic features."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "012",
            "name": "inlandWaters",
            "scope": "Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 23,
            "code": "23",
            "name": "Substrate",
            "scope": "Represents the character and composition of the surface and near surface of the sea floor in subtidal or intertidal areas, as defined in the Substrate Component of CMECS or in similar classification systems. Distributions are records of substrate characteristics based on visual or photographic inspection or on analysis of samples and cores, and they also include interpretive maps classifying areas on the basis of combinations of observations, hydrodynamic models, or geological models. Assessments include evaluations of present ecological or economic values of substrate distributions, drivers of substrate change, and functions of substrates. Predictions are the results of models or projections of future substrate distributions, values, or ecological impacts, including predicted substrate changes due to natural and human forces including erosion, accretion, sea-level change, extraction, trawling, or other factors; and they are the results of scenario-based models of substrate changes on ecological or economic values under different management strategies or other human alterations."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "165",
            "name": "river bank",
            "scope": "the land adjacent to a river."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "167",
            "name": "river channel",
            "scope": "the area between the banks of a river, where flow is generally confined except during flood stage."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "314",
            "name": "sediment deposition",
            "scope": "the effects of deposition on natural sedimentary environments."
        }
    ],
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            "description": "Low-resolution sample orthomosaic."
        }
    ],
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