NOAA Ortho-rectified Near-Infrared Mosaic of New Jersey Shoreline, 2013

NOAA's 2013 ortho-rectified mosaic tiles cover the New Jersey shoreline along Delaware Bay. The imagery was acquired from April 4 to April 6, 2013, using an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) aircraft. This product is part of the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative.

Use Cases

• Monitor coastal erosion and shoreline changes based on ortho-rectified near-infrared imagery.
• Analyze vegetation and land cover in coastal zones based on near-infrared spectral data.
• Create base maps for coastal management planning based on georeferenced mosaic tiles.
• Assess changes in tidal zones and low water lines based on the Mean Low Low Water reference.

Strengths

• Imagery has a specific acquisition date range from 20130404 to 20130406.
• Source data was acquired at a higher resolution than the final mosaic, suggesting detailed raw imagery.
• Data is ortho-rectified, providing a geometrically corrected product suitable for measurement.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Available file formats are PDF and HTML, which may not be the standard for direct image analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired with an Applanix Digital Sensor System (DSS) and processed into ortho-rectified mosaics.

Time Range

2013-04-04 to 2013-04-06

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:37:39.956696; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New Jersey shoreline along Delaware Bay, North America