Effective Fetch and Relative Exposure Index Maps for the Laurentian Great Lakes

Mason, Lacey A.; Riseng, Catherine M.; Layman, Andrew J.; Jensen, Robert

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Title: Effective Fetch and Relative Exposure Index Maps for the Laurentian Great Lakes Open Access Deposited

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Methodology	See Scientific Data publication.
Description	Wind exposure is a key physical driver of coastal systems in aquatic environments influencing circulation and wave dynamics. A measure of wind exposure is fetch, the distance over which wind can travel across open water. In large lake systems, such as the Laurentian Great Lakes, estimating fetch has proved to be difficult due to their vast size and complex topobathymetry. Here we describe the development of two spatially discrete indicators of exposure to provide a more accurate indicator of influence of wind exposure in the nearshore of the Laurentian Great Lakes. We summarized wind data from offshore buoys and leveraged existing tools to calculate effective fetch and relative exposure index (effective fetch scaled by mean wind speed) at a 30 m grid cell resolution. We validated these models by comparing our exposure maps to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wave Information Studies models and found general agreement. These exposure maps are available for public download for the years 2004-2014.
Creator	Mason, Lacey A. Riseng, Catherine M. Layman, Andrew J. Jensen, Robert
Depositor	lmas@umich.edu
Contact information	lmas@umich.edu
Discipline	Science
Funding agency	Other Funding Agency
Other Funding agency	Great Lakes Fishery Trust (22016.1678)
Keyword	GLAHF Great Lakes waves fetch REI wind exposure geospatial
Citations to related material	Mason, L., Riseng, C., Layman, A. et al. Effective fetch and relative exposure index maps for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Sci Data 5, 180295 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.295
Resource type	Dataset
Last modified	04/22/2020
Published	03/30/2018
Language	English
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7302/Z22F7KN3
License	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

To Cite this Work:
Mason, L., Riseng, C., Layman, A., Jensen, R. (2018). Effective Fetch and Relative Exposure Index Maps for the Laurentian Great Lakes [Data set]. University of Michigan - Deep Blue. https://doi.org/10.7302/Z22F7KN3

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read_me.txt	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	2.34 KB	Open Access	View Details Download
LSC_c45147_2014_fetchDir_36bins.csv	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	509 Bytes	Open Access	View Details Download
cost_distance_composite.py	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	7.23 KB	Open Access	View Details Download
wind_weighted_EF_sum_rasters.py	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	9.04 KB	Open Access	View Details Download
Erie.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	1.19 GB	Open Access	View Details Download
Huron.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	2.58 GB	Open Access	View Details Download
Michigan.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	6.1 GB	Open Access	View Details Download
Ontario.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	1.08 GB	Open Access	View Details Download
StClair.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	121 MB	Open Access	View Details Download
Superior.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	2.99 GB	Open Access	View Details Download
offshore_mask.zip	2018-03-30	2018-12-18	1.45 MB	Open Access	View Details Download

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Author : Lacey Mason, lmas@umich.edu
Affilliation : University of Michigan
School for Environment and Sustainability

Title : Effective fetch and relative exposure index maps for
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Contents of the Data File :
1. Data Citation & Reference
2. License
3. Example wind summary table
4. Python files
5. EF & REI data
6. Offshore mask

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Data Citation & Reference
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XXX Scientific Data reference and data citation here XXX

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License
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See the Creative Commons license listed here:
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Example wind summary table
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The file "LSC_c45147_2014_fetchDir_36bins.csv is an example wind summary table based on data from the offshore buoy c45147 in Lake St. Clair for the open water season of 2014. An explanation of how the data was summarized can be found in the above referenced manuscript.

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Python files
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The Python files "cost_distance_composite.py" and "wind_weighted_EF_sum_rasters.py" were used to weight the fetch rasters produced using the tool from Rohweder et al. (2012; https://www.umesc.usgs.gov/management/dss/wind_fetch_wave_models_2012update.html) and create a composite map of each Great Lake.

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EF & REI data
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The final effective fetch (EF) and relative exposure index (REI) data can be found in zip files are organized by lake; Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, St. Clair, and Superior. The files are in GeoTIFF format.

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Offshore mask
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The file "offshore_mask.zip" is a GeoTIFF file to mask the offshore areas where the EF and REI data sets are not relevant. The offshore mask covers the areas of the Great Lakes greater than 30 m in depth, except for Lake Erie which is greater than 15 m in depth.

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