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    "tag": 21154,
    "title": "North Puerto Rico Shoreline Analysis 2022\u20132023",
    "pubdate": "20260626",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": null,
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/spcmsc\/North_Coast_Puerto_Rico_Shoreline_2022_2023_metadata.faq.html",
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    "descript": "These geospatial datasets correspond to the extraction of elements and their attributes related to the shoreline and back beach of eleven (11) municipalities in the northwest and north coasts of Puerto Rico (Rinc\u00f3n, Aguadilla, Isabela, Hatillo, Arecibo, Dorado, Vega Baja, Carolina, Lo\u00edza, R\u00edo Grande, and Luquillo). These data were generated as part of the \"U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Development of Coastal Change Capacity in Puerto Rico\" project (Cooperative Agreement G23AC00551-02). Cartographic information is organized into eight data types for the purpose of analysis and monitoring of changes along selected municipalities of the northwest and north coast of Puerto Rico. The \"Federal Emergency Management Agency-University of Puerto Rico at R\u00edo Piedras (FEMA-UPRRP) Post-Mar\u00eda Beach Assessment\" project, which the Coastal Research and Planning Institute of Puerto Rico (CoRePI-PR) team published in 2021 (FEMA-4339-DR-PR Grant No. 4339-0007p), served as the baseline for the creation of these datasets. This dataset modifies the techniques established by Barreto and others (2021), which integrates high-resolution image analysis, field data collection, and an assessment of the pre-existing conditions of the beaches using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (FEMA-4339-DR-PR Grant No. 4339-0007p). The data types are as follows: 1) shoreline, 2) back beach, 3) beach edges, 4) beach polygons, and 5) beach transects (5-meters), 6) beach transects 2018 vs. 2022\u20132023, 7) lost transects and 8) beach displacement. In addition to providing shapefiles (.shp) with this data release, these data are packaged into a file geodatabase (.gdb) and ArcGIS Pro Map Package file (.mpkx) for enhanced visualization of the data.",
    "lang": null,
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Kevi\u00e1n A. P\u00e9rez-Valent\u00edn",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Barreto-Orta, Maritza",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Legna M. Torres-Garc\u00eda",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "David Carri\u00f3n",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Brittany Ubinas",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Samiris Suleim\u00e1n",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bianca Rodr\u00edguez",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
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        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1799",
            "name": "coastal processes",
            "scope": "Processes unique to coastal areas including longshore transport, beach erosion, storm surge, shoreline change, delta formation, barrier island migration, beach stabilization by vegetation"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "353",
            "name": "erosion",
            "scope": "The process whereby materials of the earth's crust are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and simultaneously moved from one place to another."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "472",
            "name": "geospatial analysis",
            "scope": "Detailed study of information such as measurements, counts, and computations as a function of geographical location."
        },
        {
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            "code": "474",
            "name": "geospatial datasets",
            "scope": "Collections of related digital information that are geographically referenced."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "549",
            "name": "hurricanes",
            "scope": "Severe cyclones, or revolving storms, originating over the equatorial regions of the earth, accompanied by torrential rain, lightning, and winds with a speed greater than 74 miles per hour."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2072",
            "name": "shoreline accretion",
            "scope": "Seaward migration of the shoreline resulting from the addition of earth materials."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "002",
            "name": "biota",
            "scope": "Flora or fauna in natural environment, for example wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sea life, wetlands, habitat, biological resources"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "007",
            "name": "environment",
            "scope": "Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "008",
            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
            "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": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "015",
            "name": "planningCadastre",
            "scope": "Information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land, for example land use maps, zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership, parcels, easements, tax maps, federal land ownership status, public land conveyance records"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "017",
            "name": "structure",
            "scope": "Man-made construction, for example buildings, museums, churches, factories, housing, monuments, shops, towers, building footprints, architectural and structural plans"
        }
    ],
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