National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach, Florida Raw (non-interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach, Florida Raw (non-interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data
Abstract:
The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project derives beach morphology features from lidar elevation data for the purpose of understanding and predicting storm impacts to our nation's coastlines. This dataset defines beach slopes along the United States Southeast Gulf of Mexico from Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach, Florida for data collected at various times between 1998 and 2010.
Supplemental_Information:
The USGS Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) - St. Petersburg, Fla., assigns a unique identifier (called a Field Activity Number, or FAN) to each cruise or field activity. The following FANs are associated with this activity: 98LTS05, 04CNT01, 04CNT05, 07CNT01, 06CNT03, and 10CNT08.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Overbeck, Jacquelyn R., and Doran, Kara S., 20150425, National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach, Florida Raw (non-interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release doi:10.5066/F7XK8CK2, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.851941
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.689567
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.048860
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.439916
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 29-Oct-1998
    Ending_Date: 22-Jul-2010
    Currentness_Reference:
    Ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a Point data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Entity Point (4936)
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.0197843295. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.0229959585. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal Degrees. The horizontal datum used is D WGS 1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS 1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257223563.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    GFL_Raw_Slopes.txt
    Lidar-derived beach slope. Measured as the endpoint slope between the locations of dune toe and Mean High Water elevation. Values of -999 represent “no data” values. Lidar-derived attributes collected over multiple days include “co” in the Attribute_Label. This abbreviation, combined days, is shortened to keep similar naming structure as data collected on a single day. (Source: USGS)
    Longitude
    Longitude of interpolated shoreline position in decimal degrees. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-82.851941
    Maximum:-82.689567
    Units:Decimal Degrees
    Latitude
    Latitude of interpolated shoreline position in decimal degrees. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:27.439916
    Maximum:28.04886
    Units:Decimal Degrees
    slope199810co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using October 1998 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.003297
    Maximum:0.221875
    Units:Radians
    slope200404co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using April 2004 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.004454
    Maximum:0.098482
    Units:Radians
    slope200411co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using November 2011 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.006052
    Maximum:0.124467
    Units:Radians
    slope200606co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using June 2006 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.002905
    Maximum:0.132051
    Units:Radians
    slope200707co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using July 2007 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.000735
    Maximum:0.145526
    Units:Radians
    slope201006co
    Raw beach slopes calculated using June 2006 lidar-derived elevation data. (Source: USGS)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.004468
    Maximum:0.18382
    Units:Radians

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Jacquelyn R. Overbeck
    • Kara S. Doran
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: Jacquelyn R. Overbeck
    600 4th Street South
    Saint Petersburg, FL
    UNITED STATES

    727-502-8104 (voice)
    727-502-8001 (FAX)
    joverbeck@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

To provide raw, non-interpolated endpoint slope data between the location of the Mean High Water and seaward-most dune toe elevations. This dataset, GFL_Raw_Slopes.txt, and others associated with this project can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XK8CK2.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
    NOAA98 (source 1 of 6)
    Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM), United States Geological Survey (USGS), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 20000101, 1998 Fall Gulf Coast NOAA/USGS/NASA Airborne Lidar Assessment of Coastal Erosion (ALACE) Project for the US Coastline.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
    USACE04a (source 2 of 6)
    Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), 20141114, 2004 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Topo/Bathy Lidar: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and North Carolina.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
    USACE04b (source 3 of 6)
    Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), 20141114, 2004 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Post-Hurricane Ivan Topo/Bathy Lidar: Alabama, Florida.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
    USACE06 (source 4 of 6)
    Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), 20141114, 2006 United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Post Hurricane Wilma Lidar: Hurricane Pass to Big Hickory Pass, FL.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
    FDEM07 (source 5 of 6)
    Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), and Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM), 20141209, 2007 Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) Lidar Project: Southwest Florida.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
    USACE10 (source 6 of 6)
    Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM), and Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise (JALBTCX), 20141114, 2010 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) Lidar: Gulf Coast of Florida.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
    Source_Contribution:
    Lidar-derived elevation data collected by this source was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 30-Mar-2015 (process 1 of 3)
    For dune morphology data: Elevation data from lidar surveys were interpolated in MATLAB R2014b to a gridded domain that was rotated parallel to the shoreline and had a resolution of 10 m in the alongshore direction and 2.5 m in the cross-shore direction. The interpolation method applies spatial filtering with a Hanning window that is twice as wide as the grid resolution. Dune morphology data are extracted from the elevation grid in MATLAB. Beach slopes were extracted between endpoint locations of the Mean High Water and dune toe elevations. More details on the methodology can be found in the USGS Open-File Report, "A method for determining average beach slope and beach slope variability for U.S. sandy coastlines", available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1053
    Date: 24-Jan-2017 (process 2 of 3)
    Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: Alan O. Allwardt
    Contractor -- Information Specialist
    2885 Mission Street
    Santa Cruz, CA

    831-460-7551 (voice)
    831-427-4748 (FAX)
    aallwardt@usgs.gov
    Date: 13-Oct-2020 (process 3 of 3)
    Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Horizontal accuracy was not estimated.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    Vertical accuracy for beach and dune morphology (dune crest and toe elevation) data is dependent on the positional accuracy of the lidar data. Estimated accuracy of lidar surveys is +/- 15 centimeters. However, vertical accuracies may vary based on the type of terrain (for example, inaccuracies may increase as slope increases or with the presence of extremely dense vegetation) and the accuracy of the GPS and aircraft-attitude measurements.
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    These data include beach and dune morphology in the form of raw beach slopes.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    Data gaps exist where there are no sandy shorelines (such as over inlets, marshes, or rocky coasts). For each 400-meter window width, data will be given a null value if greater than 50% of points are missing. For inlets narrower than the 400 m window, only slopes associated with the data on either side of the inlet were computed. No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originators of the data in future products or derivative research.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
    Attn: Jacquelyn R. Overbeck
    600 4th Street South
    Saint Petersburg, FL

    727-502-8104 (voice)
    727-502-8001 (FAX)
    joverbeck@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 13-Oct-2020
Metadata author:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Attn: Jacquelyn R. Overbeck
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg, FL
UNITED STATES

727-502-8104 (voice)
727-502-8001 (FAX)
joverbeck@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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