Atlantic and Gulf coast sandy coastline topo-bathy profile and characteristic database: Revised version

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mickey, Rangley C.
Originator: Passeri, Davina L.
Publication_Date: 20250924
Title:
Atlantic and Gulf coast sandy coastline topo-bathy profile and characteristic database: Revised version
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: HDF5
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mickey, Rangley C.
Originator: Passeri, Davina L.
Publication_Date: 20250924
Title:
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Sandy Coastline Topo-Bathy Profile and Characteristic Database
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P13DMPHA
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13DMPHA
Description:
Abstract:
Seamless topographic-bathymetric (topo-bathy) profiles and their derived morphologic characteristics were developed for sandy coastlines along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. As such, the rocky coasts of Maine, the coral reefs in southern Florida and the Keys, and the marsh coasts in the Mississippi Delta and the Florida Big Bend region and are not included in this dataset. Topographic light detection and ranging (lidar) data (dune crest, dune toe, and shorelines) from Doran and others (2017) were stitched together with bathymetric data (nearshore slope) from the Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Model (CUDEM, 2014) to generate the seamless topo-bathy profiles. The topo-bathy profiles are published as a database in the Hierarchical Data Format version 5 (HDF5) which contain cross-shore distance coordinates, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system Easting and Northing coordinates, and various morphologic characteristics are provided here. A total of 3,872 topo-bathy profiles are included in the HDF5 database file. These data were originally published in Mickey and Passeri (2022a). Data were withdrawn from its original publication and corrected in this data release. Please see the Version_History.txt file for more information. For further information regarding generation of these seamless topo-bathy profiles, refer to Mickey and Passeri (2022b).
Purpose:
These data were generated to provide a database of current morphologic profiles and their associated morphologic characteristics for use across multi-disciplinary studies of sandy coastlines along the Atlantic and Gulf U.S. coasts.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2011
Ending_Date: 2020
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.4410000000000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.9290000000000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.7966000000000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.6667000000000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:310e0ee0-afd8-49b2-aa3c-138340926026
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: profiles
Theme_Keyword: geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: beach
Theme_Keyword: dune
Theme_Keyword: morphology
Theme_Keyword: nearshore
Theme_Keyword: slope
Theme_Keyword: topo-bathy
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Gulf of America
Place_Keyword: State of Texas
Place_Keyword: State of Alabama
Place_Keyword: State of Florida
Place_Keyword: State of Georgia
Place_Keyword: State of South Carolina
Place_Keyword: State of North Carolina
Place_Keyword: State of Mississippi
Place_Keyword: Commonwealth of Virginia
Place_Keyword: State of Maryland
Place_Keyword: State of Delaware
Place_Keyword: State of New Jersey
Place_Keyword: State of New York
Place_Keyword: State of Connecticut
Place_Keyword: State of Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: State of New Hampshire
Access_Constraints:
No access constraints. Please see 'Distribution Information' for details.
Use_Constraints:
These data are marked with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License. These data are in the public domain and do not have any use constraints. Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rangley C Mickey
Contact_Organization: Southeast Region: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6674
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmickey@usgs.gov
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Version 23H2; MATLAB R2016b.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Publication_Date: 2022
Title: Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast Viewer
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Online_Linkage: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/research/twlviewer/
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brutsche, Katherine E.
Originator: Rosati, James
Originator: Pollock, Cheryl E.
Originator: McFall, Brian C.
Publication_Date: 201603
Title: Calculating Depth of Closure Using WIS Hindcast Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Vicksburg, MS
Publisher:
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center [Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory]
Online_Linkage: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/20259
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Stockdon, Hilary F.
Originator: Doran, Kara S.
Originator: Thompson, David M.
Originator: Sopkin, Kristin L.
Originator: Plant, Nathaniel G.
Originator: Sallenger, Abbey H.
Publication_Date: 20120501
Title:
National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1084
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121084
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: van der Westhuysen, Andre J.
Originator: Padilla-Hernandez, Roberto
Originator: Santos, Pablo
Originator: Gibbs, Alex
Originator: Gaer, Douglas
Originator: Nicolini, Troy
Originator: Tjaden, Sten
Originator: Devaliere, Eve Marie
Originator: Tolman, Hendrick L.
Publication_Date: 20130108
Title:
Development and Validation of the Nearshore Wave Prediction System
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Austin, TX
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Online_Linkage: https://ams.confex.com/ams/93Annual/webprogram/Paper222877.html
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mickey, Rangley C.
Originator: Passeri, Davina L.
Publication_Date: 20220706
Title:
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Sandy Coastline Topo-Bathy Profile and Characteristic Database
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9838KPW
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Other_Citation_Details: 2022a
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9838KPW
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mickey, Rangley C.
Originator: Passeri, Davina L.
Publication_Date: 20220706
Title:
A Database of Topo-Bathy Cross-Shore Profiles and Characteristics for U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Sandy Coastlines
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Basel, Switzerland
Publisher: MDPI: Data
Other_Citation_Details: 2022b
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3390/data7070092
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The profile data attributes were derived from observed lidar topographic data (Doran and others, 2017) except for the nearshore slope, which was derived using the bathymetric dataset from the Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Model (CUDEM, 2014). These data were originally published in Mickey and Passeri (2022a). Data were withdrawn from its original publication and corrected in this data release. Please see the Version_History.txt file for more information.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The topo-bathy profiles were generated by "stitching" observed lidar topography to the Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Model bathymetry. In some instances, these two datasets (bathymetry and lidar) did not align temporally at a particular shoreline. Therefore, adjustments were made to the position of the bathymetry data to ensure that the observed topographic data remained consistent. Refer to Mickey and Passeri (2022b), or the process steps section of this metadata record for more details on the stitching methodology.
Completeness_Report:
Dataset is considered complete for the information presented. Please see the Version_History.txt file for more information about the revision of the original dataset published in Mickey and Passeri (2022a). Users are also advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The topographic portion of the topo-bathy profiles were extracted directly from lidar data associated with Doran and others (2017). The Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Model bathymetry data were interpolated to an extended coordinate profile (to 20 meters [m] depth), based on locations from Nearshore Wave Prediction System (van der Westhuysen, 2013) generated from the lidar profile coordinates.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical datum is in the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) with an estimated resolution of 0.01 m.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Doran, Kara S.
Originator: Long, Joseph W.
Originator: Birchler, Justin J.
Originator: Brenner, Owen T.
Originator: Hardy, Matthew W.
Originator: Morgan, Karen L.M.
Originator: Stockdon, Hilary F.
Originator: Loubriel Torres, Miguel
Publication_Date: 20170805
Title:
Lidar-derived Beach Morphology (Dune Crest, Dune Toe, and Shoreline) for U.S. Sandy Coastlines
Edition: 4.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0S0Z
Type_of_Source_Media: data download
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20100101
Ending_Date: 20201231
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Lidar topography
Source_Contribution: Topographic data used for the topo-bathy profile generation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:
Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Model (CUDEM) - 1/9 Arc-Second Resolution Bathymetric-Topographic Tiles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.25921/ds9v-ky35
Type_of_Source_Media: data download
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20140101
Ending_Date: 20180201
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CUDEM
Source_Contribution: Bathymetric data used for the topo-bathy profile generation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brutsche, Katherine E.
Originator: Rosati, James
Originator: Pollock, Cheryl E.
Originator: McFall, Brian C.
Publication_Date: 201603
Title: Calculating Depth of Closure Using WIS Hindcast data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Vicksburg, MS
Publisher:
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center [Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory]
Online_Linkage: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/20259
Type_of_Source_Media: Journal
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19960101
Ending_Date: 20160101
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Depth of Closure
Source_Contribution:
Depth of closure values along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts for calculation of nearshore slope
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The CUDEM topo-bathy data were interpolated to the extended lidar topographic profile coordinates. The original topographic lidar profiles from Doran and others (2017) were then stitched to the CUDEM interpolated profile at the shoreline datum elevation provided for each lidar-derived profile. For profiles where the lidar shoreline datum elevation and the corresponding CUDEM shoreline datum elevation did not match in the cross-shore position, the CUDEM bathymetry was shifted shoreward or landward – based on the difference in cross-shore position of the lidar datum elevation. This methodology assumes that while this shifting of bathymetry does not represent the actual morphology and position associated with the lidar topography at that survey date, the stitching of these two temporally different datasets provides a reasonable representation of topo-bathy morphology for 1-dimensional morphologic modeling. The data were processed using MATLAB R2016b.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CUDEM
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Lidar topography
Process_Date: 2022
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rangley C Mickey
Contact_Organization: Southeast Region: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6674
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmickey@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The fore dune crest and toe elevations and locations, along with shoreline position and elevation were extracted from the lidar datasets published in Doran and others (2017). In some cases, the fore dune crest or toe may not have been previously extracted and were therefore extracted from the lidar profile following methods provided in Stockdon and others (2012). Beach width (m) was measured as the distance between shoreline location and fore dune toe location. Beach volume (cubic meters) was calculated as the volume of sediment over the derived beach width (m). Fore dune width (m) was measured as the distance (m) between the fore dune toe and crest. The fore dune volume (cubic meters) was calculated as the sediment volume (cubic meters) over the derived fore dune width (m). Nearshore slope was measured as the ratio of the depth of closure (m) over the horizontal distance (m) between the depth of closure from Brutsche and others (2016) and the shoreline. The beach slope was measured as the ratio of the elevation of dune toe above the shoreline elevation over the horizontal distance (m) between shoreline and the fore dune toe (Doran and others, 2017). The data were processed using MATLAB R2016b.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Depth of Closure
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Lidar topography
Process_Date: 2022
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rangley C Mickey
Contact_Organization: Southeast Region: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6674
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmickey@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The final dataset of topo-bathy profiles and associated characteristics were exported to the open-source format of Hierarchical Data Format version 5 (HDF5, .h5) file using MATLAB 2016b provided functions h5create, h5write, and h5 writeatt. Each profile within the HDF5 is considered a ‘group’ and designated by a specific number (syntax example 1: ‘/Profile/ID_1’), while each profile group contains a ‘dataset’ of the profile’s associated topo-bathy elevations (syntax example 1: ‘/Profile/ID_1/Elevation’), coordinates, and morphologic characteristics. Subsection 2.1 provides a description of the variables associated with an individual profile (group) within the HDF5 file.
Process_Date: 2022
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Profile_Data.h5
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rangley C Mickey
Contact_Organization: Southeast Region: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6674
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmickey@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data release revision: These data were originally published in Mickey and Passeri (2022a). Data were withdrawn from its original publication and the following were corrected in this data release: 1) Corrected erroneous data variable related to the cross-shore distance. Corrected cross-shore distance variable (Xshore) from the original value that was based on difference in UTM Eastings or Northings, depending on shoreline orientation. The values should have been derived as a vector from UTM Eastings and Northings coordinates. 2) Recalculated variables associated with cross-shore distance (volume variable, width variables, and slope variables). 3) 33 additional profiles were found by reviewer to be erroneous. 8 were revised with updated dune crest and/or dune toe elevation, while 25 were removed for non-representative near-shore slopes. The 25 removed profiles had cross-shore orientations somewhat parallel to the shoreline (end of island spit), or part of an embayment area.
Process_Date: 20250924
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Profile_Data.h5
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rangley C Mickey
Contact_Organization: Southeast Region: ST. PETE COASTAL & MARINE SC
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8115
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rmickey@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 14-19
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -87.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 2.3
Ordinate_Resolution: 2.3
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodectic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Altitude_Resolution: 0.01
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: Mean Sea Level
Depth_Resolution: 0.01
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Profile_Data.h5
Entity_Type_Definition:
HDF5 database file containing 3,872 topo-bathy profiles of U.S. sandy coastlines. Each profile contains the following attributes: cross-shore coordinates, UTM Easting and Northing coordinates, UTM zone, flag for defining which part of profile is from lidar or CUDEM, Total Water Level (TWL) shoreline location (latitude and longitude), topographic lidar retrieval date, cross-shore elevation, datum of shoreline elevation, foredune crest elevation, foredune toe elevation, foredune width, relative height of foredune, foredune volume, beach width, beach volume, beach slope, and nearshore slope. Each profile in the database file is named as "ID_" with a unique, whole number following the underscore. The numbering is in numerical order, starting from 1.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: lon
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude of the Total Water Level shoreline location (SPCMSC, 2022).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -96.4410000000000
Range_Domain_Maximum: -69.9290000000000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: lat
Attribute_Definition:
Latitude of the Total Water Level shoreline location (SPCMSC, 2022).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 25.6667000000000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.7966000000000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: date
Attribute_Definition:
Survey date of the topographic lidar data (Doran and others, 2017).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2011
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2020
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Xshore
Attribute_Definition: Cross-shore distance coordinate of the topo-bathy profile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 393800.400379783
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Elevation
Attribute_Definition: Cross-shore elevation and depth of the topo-bathy profile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -22
Range_Domain_Maximum: 89
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTM_X
Attribute_Definition: Cross-shore UTM Easting coordinates of the topo-bathy profile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 209448.214496298
Range_Domain_Maximum: 809575.690679299
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTM_Y
Attribute_Definition: Cross-shore UTM Northing coordinates of the topo-bathy profile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2464482.61013486
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4878112.71387319
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: zdatum
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of shoreline.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.07
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.22
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dhigh
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of foredune crest.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 56
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dlow
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of foredune toe.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.4
Range_Domain_Maximum: 26
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DuneWidth
Attribute_Definition:
Foredune width, measured as distance between the fore dune toe and crest, with the fore dune volume calculated as the sediment volume over the derived fore dune width.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.5
Range_Domain_Maximum: 278
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DuneRelHeight
Attribute_Definition: Relative elevation of foredune (Dlow to Dhigh).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.004
Range_Domain_Maximum: 52
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DuneVolume
Attribute_Definition:
Foredune volume, calculated as the sediment volume over the derived fore dune width.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3029
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cubic meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BeachWidth
Attribute_Definition:
Beach width, measured as the distance between shoreline location and fore dune toe location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 920
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BeachVolume
Attribute_Definition:
Beach volume, calculated as the volume of sediment over the derived beach width.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9227
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cubic meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BeachSlope
Attribute_Definition:
Slope of the beach, measured as the ratio of the elevation of dune toe above the shoreline elevation over the horizontal distance between shoreline and the fore dune toe (Doran and others, 2017).
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0008
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.6
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unitless
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NearshoreSlope
Attribute_Definition:
Slope of the nearshore, measured as the ratio of the depth of closure over the horizontal distance between the depth of closure (from Brutsche and others, 2016) and the shoreline.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0001
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.08
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTM_zone
Attribute_Definition: Cross-shore UTM Zone for coordinates of the topo-bathy profile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 14
Range_Domain_Maximum: 19
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Flag
Attribute_Definition:
Cross-shore flag to indicate if data is either from the lidar or CUDEM bathymetric datasets.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lidar data from Doran and others (2017).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bathymetric data from CUDEM (2014).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Profile_Data.h5
Distribution_Liability:
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: HDF5
Format_Version_Number: None
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P13DMPHA/data/Profile_Database.zip
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The user must have software capable of downloading and uncompressing a zip folder and opening a HDF5 file. There are free, open-source applications capable of viewing HDF files, such as HDFView. To learn more and to access HDFView, please visit, https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20250924
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/spcmsc/Profile_Database_Revised_Metadata.html>
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