Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:
Coastal Topography--Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: Mean-high-water shoreline
Edition: first
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 765
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765
Description:
Abstract:
Mean-high-water (MHW) shoreline for a portion of the New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina coastlines were derived from lidar data collected following Hurricane Sandy (Sandy was an October 2012 hurricane that made landfall as an extratropical cyclone on the 29th). Data were produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from remotely sensed, geographically-referenced elevation measurements collected by Photo Science, Inc. (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina) and Woolpert, Inc. (Fire Island, New York) using airborne lidar sensors. Storms cause significant shoreline changes and this variation was not removed from these data, showing a highly variable MHW shoreline in many areas.
Purpose:
The purpose of this project was to derive mean-high-water shoreline, dune crest (DHIGH) and dune toe (DLOW) elevation for a portion of the Eastern United States coastline following Hurricane Sandy, for use as a management tool and to make these data available to natural-resource managers and research scientists.
Supplemental_Information:
Processed data products are used by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program's National Assessments of Coastal Change Hazards project to quantify the vulnerability of shorelines to coastal change hazards such as severe storms, sea-level rise, and shoreline erosion and retreat.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121105
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121108
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121109
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121110
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121111
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121112
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121116
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121126
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121128
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121129
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.658190
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.756420
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.763929
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.586382
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:0b56702f-d498-44f2-b849-ec9d6b06c69b
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: Cessna 206
Theme_Keyword: Cessna 310
Theme_Keyword: Dhigh
Theme_Keyword: Dlow
Theme_Keyword: Digital Elevation Model
Theme_Keyword: DEM
Theme_Keyword: dune crest
Theme_Keyword: dune toe
Theme_Keyword: extratropical cyclone
Theme_Keyword: laser altimetry
Theme_Keyword: lidar
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: shoreline
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Science Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BARRIER ISLANDS
Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES
Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINE DISPLACEMENT
Theme_Keyword:
DOI/USGS/CMG > COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD Instrument
Theme_Keyword: LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: distributions
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry and elevation
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords
Theme_Keyword: altimetry
Theme_Keyword: topographic mapping
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: LIDAR
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme_Keyword: digital elevation models
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Fire Island
Place_Keyword: Long Island
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: DelMarVa Peninsula
Place_Keyword: United States
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Stratum_Keyword: Bare Earth
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Temporal_Keyword: 2012
Temporal_Keyword: Post-Hurricane Sandy
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service request to be acknowledged as originators of these data in future products or derivative research.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Hilary Stockdon
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Contact_Position: Research Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 (x3074)
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2031
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hstockdon@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-F, 9:00-5:00 ET
Data_Set_Credit:
Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices. Sharing of new data layers developed directly from these data would also be appreciated by the U.S. Geological Survey staff. Users should be aware that comparisons with other datasets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photointerpretation, mapping conventions, and digital processes over time. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: Unclassified
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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