Probability Model Outputs: National Assessment of Nor'easter-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Mid- and Northeast Atlantic Coast (Polyline Shapefile)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Justin J. Birchler
Originator: P. Soupy Dalyander
Originator: Hilary F. Stockdon
Originator: Kara S. Doran
Publication_Date: 20150921
Title:

Probability Model Outputs: National Assessment of Nor'easter-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Mid- and Northeast Atlantic Coast (Polyline Shapefile)

Edition: first
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage:

http://olga.er.usgs.gov/data/NACCH/Noreasters_erosion_hazards.zip

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:

National Assessment of Nor'easter-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Mid- and Northeast Atlantic Coast

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1154

Description:

Abstract:

These datasets contain information on the probabilities of nor'easter-induced erosion (collision, overwash and inundation) for each 1-km section of the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast, from North Carolina through Maine, for class 1-3 nor'easters. The analysis is based on a storm-impact scaling model that uses observations of beach morphology combined with sophisticated hydrodynamic models to predict how the coast will respond to the direct impact of class 1-3 nor'easters. Nor'easter-induced water levels, due to both surge and waves, are compared to beach and dune elevations to determine the probabilities of three types of coastal change: collision (dune erosion), overwash, and inundation. Data on dune morphology (dune crest and toe elevation) and hydrodynamics (storm surge, wave setup and runup) are also included in this dataset. As new beach morphology observations and storm predictions become available, this analysis will be updated to describe how coastal vulnerability to storms will vary in the future. The data presented here include dune morphology observations, as derived from lidar surveys taken between May and July 2010 and in November 2012.

Purpose:

To provide data on the probability of nor'easter-induced coastal erosion hazards for the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100504
Ending_Date: 20121129

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:

None planned, however future updates and post-storm analyses are anticipated.

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.548858
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.725425
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.780844
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.850068

Keywords:

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: USGS:2f98fc85-8812-4604-96ce-776d56e51651

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2015-1154
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2015-1154

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: coastal
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: environment

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: U.S. Mid-Atlantic
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: U.S. Northeast Atlantic
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Hilary Stockdon

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: 727-502-8074
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hstockdon@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

The predicted elevations of storm surge for class 1-3 nor'easters were extracted from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) model, which was completed over a 31-year period from 1979 to 2009 and was designed and executed as a global, high resolution, coupled atmosphere-ocean-land surface-sea ice system to provide the best estimate of the state of these coupled domains over this period. The predicted elevations of high tide were extracted from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tide gages at six long-running gage locations along the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast. Wave runup and setup conditions were generated using the NOAA WaveWatch III (NWW3) model results using winds from the CFSR. The wave runup and setup conditions were complemented by measured data from six long-runnng NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) wave buoys in shallow water along the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600); Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

These data include dune morphology, and nor'easter hydrodynamic data used to generate probabilities of nor'easter-induced erosion. Elevation data from lidar surveys are not included. Measurements are collected approximately every 10-meters and summarized to 1-km segments.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Horizontal accuracy was not estimated.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Vertical accuracy for hydrodynamic measurements (surge, setup, and runup) is dependent on input data. CFSR-modeled surge elevations were compared to six long-running NOAA tide gages in shallow water along the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast and surge elevations were assimilated based on this comparison for class 1-3 nor'easters. Modeled wave heights and wave periods were compared to observed wave heights at six long-running NOAA NDBC buoys located in shallow water along the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast and simulated wave heights were representative of maximum possible wave heights for each nor'easter category. No other accuracy checks were performed. Vertical accuracy for 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.

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Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication_Date: 201001
Title: NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
Online_Linkage: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds093.0/#!description

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Time_Period_Information:

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Beginning_Date: 19790101
Ending_Date: 20091231

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date range of the modeled data.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CFSR
Source_Contribution:

Data provides hourly estimates of non-tidal surge and was used to estimate storm surge water level under nor'easter classes.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Environmental Modeling Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication_Date: 20131001
Title: NOAA WAVEWATCH III CFSR Reanalysis Hindcasts
Online_Linkage: http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/CFSR_hindcast.shtml

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Time_Period_Information:

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Beginning_Date: 19790101
Ending_Date: 20091231

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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NWW3
Source_Contribution:

Data provides wave parameters every three hours and was used to estimate wave runup and setup under nor'easter classes.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: 20131015
Title: NOAA Tide Predictions
Online_Linkage:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8651370

Online_Linkage:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8570283

Online_Linkage:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8531680

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http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8510560

Online_Linkage:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8443970

Online_Linkage:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8418150

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Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19790101
Ending_Date: 20091231

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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Tides
Source_Contribution:

Data provides hourly estimates of tidal water levels (at Duck, NC; Ocean City Inlet, MD; Sandy Hook, NJ; Montauk, NY; Boston, MA; and Portland, ME) and was used to assimilate storm surge water level under nor'easter classes.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Data Buoy Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication_Date: 20150330
Title: National Data Buoy Center Buoy Stations
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44014
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44009
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44025
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44017
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44013
Online_Linkage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44007

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Time_Period_Information:

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Beginning_Date: 19790101
Ending_Date: 20091231

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date range containing the buoy data.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Wave Buoys
Source_Contribution:

Data provides hourly estimates of wave parameters (near Virginia Beach, VA; Cape May, NJ; Islip, NY; Montauk Point, NY; Boston, MA; and Portland, ME) and was used to assimilate significant wave height and dominant wave period in order to estimate wave runup and setup under nor'easter classes.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Originator:

JALBTCX (Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise)

Publication_Date: 201408
Title:

2010 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise (JALBTCX) Topobathy Lidar: Northeast (MA, ME, NH, RI)

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http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=1174

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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE NE
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Originator:

JALBTCX (Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise)

Publication_Date: 20141114
Title:

2010 US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise (JALBTCX) Southeast Lidar: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina

Online_Linkage:

http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=1070

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Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100504
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE SE
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Publication_Date: 201301
Title:

2012 USACE Post Hurricane Sandy Topographic LiDAR: Eastern Long Island, New York

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http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=1436

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Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20121114
Ending_Date: 20121115

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date when lidar surveys were collected.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE East LI, NY
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 201306
Title:

2012 U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Lidar: Northeast Atlantic Coast Post-Hurricane Sandy

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Series_Name: USGS Data Series
Issue_Identification: 765

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http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=2488

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20121105
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS NC, VA, MD, DE, NY Post-Sandy
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Originator:

JALBTCX (Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise)

Publication_Date: 201305
Title: 2012 USACE Topobathy Lidar: Post Sandy (NJ & NY)
Online_Linkage:

http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=2478

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Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121116

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date when lidar surveys were collected.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE West LI, NY
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Publication_Date: 20140715
Title:

2012 USGS EAARL-B Coastal Topography: Post-Sandy, First Surface (NJ)

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Data Series
Issue_Identification: 767

Online_Linkage:

http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=3657

Online_Linkage: Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/767/

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Time_Period_Information:

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Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121026

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121101

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121105

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date when lidar surveys were collected.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS NJ Post-Sandy
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Publication_Date: 201301
Title:

2012 USACE Post Hurricane Sandy Topographic LiDAR: Rhode Island and Massachusetts Coast

Online_Linkage:

http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=1435

Type_of_Source_Media: Online digital data
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20121111
Ending_Date: 20121122

Source_Currentness_Reference: The date when lidar surveys were collected.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS MV, NK Post-Sandy
Source_Contribution:

A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For dune morphology data: Elevation data from lidar surveys were interpolated in MATLAB (R2014a) to a gridded domain that was rotated parallel to the shoreline and had a resolution of 10 m in the long-shore 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. Dune morphology data are then summarized to 1 km sections. Sections with greater than 75 percent of data missing are flagged with the invalid number of -999. The 1-kilometer smoothed dune crest, toe and root mean square (RMS) error for each were written to line shapefiles using Matlab's shapewrite.m script.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE NE
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE SE
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE East LI, NY
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS NC, VA, MD, DE, NY Post-Sandy
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USACE West LI, NY
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS NJ Post-Sandy
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS MV, NK Post-Sandy
Process_Date: 2014
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Dune morphology (DHIGH, DLOW, DHIrms, DLOrms)
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Justin J. Birchler

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: 727-502-8019
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbirchler@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For hydrodynamic data: Water level is computed in MATLAB (R2014a) by adding storm surge from NOAA NCEP CFSR model to wave setup and runup. The wave height and period for calculating wave runup and setup come from the NWW3 model. Hydrodynamic parameters were calculated in MATLAB and exported into ArcGIS format. For details on modeling parameterization, see: Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.J., Thompson, D.M., Sopkin, K.L., Plant, N.G., and Sallenger, A.H., 2012, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1084, 51 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1084/

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CFSR
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NWW3
Process_Date: 2015
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Hydrodynamics (SURGE, SETUP, RUNUP)
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Justin J. Birchler

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: 727-502-8019
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbirchler@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Probabilities of coastal erosion hazards are based on estimating the likelihood that the beach system will experience erosion and deposition patterns consistent with collision, overwash, or inundation regimes. The regimes are calculated by using values of dune morphology and mean and extreme water levels for each 1 km section, such that probability of collision occurs when extreme water levels reach the dune toe; overwash when extreme water levels reach the dune crest; and inundation when mean water levels reach the dune crest. Probabilities were calculated in MATLAB and exported in ArcGIS format.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Dune morphology
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hydrodynamics
Process_Date: 2015
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Probabilities (PCOL, POVW, PIND)
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Justin J. Birchler

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: 727-502-8019
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbirchler@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20201013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1991

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
Longitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees

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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Noreasters_erosion_hazards
Entity_Type_Definition:

Probabilities of nor'easter-induced coastal erosion, dune morphology, and nor'easter hydrodynamic data.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

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Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DHIGH
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of dune crest in meters NAVD88.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.958297
Range_Domain_Maximum: 46.906606
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters NAVD88

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Null value
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DLOW
Attribute_Definition: Elevation of the dune toe in meters NAVD88.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 7.123182
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters NAVD88

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Null value
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DHIrms
Attribute_Definition:

Root mean squared error of dune crest elevation measurements (square meters).

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.031295
Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.021563
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: square meters

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Null value
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DLOrms
Attribute_Definition:

Root mean square error of dune toe elevation measurements (square meters).

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.012952
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.270477
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: square meters

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Null value
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURGE1
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Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.772525
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.229094
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters NAVD88

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURGE2
Attribute_Definition: Storm surge water level for a class 2 storm.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Justin J. Birchler

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8019
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbirchler@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: All of this report is available on-line.

Distribution_Liability:

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

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Format_Name: SHP; ZIP
Format_Version_Number: 1
Format_Specification:

The erosion hazards data (Noreasters_erosion_hazards.shp) is an ArcGIS shapefile polyline dataset compressed into a zip file with metadata.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://olga.er.usgs.gov/data/NACCH/Noreasters_erosion_hazards.zip

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1154/

Fees: None, if obtained online.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201013
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Justin J. Birchler

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: 727-502-8019
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jbirchler@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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