ATLANTIC - Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic Coast

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Data_Quality_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 20010110
Title:

ATLANTIC - Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-68

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds68
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/htmldocs/data.htm
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/atlantic/atlantic.e00
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/data/cvi.zip
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Erika S. Hammar-Klose
Originator: E. Robert Thieler
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:

Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-68

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/

Description:

Abstract:

The goal of this project is to provide a preliminary overview, at a National scale, the relative susceptibility of the Nation's coast to sea-level rise through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). This initial classification is based upon the variables geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tide range, wave height, relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables and the association of these variables to each other furnish a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to allow the user to view both the coastal vulnerability index (CVI) and the data from which the CVI is calculated (tides, wave height, relative sea-level rise, coastal slope, geomorphology, and shoreline erosion and accretion rate) for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The CVI provides insight into the relative potential for coastal change due to future sea-level rise. The maps and data presented here can be viewed in at least two ways: 1) as a base for developing a more complete inventory of variables influencing the coastal vulnerability to future sea-level rise to which other elements can be added as they become available; and 2) as an example of the potential for assessing coastal vulnerability to future sea-level rise using objective criteria.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.798500
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.957794
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.098335
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.548496

Keywords:

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: USGS:cd752620-7439-4c5c-aeb1-b1aad3c86fbc

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: shapefile polygon
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Hazards
Theme_Keyword: Hazards
Theme_Keyword: Erosion
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change
Theme_Keyword: Beach
Theme_Keyword: Beach Erosion
Theme_Keyword: Sea-Level
Theme_Keyword: Sea-Level Rise
Theme_Keyword: Slope
Theme_Keyword: Wave Height
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: Tide Range
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: sea-level change
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme_Keyword: coastal hazards

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: South Carolina
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Coast
Place_Keyword: East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: North America

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: U.S.A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-F 9-5 EST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: E. Robert Thieler
Originator: Erika S. Hammar-Klose
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:

National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise, U.S. Atlantic Coast

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 99-593

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: 1 sheet
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of99-593/

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes in this dataset are based on A Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. East Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-45, NDP-043A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee) updated with data from more recent sources. The data has gone through a series of QA/QC procedures, and is therefore believed to accurately reflect the data gathered in the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Study.

Logical_Consistency_Report: This database is believed to be logically consistent.
Completeness_Report: This database is complete.
Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: V.M Gornitz
Originator: T.W. White
Publication_Date: 1992
Title: A coastal hazards database for the U.S. East Coast
Series_Information:

Series_Name: NDP-043A
Issue_Identification: ORNL/CDIAC-45

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Publisher:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

Online_Linkage: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_CDIAC_NDP43A.html

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ORNL
Source_Contribution:

The data set was combined and updated with other source data, refining the existing databases of geologic and environmental variables

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Originator: National Ocean Service (NOS)
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Sea Levels Online
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Springs, MD
Publisher:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS)

Online_Linkage: http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.shtml

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sea level data
Source_Contribution:

The data set was combined and updated with other source data, refining the existing databases of geologic and environmental variables

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.M. Hubertz
Originator: E.F. Thompson
Originator: H.V. Wang
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:

Wave Information Studies of U.S. coastlines: Annotated bibliography on coastal and ocean data assimilation

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Vicksburg, MS
Publisher:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station

Other_Citation_Details: 46 p.
Online_Linkage: http://www.stormingmedia.us/92/9262/A926223.html

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WIS Wave Data
Source_Contribution:

Data from publication tables were compiled. Wave height is used here as an indicator of wave energy, which drives the coastal sediment budget.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. East Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-45, NDP-043A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee), NOS tide and sea-level rise data, WIS wave data, state and U.S. Geological Survey erosion/accretion rate data, NGDC and ETOPO5 elevation data and the Living with the Shore series (Duke University Press, Durham, NC) were used to create this digital dataset. An ArcView .shp file was updated with each attribute.

Process_Date: 19991215
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2350
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.30 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. In this particular metadata file, most of the edits were related to the entity and attribute information. Most attributes had two entries, one all uppercase and one with lowercase characters. The lowercase attributes were from the original metadata, but did not match the character case of the attribute table, so the information was transferred to the uppercase attributes and the lowercase attributes were deleted. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.

Process_Date: 20151104
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
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

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

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Process_Date: 20180720
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

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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

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
Process_Date: 20191115
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

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Process_Date: 20200908
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

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Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: atlantic
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

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Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata.
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Attribute_Label: TIDE_M_
Attribute_Definition: Mean Tide Range
Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS tide station
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.6

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TIDERISK
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Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SLOPERISK
Attribute_Definition: Relative slope risk
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SLOPE___
Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%)
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ERR_M_YR_
Attribute_Definition: Erosion and Accretion rates (m/yr)
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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ERRRISK
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Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SL_MM_YR_
Attribute_Definition: Relative Sea-Level Rise (mm/yr)
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.9
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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SLRISK
Attribute_Definition: Relative sea-level rise risk
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GEOM
Attribute_Definition: Geomorphology Risk
Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WAVES_M_
Attribute_Definition: Mean Wave Height
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WAVERISK
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CVIVALUE
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TIDE
Attribute_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values: