Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2011 Title: Point shapefile of probability of shoreline change along the U.S. Atlantic Coast (ProbSLC_AtlanticData.shp) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Data Series Issue_Identification: 601 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/ds601 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/ProbSLC_AtlanticData.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Benjamin T. Gutierrez Originator: Nathaniel G. Plant Originator: E. Robert Thieler Publication_Date: 2011 Title: A Bayesian Network to predict coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: data report Series_Information: Series_Name: Data Series Issue_Identification: 601 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds601 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/ Description: Abstract: During the 21st century, sea-level rise will have a wide range of effects on coastal environments, human development and infrastructure in coastal areas. Consequently there is a need to develop modeling or other analytical approaches that can be used to evaluate potential impacts to inform coastal management. This shapefile provides the data that were used to develop and evaluate the performance of a Bayesian network (BN) that was developed to predict long-term shoreline change associated with sea-level rise. The data consist of information compiled as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal Vulnerability Index for the U.S. Atlantic coast. In this work, the Bayesian network is used to define relationships between driving forces, geologic constraints, and coastal response which are represented by observations of local rates of relative sea-level rise, wave height, tide range, geomorphic classification, coastal slope, and shoreline change rate. Using this information, the BN is used to make probabilistic predictions of shoreline retreat in response to different future sea-level rise rates. Purpose: This dataset consists of information extracted from the Coastal Vulnerability Index (Thieler and Hammar-Klose, 1999; Hammar-Klose and Thieler, 2001) that were used to inform a Bayesian network that was used to calculate the probability of long-term shoreline change associated with sea-level rise. The data included with this report contain both input data values from the Coastal Vulnerability Index and the discrete probability distributions of long-term shoreline change that were calculated using the Bayesian network. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2011 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.462400 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.967000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.096200 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.686900 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:6ca7513b-eb4a-4d0a-8f07-5f59832cb6eb Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Bayesian Network Theme_Keyword: Coastal Vulnerability Theme_Keyword: Coastal Vulnerability Index Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Probability Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: Coastal Erosion Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change Theme_Keyword: Sea Level Rise Theme_Keyword: Coastal Hazards Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: erosion Theme_Keyword: sea-level change Theme_Keyword: hazards Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Delaware Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: South Carolina Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: East Coast Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Atlantic Coast Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay Place_Keyword: Delaware Bay Place_Keyword: Long Island Place_Keyword: Cape Cod 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 as the originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Data_Set_Credit: These data were acquired from Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001; Coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: a preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts, U.S. Geological Survey, Digital Data Series 68). Data from Dolan and Peatross (1992; Data supplement to the U.S. Geological Survey 1:2,000,000-scale map of shoreline erosion and accretion of the mid-Atlantic coast, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 92-377, 116 p.) was also included for portions of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Erika 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 of Mexico Coasts Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Digital Data Series Issue_Identification: 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: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/ Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds68 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Benjamin T. Gutierrez Originator: Nathaniel G. Plant Originator: E. Robert Thieler Publication_Date: 2011 Title: A Bayesian Network to predict vulnerability to sea-level rise Series_Information: Series_Name: Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface Issue_Identification: doi:10.1029/2010JF001891 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: American Geophysical Union Online_Linkage: http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010JF001891.shtml Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Dolan, R. Originator: Peatross, J. Publication_Date: 1992 Title: Data supplement to the US Geological Survey 1:2,000,000-scale map of shoreline erosion and accretion of the mid-Atlantic coast Edition: 92-377 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular data, printed Online_Linkage: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_40488.htm Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The attributes of this dataset are based on the Digital Data Series by Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001, Coastal Vulnerability to sea-level rise: a preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 68). Segements of these data have been updated using shoreline change data from Dolan and Peatross (1992, Data supplement to the U.S. Geological Survey 1:2,000,000-scale map of shoreline erosion and accretion of the mid-Atlantic coast, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 92-377, 116p. Logical_Consistency_Report: This shapefile consists of point data compiled from mulitple sources. The shoreline change data from Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) was replaced along the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays with data from Dolan and Peatross (1992). The source datasets were originally in varying-length polylines and were converted to points (using the centroid of each line) for display and publication purposes. Completeness_Report: These data were derived from Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001). The data were edited only to include open ocean-facing coasts of the Atlantic coast and portions of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays of the United States that corresponded to the spatial extent of shoreline change data provided in Dolan and others (1985, Coastal erosion and accretion, in National Atlas of the United States of America, 1 sheet, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.) which were part of the source data for the Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) data series. Segments of these data have been updated using shoreline change data from Dolan and Peatross (1992). Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Input data from the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) were clipped using ArcMap 9.3 to include only the open ocean-facing shores of the U.S. Atlantic Coast. All ocean-facing segments of the source shapefile that corresponded with the spatial extent of Dolan and others (1985) were highlighted within ArcMap. These data were exported by right-clicking on the file in the table of contents and choosing Data > Export. The selected features were saved to a new polyline shapefile. This process step and all subsequent steps were performed by the same person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez Process_Date: 200905 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez 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: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2289 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bgutierrez@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The original source data consisted of polyline segments of varying length (~0.5 - 5 km). These were converted to points that reflected the centroid of the original polyline segments using XTools Pro version 7.1 (Build 738), Feature Conversions > polylines to points. The center point was specified as centroid location. The shapefile was then exported as an Excel 2007 file. Process_Date: 200905 Process_Step: Process_Description: Shoreline change data for the shores of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays were acquired from Dolan and Peatross (1992) and replaced those included with the original CVI dataset for the same locations. Process_Date: 201003 Process_Step: Process_Description: Shoreline change probabilities were calculated using a Bayesian network that was designed and implemented using the Netica software package (Norsys). Each input scenario in the data set was evaluated systematically using MATLAB version 7.11 to input each scenario into the Bayeisan Network to then calculate the probability of shoreline change for those specific conditions. The resulting discrete probability distribution was then output and included in an Excel 2007 file alongside the corresponding input data. Process_Date: 201011 Process_Step: Process_Description: The Excel 2007 file was then imported into ArcMap version 9.3 and converted to a shapefile. Process_Date: 201011 Process_Step: Process_Description: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.50 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. USGS Thesaurus keywords were added, and thesauri with no keywords were deleted. The publication DOI link was added to the online linkage. Process_Date: 20191002 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 Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. 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 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2378 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: 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: ProbSLC_AtlanticData Entity_Type_Definition: Information unavailable from original metadata Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata Attribute: 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: ID Attribute_Definition: Internal identifier Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Not available from original metadata Attribute: Attribute_Label: DLongitude Attribute_Definition: Longitude (decimal degrees) Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -81.4624 Range_Domain_Maximum: -66.967 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DLatitude Attribute_Definition: Latitude (decimal degrees) Attribute_Definition_Source: Information unavailable from original metadata Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 25.6867 Range_Domain_Maximum: 45.0962 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Slope Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%) Attribute_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Coastal Vulnerability Index, determined using ETOPO5 and NGDC elevation data Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0011 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.3923 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Geom Attribute_Definition: Geomorphic Risk Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Very low risk, rocky cliffed coasts, fjords. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low risk, medium cliffs, indented coasts Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moderate risk, low cliffs, glacial drift, alluvial plains Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High risk, cobble beaches, estuarine and lagoonal coasts Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Very high risk, barrier beaches, sand beaches, salt marsh, mud flats, deltas, mangroves, coral reefs Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Attribute: Attribute_Label: RSLR Attribute_Definition: Rate of relative sea-level rise (millimeters per year) Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) per NOAA NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.9 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MWH Attribute_Definition: Mean Wave Height (meters) Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) per US Army Corps of Enigneers Wave Information Studies Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.6 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TR Attribute_Definition: Mean Tidal Range (meters) Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) per. NOAA NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.09 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.6 Attribute: Attribute_Label: E_Rate Attribute_Definition: Shoreline Change Rate (m/yr) Attribute_Definition_Source: Acquired from Dolan et al (1985; CEIS) and Dolan and Peatross (1992) as assembled by Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) and this study. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -9.2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 25.5 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PEros2 Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change < -2 m/yr (erosion). Attribute_Definition_Source: This study. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000014 Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.999833 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pEros1 Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change between - 2 and -1 m/yr (erosion). Attribute_Definition_Source: This study Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000014 Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.999499 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pStable Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change between - 1 and 1 m/yr (stable). Attribute_Definition_Source: This study. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001 Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.99994 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pAcc1 Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change between 1 and 2 m/yr (accretion). Attribute_Definition_Source: This study. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001 Range_Domain_Maximum: 49.999875 Attribute: Attribute_Label: pAcc2 Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change between > 2 m/yr (accretion). Attribute_Definition_Source: This Study Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001 Range_Domain_Maximum: 99.998999 Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: All calculations for length are in meter units and were based on the UTM zone 19N NAD83 projection. The Excel 2007 spreadsheet included in the WinZip has the same attributes as the shapefile. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Information unavailable from original metadata Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm 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: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: ArcMap 9.3 Format_Specification: Esri polyline shapefile Format_Information_Content: This WinZip 9.0 file contains a shapefile of coastal vulnerability data and Bayesian network outputs that depict probabilities of long-term shoreline change due to sea-level rise. These data are also available in Excel 2007 format in the WinZip File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 0.064 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/ProbSLC_AtlanticData.zip Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW). Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) polyline shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez 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: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2289 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile