Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jeffrey List Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-resolution shoreline change measurements (1997-2005) from Corolla to Cape Hatteras, NC (swash_shorelines.shp, geographic, WGS 84) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1015 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/ofr20111015 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/shorelines/swash_shorelines.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: E.R. Thieler Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: D.M. Mallinson Originator: E.A. Himmelstoss Originator: J.E. McNinch Originator: J.H. List Originator: E.S. Hammar-Klose Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Quaternary Geophysical Framework of the Northeastern North Carolina Coastal System Edition: 1 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1015 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/ Description: Abstract: The northeastern North Carolina coastal system, from False Cape, Virginia, to Cape Lookout, North Carolina, has been studied by a cooperative research program that mapped the Quaternary geologic framework of the estuaries, barrier islands, and inner continental shelf. This information provides a basis to understand the linkage between geologic framework, physical processes, and coastal evolution at time scales from storm events to millennia. The study area attracts significant tourism to its parks and beaches, contains a number of coastal communities, and supports a local fishing industry, all of which are impacted by coastal change. Knowledge derived from this research program can be used to mitigate hazards and facilitate effective management of this dynamic coastal system. This regional mapping project produced spatial datasets of high-resolution geophysical (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection) and sedimentary (core and grab-sample) data. The high-resolution geophysical data were collected during numerous surveys within the back-barrier estuarine system, along the barrier island complex, in the nearshore, and along the inner continental shelf. Sediment cores were taken on the mainland and along the barrier islands, and both cores and grab samples were taken on the inner shelf. Data collection was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and several other institutions including East Carolina University (ECU), the North Carolina Geological Survey, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). The high-resolution geophysical data of the inner continental shelf were collected during six separate surveys conducted between 1999 and 2004 (four USGS surveys north of Cape Hatteras: 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA, 2002-013-FA, and two USGS surveys south of Cape Hatteras: 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) and cover more than 2600 square kilometers of the inner shelf. Single-beam bathymetry data were collected north of Cape Hatteras in 1999 using a Furuno fathometer. Swath bathymetry data were collected on all other inner shelf surveys using a SEA, Ltd. SwathPLUS 234-kHz bathymetric sonar. Chirp seismic data as well as sidescan-sonar data were collected with a Teledyne Benthos (Datasonics) SIS-1000 north of Cape Hatteras along with boomer seismic reflection data (cruises 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA and 2002-013-FA). An Edgetech 512i was used to collect chirp seismic data south of Cape Hatteras (cruises 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) along with a Klein 3000 sidescan-sonar system. Sediment samples were collected with a Van Veen grab sampler during four of the USGS surveys (1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-013-FA, and 2004-003-FA). Additional sediment core data along the inner shelf are provided from previously published studies. A cooperative study, between the North Carolina Geological Survey and the Minerals Management Service (MMS cores), collected vibracores along the inner continental shelf offshore of Nags Head, Kill Devils Hills and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1996. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected vibracores along the inner shelf offshore of Dare County in August 1995 (NDC cores) and July-August 1995 (SNL cores). These cores are curated by the North Carolina Geological Survey and were used as part of the ground validation process in this study. Nearshore geophysical and core data were collected by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The nearshore is defined here as the region between the 10-m isobath and the shoreline. High-resolution bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and chirp seismic data were collected between June 2002 and May 2004. Vibracore samples were collected in May and July 2005. Shallow subsurface geophysical data were acquired along the Outer Banks barrier islands using a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system. Data were collected by East Carolina University from 2002 to 2005. Rotasonic cores (OBX cores) from five drilling operations were collected from 2002 to 2006 by the North Carolina Geological Survey as part of the cooperative study with the USGS. These cores are distributed throughout the Outer Banks as well as the mainland. The USGS collected seismic data for the Quaternary section within the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system between 2001 and 2004 during six surveys (2001-013-FA, 2002-015-FA, 2003-005-FA , 2003-042-FA, 2004-005-FA, and 2004-006-FA). These surveys used Geopulse Boomer and Knudsen Engineering Limited (KEL) 320BR Chirp systems, except cruise 2003-042-FA, which used an Edgetech 424 Chirp and a boomer system. The study area includes Albemarle Sound and selected tributary estuaries such as the South, Pungo, Alligator, and Pasquotank Rivers; Pamlico Sound and trunk estuaries including the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers; and back-barrier sounds including Currituck, Croatan, Roanoke, Core, and Bogue. Purpose: The shoreline positions included in this dataset represent a high-resolution set of large-scale shoreline change observations collected by the ground-based SWASH (Surveying Wide-Area Shorelines) system. Between 1999 and 2005, the shoreline position has been re-surveyed 61 times over 130 km of coast from Corolla near the VA/NC border to the tip of Cape Hatteras. This represents a unique time series for quantifying large-scale coastal evolution. Because of this intensive sampling, significant inter-annual patterns of shoreline change have been identified along many sections of coast (for example, the series is long enough to extract a significant inter-annual trend "signal" from the daily shoreline change "noise"). One of the most relevant coastal change problems in North Carolina is coastal erosion leading to shoreline change. Rates of shoreline recession exceeding several meters per year threaten transportation infrastructure and result in the continual destruction of coastal property. In northern Dare County, these problems have motivated extensive studies and planning for coastal renourishment that will cost in excess of several hundred of million dollars. The processes responsible for the observed patterns of erosion and accretion along this coast are remain poorly understood, however, and the shoreline change models used in these studies have simply been tuned to match observations thereby providing no real predictive capability. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19970920 Ending_Date: 20050829 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.824128 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.460010 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.377934 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.217354 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:74886eba-f39a-4a9c-86f9-88aed095d114 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: shoreline position Theme_Keyword: beach erosion Theme_Keyword: beach accretion Theme_Keyword: beach slope Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2005-034-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2005-026-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2005-011-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2004-055-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2004-047-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2004-037-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2004-022-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2004-018-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2003-061-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2003-060-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2003-059-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2003-058-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2003-021-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-066-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-037-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-036-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-035-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-034-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-033-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-004-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-003-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2002-002-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-083-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-076-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-075-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-047-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-046-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-045-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-044-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-043-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-042-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-041-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-040-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-001-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2001-012-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-078-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-077-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-076-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-047-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-075-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-046-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-045-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-044-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-057-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-043-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-042-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-018-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-017-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2000-007-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 1999-065-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 1999-061-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 1999-057-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 1999-053-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 1997-024-FA Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: location Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Corolla Place_Keyword: Duck Place_Keyword: Kill Devil Hills Place_Keyword: Nags Head Place_Keyword: Oregon Inlet Place_Keyword: Rodanthe Place_Keyword: Salvo Place_Keyword: Avon Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: NC Place_Keyword: Outer Banks Place_Keyword: East Coast Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean 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_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jeffery List Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research 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 x2343 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlist@usgs.gov Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: All swash survey data collected between 1997 and 2005 along the Outer Banks of North Carolina have been included in this shoreline compilation. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal uncertainty of the post-processed derived MHW shoreline position (not the original driven track of the buggy, but the shoreline calculated from the buggy x,y,z and the beach slope) is highly variable depending mainly on the deviation between the elevation of the driven buggy track and the MHW elevation, and the beach slope. If the buggy happened to be driven exactly at MHW, then the horizontal uncertainty of the derived MHW position is only the GPS positioning error, or less than about 10 cm. If the beach is very flat and the elevation of the driven buggy track deviates greatly (more than 1 m) from MHW, the estimated uncertainty can be 50 m or more. The average horizontal accuracy calculated for the combined surveys is plus or minus 2.31 meters. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: In keeping with historical sources on shoreline information, the Mean High Water (MHW) contour was chosen as the definition of the shoreline. MHW (z=0.26, Geoid96, NAVD88) is extrapolated at discrete points where horizontal position, elevation and beach slope were measured. Mean high water is defined to be 0.26 m above NAVD88, relative to Geoid96. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Assumed to be U.S. Geological Survey. Publication_Date: unknown Title: Information unavailable from original metadata. Type_of_Source_Media: Information unavailable from original metadata. Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19970920 Ending_Date: 20050829 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition. Assumed to be the ground condition of the individual field activities which make up the dataset. The original metadata had a separate source contribution for the assumed field activities. Those source information elements only had the source time period of content. Those individual source information elements were removed, and the individual time ranges are listed here: 19970920 to 19971026, 19991002 to 19991007, 19991107 to 19991113, 19991205 to 19991210, 19991206 to 19991212, 20000117 to 20000122, 20000214 to 20000219, 20000320 to 20000325, 20000403 to 20000408, 20000521 to 20000526, 20000530 to 20000603, 20000619 to 20000624, 20000717 to 20000722, 20000815 to 20000819, 20000907 to 20000908, 20000918 to 20000923, 20001108 to 20001111, 20001205 to 20001209, 20001218 to 20001223, 20010106 to 20020109, 20010204 to 20010209, 20010302 to 20010304, 20010402 to 20010407, 20010501 to 20010505, 20010528 to 20010602, 20010623 to 20010628, 20010721 to 20010727, 20010821 to 20010826, 20010923 to 20010928, 20011022 to 20011025, 20011126 to 20011129, 20011227 to 20011230, 20020128 to 20020131, 20020225 to 20020228, 20020408 to 20020411, 20020521 to 20020524, 20020624 to 20020627, 20020723 to 20020725, 20020812 to 20020814, 20020909 to 20020913, 20021111 to 20021112, 20030223 to 20030304, 20030401 to 20030411, 20030507 to 20030508, 20030812 to 20030813, 20030925 to 20030926, 20040118 to 20040121, 20040329 to 20040331, 20040602 to 20040604, 20040830 to 20040901, 20041207 to 20041209, 20050307 to 20050310, 20050521 to 20050524, 20050821 to 20050829. Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata. Source_Contribution: Information unavailable from original metadata. Assumed to be data from the individual field activities contributing to the dataset. Process_Step: Process_Description: The SWASH system is mounted on a six-wheel amphibious all-terrain vehicle. As the vehicle transits the coast, an array of GPS sensors at a sampling frequency of 0.5 seconds are used to make high-accuracy measurements of horizontal position (x,y), elevation or vertical position (z), and beach slope. Process_Date: unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jeffrey List Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research 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 x2343 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlist@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Following the field survey, the shoreline position is calculated in MATLAB by using the GPS data to extrapolate the position of the measured survey line to the position of the Mean High Water (z=0.26, Geoid96, NAVD88) contour. Obvious outliers are removed. Process_Date: unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Amy Farris 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 x2288 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afarris@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The location of MHW (as easting and northing in UTM 18N, WGS84) was written out to ASCII data files. Files are named by date of data collection. Process_Date: unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Amy Farris 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 x2288 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afarris@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A point feature class was created from the x,y coordinates for each shoreline file within ArcCatalog (v9.1) by right-clicking on the table in the ArcCatalog tree, "Create Feature Class" > "From XY Table." The appropriate x-coordinate and y-coordinate fields were specified in the window dialog and the spatial reference information was defined (UTM 18N, WGS84). This process step and all subsequent steps were performed by the same person: Emily Himmelstoss. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Emily Himmelstoss 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 x2262 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ehimmelstoss@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Each point shapefile was converted to a polyline shapefile using XTools Pro (v3.2), a software extension for ArcGIS. The "Make one Polyline from Points" tool was used to convert the point shapefile into a polyline shapefile. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: The individual polyline shapefiles for each survey were appended into a single shapefile containing all the surveys in ArcToolbox (v9.1) under "Data Management Tools" > "General" > "Append". Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: The resulting polyline shapefiles contain single line segments for each shoreline date (one row in the attribute table). The line segments were split at each vertex in ArcToolbox (v9.3) under "Data Management" > "Features" > "Split Line At Vertices" tool. Process_Date: 20110208 Process_Step: Process_Description: The length of each line segment was calculated using XTools Pro (v5.2) and added as an attribute field (length_m) to the shapefile (UTM 18N, WGS84). A query was performed using the "Select by Attributes" option so that all line segments greater than 80 meters in length were selected. These line segments were deleted within an ArcMap (v9.3) edit session. When the distance between swash shoreline points was greater than 80 meters, the span results in a break in the shoreline. Therefore the nominal line segment length is 2 meters, but can be as much as 80 meters. Process_Date: 20110210 Process_Step: Process_Description: The attribute table was then aggregated based on the survey name within ArcToolbox (v9.3) using "Data Management Tools" > "Generalization" > "Dissolve". The dissolve was based on the LINENAME field and multipart features were not allowed. This resulted in a condensed, and more manageable attribute table. The dissolve process did not preserve the length_m attribute field since multiple line segments were aggregated into a single row within the attribute table. Process_Date: 20110210 Process_Step: Process_Description: The swash shoreline shapefile was projected from UTM 18N (WGS 84) to geographic (WGS 84) coordinates using ArcToolbox (v9.3) "Data Management Tools" > "Projections and Transformations" > "Feature" > "Project". Process_Date: 20110210 Process_Step: Process_Description: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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 link to the data in the Distribution_Information section had to be fixed. The link to the data catalog was fixed. The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. In the case of the depth resolution, the value of 9999 was entered to indicate that the original metadata did not contain the required information. Minor fixes to the attribute format for some attributes were needed. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. 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: 20160615 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 Process_Step: Process_Description: An error was fixed in one of the originator names. Process_Date: 20180213 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: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Process_Date: 20180720 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: Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata. Process_Date: 20191118 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: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 134 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: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: Mean high water Depth_Resolution: 9999 Depth_Distance_Units: meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: swash_shorelines Entity_Type_Definition: The data consist of (x,y) position of mean high water on the beach. Mean high water is defined to be 0.26 m above NAVD88, relative to Geoid96. 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: LINENAME Attribute_Definition: The line name is a unique identification number that indicates survey year, followed by month, day, and location "north" or "south" of Oregon Inlet. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE_ Attribute_Definition: Survey year, followed by month and day Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information unavailable from original metadata. Attribute: Attribute_Label: YEAR_ Attribute_Definition: Survey year Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1997 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2005 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MONTH_ Attribute_Definition: Survey month Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 12 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DAY_ Attribute_Definition: Survey day Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 31 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research 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 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov 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: ArcGIS 9.3 Format_Information_Content: A zip (WinZip version 9.0) file containing the geospatial data in shapefile format and metadata describing the data set of high-resolution swash shoreline positions from Corolla to Cape Hatteras, NC. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 42.1 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/shorelines/swash_shorelines.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 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 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_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Amy Farris Contact_Organization: USGS 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 x2288 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2350 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