Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise United States East Coast
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Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise United States East Coast
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- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise : U.S. Atlantic,Pacific, and Gulf Coasts. 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.
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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. Gulf of Mexico 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.
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Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
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- Calendar_Date: 20010110
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.798500
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.913128
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.985527
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.845945
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Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.
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Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
- Contact_Position: Geologist
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- Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: Woods Hole
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- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
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- Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
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- Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
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The attributes in this dataset are based on A Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. Gulf Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-60, NDP-043B. 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.
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- Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:2,000,000
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The Coastal Hazards Database for the U.S. Gulf Coast (Gornitz, V. and White, T. W. 1992. ORNL/CDIAC-60, NDP-043B. 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
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- Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers
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- Standard_Parallel: 24.0
- Standard_Parallel: 31.5
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011
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- Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.coast_vulnerabl_atlantic_arc
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- Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: IDA
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- Attribute_Label: TIDE_M_
- Attribute_Definition: Mean Tide Range
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.14
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.04
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- Attribute_Label: TIDERISK
- Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 4
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- Attribute_Label: SLOPE___
- Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ETOPO5 elevation data
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- Attribute_Label: SLOPERISK
- Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
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- Attribute_Label: ERR_M_YR_
- Attribute_Definition: Erosion and Accretion rates ( m/yr)
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EIS, Westphal et al 1991 - Historical Shoreline Change in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Alabama Shoreline Change Study, 1997
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: -9.24
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- Attribute_Label: ERRRISK
- Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
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- Attribute_Label: SL_MM_YR_
- Attribute_Definition: Relative Sea-Level Rise (mm/yr)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS tide stations
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.8
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- Attribute_Label: SLRISK
- Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
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- Attribute_Label: GEOM
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 3
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- Attribute_Label: WAVES_M_
- Attribute_Definition: Wave Height
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: .3
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- Attribute_Label: WAVERISK
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
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- Attribute_Label: CVIVALUE
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- Attribute_Label: CVIRISK
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