Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Publication_Date: 20010110
Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Gulf Coast
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
This CD-ROM is designed to address the needs of a variety of different users. It contains the geographic information system (GIS) databases necessary to incorporate data from multiple sources into a common spatial framework for hazards mapping and analysis. It also contains links to a free user-friendly GIS mapping tool to allow organizations that do not have GIS software the ability to view and manipulate the data on the CD-ROM.
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole
Publication_Date: 20000626
Title:
Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise : U.S. Atlantic,Pacific, and Gulf Coasts
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage:
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. 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.
Supplemental_Information:
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Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
 
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.5656
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.3993
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.7359
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.0237
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
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
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Gulf Coast
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Misissippi
Place_Keyword: Alabama
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Texas
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
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: 508-457-2350
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:
ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format data\gulf\gulf.shp


Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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.
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: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Publication_Date: 20010110
Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Gulf Coast
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 20010110
Title:
Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator: ~1:2,000,000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital GIS data
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Ending_Date:
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Source_Contribution:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 19991215
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
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: 508-457-2350
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST


Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1607


Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 3 arc seconds
Longitude_Resolution: 3 arc seconds
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84
Semi-major_Axis:
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:


Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Entity_Type_Label: gulf.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Id
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1607
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Waves__m__
Attribute_Definition: Mean Wave Height
Attribute_Definition_Source: WIS hindcast nearshore mean wave height data 1976-1995
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Waverisk
Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
Attribute_Definition_Source:
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Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Waves
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Tide Stations
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.04
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tiderisk
Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tides
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Slope____
Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%)
Attribute_Definition_Source: ETOPO5 elevation data
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.10870
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sloperisk
Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Slope
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
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Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Err__m__yr
Attribute_Definition: Erosion and Accretion rates ( m/yr)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CEIS, Westphal et al 1991 - Historical Shoreline Change in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Alabama Shoreline Change Study, 1997
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -9.24
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Errrisk
Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Erosion
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
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:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.8
Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.9
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Slrisk
Attribute_Definition: Relative Risk Ranking
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sealevel
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Geom
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Geomorph
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cvivalue
Attribute_Definition: Actual CVI value
Attribute_Definition_Source: Calculated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 40
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cvirisk
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Range_Domain:
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Attribute_Label: Cvi
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
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Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
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Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:


Distribution_Information:

Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
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: 508-457-2350
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST
Resource_Description:
Distribution_Liability:
User must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI shapefile, ESRI .e00 file
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility_Information:
ISO 9660 format allows the CD-ROM to be read by most computer operating systems.
Fees: none
Ordering_Instructions: Contact:
E. Robert Thieler
USGS Woods Hole Field Center
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
rthieler@usgs.gov


Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000626
Metadata_Review_Date:
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler
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: 508-457-2350
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F EST
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998