ProbSLC_AtlanticData.shp: Point shapefile of probability of shoreline change along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication_Date: 2011
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ProbSLC_AtlanticData.shp: Point shapefile of probability of shoreline change along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Data Series
- Issue_Identification: 601
- Publication_Information:
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- 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://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/ProbSLC_AtlanticData.zip>
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
- Originator: Nathaniel G. Plant
- Originator: E. Robert Thieler
- Publication_Date: 2011
- Title:
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A Bayesian Network to predict coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: data report
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- Series_Name: Data Series
- Issue_Identification: 601
- Publication_Information:
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- 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://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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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.
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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.
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- Calendar_Date: 2011
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.462400
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.967000
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.096200
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.686900
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- 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
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: oceans
- Theme_Keyword: environment
- Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
- Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
- Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- 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
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus
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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.
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
- Contact_Address:
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- 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
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Erika Hammar-Klose
- Originator: E. Robert Thieler
- Publication_Date: 2001
- Title:
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Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts
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- Series_Name: Digital Data Series
- Issue_Identification: 68
- Publication_Information:
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- 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://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/>
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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- Citation_Information:
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- 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
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- Series_Name: Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
- Issue_Identification: doi:10.1029/2010JF001891
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- Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
- Publisher: American Geophysical Union
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010JF001891.shtml>
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- Originator: Dolan, R.
- Originator: Peatross, J.
- Publication_Date: 1992
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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
- Online_Linkage: <http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_40488.htm>
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular data, printed
- Data_Set_Credit:
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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.
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Position: Geologist
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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The Excel 2007 file was then imported into ArcMap version 9.3 and converted to a shapefile.
- Process_Date: 201011
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
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- Entity_Type_Label: ProbSLC_AtlanticData
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- Attribute_Label: FID
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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- Attribute_Label: ID
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- Attribute_Label: DLongitude
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: -81.4624
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- Attribute_Label: DLatitude
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 25.6867
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 45.0962
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- Attribute_Label: Slope
- Attribute_Definition: Regional Coastal Slope (%)
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Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) Coastal Vulnerability Index, determined using ETOPO5 and NGDC elevation data
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0011
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.3923
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- Attribute_Label: Geom
- Attribute_Definition: Geomorphic Risk
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001)
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low risk, medium cliffs, indented coasts
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999)
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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)
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
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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)
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- 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
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.9
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- Attribute_Label: MWH
- Attribute_Definition: Mean Wave Height (meters)
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Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) per US Army Corps of Enigneers Wave Information Studies
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
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- Attribute_Label: TR
- Attribute_Definition: Mean Tidal Range (meters)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Hammar-Klose and Thieler (2001) per. NOAA NOS
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.09
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.6
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- Attribute_Label: E_Rate
- Attribute_Definition: Shoreline Change Rate (m/yr)
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Acquired from Dolan et al (1985; CEIS) and Dolan and Peatross (1992) as assembled by Thieler and Hammar-Klose (1999) and this study.
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: -9.2
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- Attribute_Label: PEros2
- Attribute_Definition: Probability (%) of shoreline change < -2 m/yr (erosion).
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000014
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- Attribute_Label: pEros1
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Probability (%) of shoreline change between - 2 and -1 m/yr (erosion).
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000014
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- Attribute_Label: pStable
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Probability (%) of shoreline change between - 1 and 1 m/yr (stable).
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001
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- Attribute_Label: pAcc1
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Probability (%) of shoreline change between 1 and 2 m/yr (accretion).
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001
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Probability (%) of shoreline change between > 2 m/yr (accretion).
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001
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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.
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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- 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
- Distribution_Liability:
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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.
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This WinZip 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
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- Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/601/ProbSLC_AtlanticData.zip>
- Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW).
- Fees: None
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
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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.
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- Metadata_Date: 20111114
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U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Contact_Person: Benjamin T. Gutierrez
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- 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
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