U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1398, Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) TO Sea-Level Rise, Table 2

Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Virgin Islands National Park to Sea-Level Rise, USGS Open-File Report 2004-1398

Table 2: Sources for Variable Data

Variables	Source	URL (not all sources are downloadable)
GEOMORPHOLOGY	Mosaiced aerial photography from the Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands NOS/NOAA Biogeography Program	http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/products/benthic/
SHORELINE EROSION/ACCRETION (m/yr)	St. John shoreline change data were derived by digitizing shorelines of 1971 and 1983 NOAA Coastal Survey Charts, and from a 1999 shoreline from NOS/NOAA Biogeography program	http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/products/benthic/
COASTAL SLOPE (%)	NGDC Coastal Relief Model Vol 02	http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html
RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE (mm/yr)	NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 36 SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1854-1999 (Zervas, 2001)	http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/publications/techrpt36doc.pdf
MEAN WAVE HEIGHT (m)	WIS Hindcast Wave Data for US Coasts and NOAA National Data Buoy Center	http://frf.usace.army.mil/wis/ http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/
MEAN TIDE RANGE (m)	NOAA/NOS CO-OPS Historical Water Level Station Index	http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/usmap.htmll

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