Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S.
Gulf of Mexico Coast
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- 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
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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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.
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole
- Publication_Date: 20000626
- Title:
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Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise : U.S.
Atlantic,Pacific, and Gulf Coasts
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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- Abstract:
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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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- Theme_Keyword: Coastal Hazards
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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
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Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Study.
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Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise:
A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts
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