IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center Publication_Date: 20000403 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: 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 a user-friendly GIS mapping tool to allow organizations that do not have GIS software the ability to view adn manipulate the data on the CD-ROM. Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Publication_Date: 20000404 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 quantify, at the 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). The CVI provides insight into the relative potential of 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: Time_Period_of_Content: 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: -81.9678 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.9578 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0983 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.5485 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 c:\datacd\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: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: U.S. Atlantic 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: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A 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 Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: This data was incorporated into the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-xxx, and Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999. National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea-Level Rise: U.S. Atlantic Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise A 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 Type_of_Source_Media: digital GIS data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: This data was incorporated into the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-xxx, and Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999. National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea-Level Rise: U.S. Atlantic Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise A 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 Type_of_Source_Media: digital GIS data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: This data was incorporated into the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-xxx, and Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999. National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea-Level Rise: U.S. Atlantic Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise A 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 Type_of_Source_Media: digital GIS data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: 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 data was incorporated into the Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-xxx, and Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999. National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea-Level Rise: U.S. Atlantic Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20000404 Title: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A 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 Type_of_Source_Media: digital GIS data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 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. 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