| Variables |
Source |
URL |
| GEOMORPHOLOGY |
Orthophotos from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the GIS Center at Radford University |
http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/gis/data/data.asp
http://www.radford.edu/~geoserve/doqq/doqq_va_1_01.htm
|
| SHORELINE
EROSION/ACCRETION (m/yr) |
Historical Shorelines for Maryland coast (1843 -1989) from the Maryland Geological Survey. Virginia coast shoreline data (1849-1994) from the US Geological Survey
|
http://www.mgs.md.gov/
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/national_assessment/
|
| 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) |
North Atlantic Region WIS Data (Phase II) and NOAA National Data Buoy Center |
http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ |
| MEAN TIDE RANGE (m) |
NOAA/NOS CO-OPS Historical Water Level Station Index
|
http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/usmap.html
|
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