U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1055, Coastal Vulnerability assessment of National Park of American Samoa to Sea-Level Rise, Table 2

Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of National Park of American Samoa to Sea-Level Rise
USGS Open-File Report 2005-1055

Table 2: Sources of Data

Variables	Source	URL (Not all sources are downloadable)
GEOMORPHOLOGY	1) Habitat maps produced by NOAA's Biogeography Program 2) USGS open file report 95-512: Tutuila, American Samoa Coastal Resource Inventory Sites: Reconnaissance Shoreline Geology (Richmond, 1995) 3) Oblique aerials photographs obtained during field research	http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/mapping/pacific/territories/data/
SHORELINE EROSION/ACCRETION (m/yr)	Qualitative analysis of oblique aerial photos of the park shoreline	None available
COASTAL SLOPE (%)	1) NGDC ETOPO2 Global 2' Elevations and 2) Digital Elevation models produced by NOAA's Biogeography Program	http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/mapping/pacific/territories/data/ http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/01mgg04.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)	Oceanor's World Wave Atlas combined with reef extent data from the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary GIS Data Archive	http://www.oceanor.no/products/software/wwa/ http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa/#geol
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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