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Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of War in the Pacific National Historical Park to Sea-Level Rise
USGS Open-File Report 2005-1056

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Table 2: Sources of Data

Variables Source URL
(Not all sources are downloadable)
GEOMORPHOLOGY Habitat maps produced by NOAA's Biogeography Program and 2002-2003 IKONOS imagery http://www.csc.noaa.gov/islandsgis/resources.html
SHORELINE EROSION/ACCRETION (m/yr) Shoreline change data were digitized in house for the 1966-shoreline using US Coast and Geodetic Survey charts. The 2002/2003 shoreline was derived from NOAA's Biogeography Program shoreline file for Guam. http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp

http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/mapping/pacific/territories/data/
COASTAL SLOPE (%) 1) NGDC ETOPO2 Global 2' Elevations
2) Digital Elevation models produced by NOAA's Biogeography Program
3) U.S. Army Engineer Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBCTX)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/01mgg04.html

http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/mapping/pacific/territories/data/

http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/
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) National Data Buoy Center http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_history.php?station=52009
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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