Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group Publication_Date: 2011 Title: KauaiN_baseline - Offshore baseline used to cast shore-perpendicular transects for measurement of historical shoreline positions along North Kauai, Hawaii (Haena to Moloaa) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1009 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1009/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Bradley M. Romine Originator: Charles H. Fletcher Originator: Ayesha S. Genz Originator: Matthew M. Barbee Originator: Matthew Dyer Originator: Tiffany R. Anderson Originator: S. Chyn Lim Originator: Sean Vitousek Originator: Christopher Bochicchio Originator: Bruce M. Richmond Publication_Date: 2011 Title: National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Sandy Shorelines of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui; Hawaii Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1009 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1009/ Description: Abstract: Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project. There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change. Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments. The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast. The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner. Purpose: This dataset includes a reference baseline used by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to calculate rate-of-change statistics for Kauai North region from Haena to Moloaa. Transects were constructed manually outside of DSAS and later imported. However, these baselines are required to calculate shoreline change rates in DSAS using the manually-constructed transects. The transects intersect each shoreline and establish measurement points used to calculate shoreline-change rates. Rates of long-term and short-term shoreline change were generated in a GIS using the DSAS version 4.2 - An ArcGIS extension for calculating shoreline change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1278, Thieler, E.R., Himmelstoss, E.A., Zichichi, J.L., and Ergul, Ayhan. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2011 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -159.584345 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -159.327689 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.229991 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.193336 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: Baseline Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change Rate Theme_Keyword: Weighted Linear Regression Rate Theme_Keyword: Digital Shoreline Analysis System Theme_Keyword: DSAS Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project Theme_Keyword: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Hawaii Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Kauai Place_Keyword: North Kauai Place_Keyword: Haena, Hawaii Place_Keyword: Moloaa, Hawaii Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group as the originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-547-2310 Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Charles H. Fletcher Originator: Bradley M. Romine Originator: Ayesha S. Genz Originator: Matthew M. Barbee Originator: Matthew Dyer Originator: Tiffany R. Anderson Originator: S. Chyn Lim Originator: Sean Vitousek Originator: Christopher Bochicchio Originator: Bruce M. Richmond Publication_Date: 2011 Title: National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Historical Shoreline Change in the Hawaiian Islands Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1051 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1051/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: E.R. Thieler Originator: E.A. Himmelstoss Originator: J.L. Zichichi Originator: A. Ergul Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.0 - An ArcGIS extension for calculating shoreline change Other_Citation_Details: Current version of software at time of use was 4.2 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1278/ Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/dsas/version4/index.html Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/dsas/ Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The attribute in this layer is based on the requirements for use within the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) software (USGS Open-File Report 2008-1278). The data have been quality checked and the attribute value (ID) increments sequentially alongshore. The attribute value (ID) may not always increment sequentially offshore. Transects may cross seaward of historical shorelines resulting in non-sequential numbering offshore. This is done to maintain roughly equal spacing and perpendicular alignment of transects to shorelines on convex (embayed) coasts. Logical_Consistency_Report: All polylines have a unique identification attribute (ID) used to designate the alongshore order of baselines. Adjacent baseline segments may overlap and are not necessarily continuous. Baseline segments may overlap to maintain roughly equal spacing and perpendicular alignment of transects (cast from the baselines) to historical shorelines on convex (embayed) coasts. Completeness_Report: This baseline file is complete and contains all baseline segments for the North Kauai coastal region where shoreline data were available to calculate either a short- or long-term rate. Transects were constructed manually outside of DSAS and later imported. However, these baselines are required to calculate shoreline change rates in DSAS using the manually-constructed transects. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The baseline serves as a reference point for transects cast by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) software. It does not correspond to any real-world feature. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: A series of baseline segments were constructed offshore from the time series of shoreline positions using standard editing tools in ArcMap v.9.3. Baselines are provided to allow the user to replicate our rate calculations with DSAS v4.2 but transects cannot be re-cast in DSAS using our baselines. Transects were constructed outside of DSAS and later imported. Process_Date: 2009 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Ayesha Genz Contact_Organization: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group Contact_Position: Research Assistant Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: University of Hawaii Address: Department of Geology and Geophysics Address: 1680 East-West Road Address: POST Room 721 City: Honolulu State_or_Province: HI Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-956-3605 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-956-5512 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: agenz@hawaii.edu Process_Step: Process_Description: The baseline feature class was exported from a personal geodatabase to a shapefile in ArcCatalog (v.9.3) by performing a right-mouse click on the data layer > export > to shapefile (single). This process step and all subsequent process steps were performed by the same person: Bradley M. Romine Process_Date: 20101026 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bradley Romine Contact_Organization: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Contact_Position: graduate research assistant Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1680 East-West Road Address: POST Room 721 City: Honolulu State_or_Province: HI Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-956-3605 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-956-5512 Process_Step: Process_Description: The baseline shapefile was projected in ESRI's ArcToolbox (v.9.3) > Data Management Tools > Projections and Transformations > Feature > Project. Parameters: input projection - UTM zone 4N (NAD 83); output projection - geographic coordinates (WGS 84); transformation - NAD_1983_To_WGS_1984_3 (Hawaii). Process_Date: 20110707 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1104 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: KauaiN_baseline Entity_Type_Definition: Reference baseline used by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to calculate rate-of-change statistics Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID Attribute_Definition: Field required by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) software. DSAS uses this value to determine the ordering sequence of transects when the baseline feature contains multiple segments. Individual segments are numbered sequentially alongshore. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1104 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng Attribute_Definition: Transect length measured in meters in UTM projection, zone 4N on NAD83 datum Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.59 Range_Domain_Maximum: 15.98 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WinZip Format_Version_Number: 9.0 Format_Specification: ESRI polyline shapefile Format_Information_Content: This WinZip file contains the baseline shapefile for use generating transects within the Digital Shoreline Analysis System for the Kauai North coastal region from Haena to Moloaa. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 64KB Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1009/data/Kauai/KauaiN/KauaiN_baseline.zip Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) polyline shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20111102 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bradley M. Romine Contact_Organization: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group Contact_Position: graduate student, research assistant Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: University of Hawaii Coastal Geology Group Address: 1680 East-West Road Address: POST Room 721 City: Honolulu State_or_Province: HI Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-956-3605 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-956-5512 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: romine@hawaii.edu Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile