HATTERAS_BASELINE: Offshore baseline for Hatteras Island from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point, North Carolina (geographic, WGS84).
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication_Date: 2015
- Title:
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HATTERAS_BASELINE: Offshore baseline for Hatteras Island from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point, North Carolina (geographic, WGS84).
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2015–1002
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
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U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1002>
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Cheryl J. Hapke
- Originator: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
- Publication_Date: 2015
- Title:
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Quantification of Shoreline Change Along Hatteras Island, NC: Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras, 1978-2002, and Associated Vector Shoreline Data.
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2015–1002
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
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U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Suggested bibliographic reference: Hapke, C. J., Henderson, R. E., 2015, Quantification of Shoreline Change Along Hatteras Island, NC: Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras, 1978-2002, and Associated Vector Shoreline Data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1002.
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1002/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The shoreline of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, is experiencing long-term coastal erosion. In order to better understand and monitor the changing coastline, historical aerial imagery is used to map shoreline change. For the area of Hatteras Island from Cape Point to Oregon Inlet, fourteen aerial datasets from 1978-2002 were scanned and georeferenced for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Shoreline positions (high water line) were digitized from georeferenced imagery. The shoreline vectors were then compiled for use in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) ArcGIS extension in order to generate rates of shoreline change.
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This dataset includes a reference baseline used by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to calculate rate-of-change statistics for Hatteras Island, NC from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point. This baseline layer serves as the starting point for all transects cast by the DSAS application. The transects intersect each shoreline and establish measurement points used to calculate shoreline-change rates.
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- Calendar_Date: 2015
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.545732
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.459090
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.778262
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.215615
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Theme_Keyword: High Water Line
- Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
- Theme_Keyword: Baseline
- Theme_Keyword: Transect
- Theme_Keyword: Erosion
- Theme_Keyword: Accretion
- Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change Rate
- Theme_Keyword: Linear Regression Rate
- Theme_Keyword: Endpoint 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: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
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- 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
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: Historical Aerial Imagery
- Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology
- Theme_Keyword: Storms
- Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
- Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: Geology
- Theme_Keyword: Monitoring
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NPS Abbreviations
- Place_Keyword: Northeast Region
- Place_Keyword: National Park Service
- Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Place_Keyword: North Carolina
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus
- Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus
- Place_Keyword: CAHA
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Place_Keyword: North America
- Place_Keyword: United States
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Coast
- Place_Keyword: North Carolina
- Place_Keyword: Hatteras Island
- Place_Keyword: Oregon Inlet
- Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras Point
- Place_Keyword: Oregon Inlet Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Pea Island Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Rodanthe Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Little Kinnakeet Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Buxton Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras Quadrangle
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: Pamlico Sound
- Place_Keyword: Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Access_Constraints: None
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Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Suggested bibliographic reference: Hapke, C. J., Henderson, R. E., 2015, Quantification of Shoreline Change Along Hatteras Island, NC: Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras, 1978-2002, and Associated Vector Shoreline Data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1002. We would also like to thank Bill Berkemeier and Jesse McNinch of the USACE Field Research Facility (FRF) for providing access to the aerial photograph library. Jeff List contributed to the formulation of the uncertainty calculations for the rates of change, and the initial concept for deriving a shoreline database from the FRF historic photographs came from Rob Thieler, as part of the USGS North Carolina Coastal-Change Processes project.
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.0
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: E.R. Thieler
- Originator: E.A. Himmelstoss
- Originator: J.L. Zichichi
- Originator: A. Ergul
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title:
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Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3 - An ArcGIS extension for calculating shoreline change
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2008-1278
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Other_Citation_Details: Current version of software at time of use was 4.3
- Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/dsas/>
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<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/dsas/version4/index.html>
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1278/>
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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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.
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Each polyline has a unique identification attribute (Id) used to designate the alongshore order of baselines. Adjacent baseline segments do not overlap and are not necessarily continuous.
- Completeness_Report:
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This baseline file is complete and contains all baseline segments used to cast transects along sections of Hatteras Island, North Carolina from Oregon Inlet to Cape Point.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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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.
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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A baseline was constructed offshore from the time series of shoreline positions using standard editing tools in ArcMap v. 10.0. The baseline was positioned to conform to changes in the combined orientation of the shorelines alongshore. This was done so that transects cast from this baseline would intersect perpendicular to the general trend of the shorelines. Rates of shoreline change were generated in a GIS using the DSAS version 4.3 - 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.
- Process_Date: 20101001
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
- Contact_Organization:
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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The baseline feature class was exported from a personal geodatabase to a shapefile in ArcCatalog (v.10.0) by performing a right-mouse click on the data layer > export > to shapefile (single).
- Process_Date: 20101001
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
- Contact_Organization:
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Hatteras_Baseline.shp was projected in ArcToolbox from UTM zone 18N (NAD 83) to geographic (WGS 84) coordinates using ArcToolbox (v10.0) "Data Management Tools" > "Projections and Transformations" > "Feature" > "Project", and the Geographic Transformation: NAD_1983_To_WGS_1984_5.
- Process_Date: 20110430
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
- Contact_Organization:
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type_Label: Hatteras_Baseline
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Reference baseline used by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to calculate rate-of-change statistics.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
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- Attribute_Label: FID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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- Attribute_Label: Id
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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.
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- Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
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Length of feature in meter units (UTM zone 18N, NAD 83) automatically calculated by ESRI software in the geodatabase.
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: USGS Open-File Report 2015–1002
- Distribution_Liability:
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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.
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- Format_Name: WinZip
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- Format_Specification: ESRI polyline shapefile
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This WinZip file contains the baseline shapefile for use generating transects within the Digital Shoreline Analysis System for Cape Hatteras, NC from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point.
- File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip
- Transfer_Size: 7 KB
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- Online_Option:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1002>
- Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
- Fees: None
- Technical_Prerequisites:
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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.
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- Metadata_Date: 20140901
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
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U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 600 4th Street South
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)-502-8000
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rehenderson@usgs.gov
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