HATTERAS_BASELINE: Offshore baseline for Hatteras Island from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point, North Carolina (geographic, WGS84).

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2015

Title:

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

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2015–1002

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida

Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1002>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cheryl J. Hapke

Originator: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Publication_Date: 2015

Title:

Quantification of Shoreline Change Along Hatteras Island, NC: Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras, 1978-2002, and Associated Vector Shoreline Data.

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2015–1002

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida

Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

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:

Abstract:

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.

Purpose:

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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2015

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.545732

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.459090

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.778262

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.215615

Keywords:

Theme:

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

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

Theme:

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

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Geology

Theme_Keyword: Monitoring

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NPS Abbreviations

Place_Keyword: Northeast Region

Place_Keyword: National Park Service

Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Place_Keyword: North Carolina

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: CAHA

Place:

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

Use_Constraints:

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:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Contact_Address:

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:

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.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.0

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 4.3 - An ArcGIS extension for calculating shoreline change

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2008-1278

Publication_Information:

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/>

Online_Linkage:

<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/dsas/version4/index.html>

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1278/>

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.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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:

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:

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 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

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Address:

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:

Process_Description:

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:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Address:

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:

Process_Description:

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

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Address:

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

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: 2

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: Hatteras_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: 2

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng

Attribute_Definition:

Length of feature in meter units (UTM zone 18N, NAD 83) automatically calculated by ESRI software in the geodatabase.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2061.44967565

Range_Domain_Maximum: 64312.4461346

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Address:

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:

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: 15.5

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 Cape Hatteras, NC from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point.

File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip

Transfer_Size: 7 KB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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:

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: 20140901

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Contact_Address:

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

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