Ecological Coastal Units – Standardized global shoreline characteristics
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Abstract
A new set of resources is now available that describe global shoreline characteristics. High resolution (30 m), globally comprehensive Coastal Segment Units (CSUs) and Ecological Coastal Units (ECUs) were developed in a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Esri, and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). The data were produced from a segmentation and characterization of a global shoreline vector extracted from year 2014 Landsat imagery. A total of 4 million 1 km shoreline segments were attributed with values from ten variables which describe the ecological settings in which the coastline occurs, including water-side properties, landside properties, and properties of the coastline itself. These data were developed as part of a Group on Earth Observations (GEO) global ecosystem mapping initiative called GEO Ecosystems (GEO ECO). The development of the resource and its intended utility are reviewed herein.
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Sayre, R., Butler, K., Van Graafeiland, K., Breyer, S., Wright, D., 2022, Ecological Coastal Units – Standardized global shoreline characteristics, in Oceans 2022, Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads, VA, Oct 17-20, 2022, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977390.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Ecological Coastal Units – Standardized global shoreline characteristics |
| DOI | 10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977390 |
| Year Published | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Contributing office(s) | Land Change Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Oceans 2022, Hampton Roads |
| Conference Title | Oceans 2022, Hampton Roads |
| Conference Location | Hampton Roads, VA |
| Conference Date | Oct 17-20, 2022 |