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Title: A coastal hazards data base for the U.S. West Coast

Abstract

This document describes the contents of a digital data base that may be used to identify coastlines along the US West Coast that are at risk to sea-level rise. This data base integrates point, line, and polygon data for the US West Coast into 0.25{degree} latitude by 0.25{degree} longitude grid cells and into 1:2,000,000 digitized line segments that can be used by raster or vector geographic information systems (GIS) as well as by non-GIS data bases. Each coastal grid cell and line segment contains data variables from the following seven data sets: elevation, geology, geomorphology, sea-level trends, shoreline displacement (erosion/accretion), tidal ranges, and wave heights. One variable from each data set was classified according to its susceptibility to sea-level rise and/or erosion to form 7 relative risk variables. These risk variables range in value from 1 to 5 and may be used to calculate a Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). Algorithms used to calculate several CVIs are listed within this text.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Center for Climate Systems Research
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Energy, Environment and Resources Center
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
661514
Report Number(s):
ORNL/CDIAC-81; NDP-043C
ON: DE98003672; BR: KP1204010; TRN: AHC29814%%93
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-96OR22464
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division publication number 4590; PBD: Dec 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; SEA LEVEL; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; COMPILED DATA; NUMERICAL DATA; CLIMATIC CHANGE; LEVELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; SHORES

Citation Formats

Gornitz, V M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY, Beaty, T W, and Daniels, R C. A coastal hazards data base for the U.S. West Coast. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/661514.
Gornitz, V M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY, Beaty, T W, & Daniels, R C. A coastal hazards data base for the U.S. West Coast. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/661514
Gornitz, V M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY, Beaty, T W, and Daniels, R C. 1997. "A coastal hazards data base for the U.S. West Coast". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/661514. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/661514.
@article{osti_661514,
title = {A coastal hazards data base for the U.S. West Coast},
author = {Gornitz, V M and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY and Beaty, T W and Daniels, R C},
abstractNote = {This document describes the contents of a digital data base that may be used to identify coastlines along the US West Coast that are at risk to sea-level rise. This data base integrates point, line, and polygon data for the US West Coast into 0.25{degree} latitude by 0.25{degree} longitude grid cells and into 1:2,000,000 digitized line segments that can be used by raster or vector geographic information systems (GIS) as well as by non-GIS data bases. Each coastal grid cell and line segment contains data variables from the following seven data sets: elevation, geology, geomorphology, sea-level trends, shoreline displacement (erosion/accretion), tidal ranges, and wave heights. One variable from each data set was classified according to its susceptibility to sea-level rise and/or erosion to form 7 relative risk variables. These risk variables range in value from 1 to 5 and may be used to calculate a Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). Algorithms used to calculate several CVIs are listed within this text.},
doi = {10.2172/661514},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/661514}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}