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:
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- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Center for Climate Systems Research
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- 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},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}