A Coastal Hazards Data Base for the U.S. East Coast (1992) (NDP-043a)

Dataset · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/SSR.NDP043A· OSTI ID:1389515

Gornitz, V. M. ^[1]; White, T. W. ^[2]

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1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration , Goddard Institute for Space Studies; OSTI
2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division

This NDP presents data on coastal geology, geomorphology, elevation, erosion, wave heights, tide ranges, and sea levels for the U.S. east coast. These data may be used either by nongeographic database management systems or by raster or vector geographic information systems (GISs). The database integrates several data sets (originally obtained as point, line, and polygon data) for the east coast into 0.25°-latitude by 0.25°-longitude grid cells. Each coastal grid cell contains 28 data variables. This NDP may be used to predict the response of coastal zones on the U.S. east coast to changes in local or global sea levels. Information on the geologic, geomorphic, and erosional states of the coast provides the basic data needed to predict the behavior of the coastal zone into the far future. Thus, these data may be seen as providing a baseline for the calculation of the relative vulnerability of the east coast to projected sea-level rises. This data will also be useful to research, educational, governmental, and private organizations interested in the present and future vulnerability of coastal areas to erosion and inundation. The data are in 13 files, the largest of which is 1.42 MB; the entire data base takes up 3.29 MB, excluding the ARC/INFOTM files.For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ndps/ndp043a.html

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science (SC) > Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23). Climate and Environmental Sciences Division
• Contributing Organization: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
• OSTI ID: 1389515
• Report Number(s): doi:10.3334/CDIAC/SSR.NDP043A; cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/ssr.ndp043a
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Accretion
Bedrock Geology
COMMA
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Coastal Hazards
Data Base
ELAVG
ELMAX
ELMIN
ELNUM
ELR
ERAVG
ERMAX
ERMIN
ERNUM
East Coast
Elevation
Erosion
GL
GLR
GM
GMR
Geology
Geomorphology
Gornitz
Horizontal Shoreline Movements
ID
IDERR
LSR
NAME
NDP-043A
NUM
SLC
SLG
SLLAT
SLLONG
SLNAM
SLR
SLS
SLYR
Sea Level
Sea Level Trends
TRAVG
TRID
TRLAT
TRLONG
TRLVL
TRMAX
TRNAME
TRNUM
TRR
Tidal Ranges
Tide Range
WHAVG
WHMAX
WHR
WHSD
Wave Height
White
X
Y