Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for central North Carolina (NCcentral)

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Green Island, Historic Shoreline, Horsepen Point, NC, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

DCpts, DTpts, SLpts: Dune crest, dune toe, and mean high water shoreline positions: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout, All tags... Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Shackleford Banks, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, transect sampling, Fewer tags

Development: Development delineation: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout, All tags... Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal Armoring, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Human Development, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Shackleford Banks, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geospatial datasets, land use and land cover, Fewer tags

ElevMHW: Elevation adjusted to local mean high water: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout, All tags... Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Shackleford Banks, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, digital elevation models, elevation, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, lidar, oceans, topography, Fewer tags

Uncertainty table for lidar-derived shorelines used when calculating rates in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System software for central North Carolina (NCcentral)

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Types: Citation; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CMGP, CSC, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, All tags... Coastal Services Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Database IV format, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Green Island, HWL, High Water Line, Horsepen Point, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, NOAA, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, high water line offsets, high water line uncertainty, lidar uncertainty, oceans, proxy-datum bias, Fewer tags

Table and accompanying photographs for biogeomorphic classification of shorebird nesting sites on the U.S. Atlantic coast from April to August, 2015

Atlantic coast piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest sites are typically found on low-lying beach and dune systems, which respond rapidly to coastal processes like sediment overwash, inlet formation, and island migration that are sensitive to climate-related changes in storminess and the rate of sea-level rise. Data were obtained to understand piping plover habitat distribution and use along their Atlantic Coast breeding range. A smartphone application called iPlover was developed to collect standardized data on habitat characteristics at piping plover nest locations. The application capitalized on a network of trained monitors that observe piping plovers throughout their U.S. Atlantic coast breeding range as...

Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Assateague Island, Atlantic Margin, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Chincoteague Island, All tags... JPEG images, Long Island, Maine, Marthas Vineyard, Maryland, Massachusetts, Monomoy Island, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Parker River, Rhode Island, U.S. Atlantic East Coast, Virginia, biota, coasts, continental United States, east coast, geoscientificInformation, shorebird, shorebird nesting, smartphone application, Fewer tags

Hurricane Sandy impacts on Cape Hatteras (North Carolina), 2012 National Wetlands Inventory Classification

In the face of sea level rise and as climate change conditions increase the frequency and intensity of tropical storms along the north-Atlantic Coast, coastal areas will become increasingly vulnerable to storm damage, and the decline of already-threatened species could be exacerbated. Predictions about response of coastal birds to effects of hurricanes will be essential for anticipating and countering environmental impacts. This project will assess coastal bird populations, behavior, and nesting in Hurricane Sandy-impacted North Carolina barrier islands. The project comprises three components: 1) ground-based and airborne lidar analyses to examine site specific selection criteria of coastal birds; 2) NWI classification...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Hurricane Sandy, North Carolina, Outer Banks, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetlands, Fewer tags

Sediment sample analysis data from ponds to the beach on North Core Banks, NC in October 2022

These data map in high detail surficial cross-sections of North Core Banks, a barrier island in Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC, in October 2022. U.S. Geological Survey field efforts are part of an interagency agreement with the National Park Service to monitor the recovery of the island from Hurricanes Florence (2018) and Dorian (2019). Three sites of outwash, overwash, and pond formation were targeted for extensive vegetation ground-truthing, sediment samples, bathymetric mapping with a remote-controlled surface vehicle, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) flights to collect multispectral imagery. Five semi-permanent ground control points were also installed and surveyed to act as control for additional aerial...

Categories: Data; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hurricane Dorian, All tags... Hurricane Florence, National Park Service, North Core Banks, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, beach, geoscientificInformation, grab sampling, grain size, grain-size analysis, loss on ignition, oceans, sediment, sediment analysis, sediment sample, sediment transport, Fewer tags

RGB-averaged orthoimagery of coastal North Carolina, on 2019-11-26, two-months Post-Hurricane Dorian

RGB-averaged orthoimages were created from aerial imagery collected on November 26, 2019, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These RBG-averaged orthoimages were created to document ground conditions two-months after Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The RBG-averaged orthoimages help researchers estimate the land surface after Hurricane Dorian and were created to document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic information...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial photography, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Long-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for central North Carolina (NCcentral)

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, Green Island, Historic Shoreline, Horsepen Point, Linear Regression Rate, Long-Term Shoreline Change Rate, NC, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Shoreline, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

DisOcean: Distance to the ocean: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout National Seashore, All tags... Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Shackleford Banks, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, barrier island, environment, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

DisMOSH, Cost, MOSH_Shoreline: Distance to foraging areas for piping plovers including foraging shoreline, cost mask, and least-cost path distance: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Raster, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMGP, Cape Lookout, All tags... Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Charadrius melodus, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Foraging Ecology, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Piping Plovers, Shackleford Banks, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, biota, ecology, environment, geography, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, Fewer tags

Digital elevation models (DEMs) of coastal North Carolina, from 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13, Post-Hurricane Dorian

Digital elevation models (DEMs) were created from aerial imagery collected between September 08 and September 13, 2019, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These DEMs were created to document ground conditions post-Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The DEMs help researchers estimate the land surface after Hurricane Dorian and were created to document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic information systems or...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, digital elevation models, digital surface models, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Digital elevation models (DEMs) of coastal North Carolina, from 2020-05-08 to 2020-05-09

Digital elevation models (DEMs) were created from aerial imagery collected May 08 and 09, 2020, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These DEMs were created to document recovery ground conditions after Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The DEMs help researchers document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic information systems or other software to identify topographic and shallow-water bathymetric features.

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, digital elevation models, digital surface models, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Digital elevation models (DEMs) of coastal North Carolina, from 2019-08-30 to 2019-09-02, Pre-Hurricane Dorian

Digital elevation models (DEMs) were created from aerial imagery collected between August 30 and September 2, 2019, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These DEMs were created to document ground conditions prior to Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The digital elevation models (DEMs) help researchers estimate the land surface before Hurricane Dorian and were created to document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, digital elevation models, digital surface models, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

RGB-averaged orthoimagery of coastal North Carolina, from 2019-08-30 to 2019-09-02, Pre-Hurricane Dorian

Orthoimages were created from aerial imagery collected between August 30 and September 2, 2019, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These RBG-averaged orthoimages were created to document ground conditions prior to Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The RBG-averaged orthoimages help researchers estimate the land surface before Hurricane Dorian and were created to document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic information...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial photography, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

RGB-averaged orthoimagery of coastal North Carolina, from 2020-02-08 to 2020-02-09

RGB-averaged orthoimages were created from aerial imagery collected February 08 and 09, 2020, along the North Carolina coast between the Virginia-North Carolina border vicinity and Cape Lookout, North Carolina. These RGB-averaged orthoimages were created to document recovery ground conditions after Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall on the North Carolina coast on September 6, 2019. The RGB-averaged orthoimages help researchers document inter-annual changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology in response to storm events using aerial imagery collections and a structure from motion (SFM) workflow. These data can be used with geographic information systems or other software to identify topographic and shallow-water...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bathymetry and Elevation, Beaufort Inlet, CMHRP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Commonwealth of Virginia, Duck (1025292), Hatteras Inlet, Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke Inlet, Ophelia Inlet, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pamlico Sound, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing Coastal Change, SPCMSC, Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial photography, barrier island, beach, coastal processes, earth sciences, fragile ecosystems, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hurricanes, hurricanes and typhoons, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the central North Carolina (NCcentral) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CERC, CERC map, CMGP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Green Island, HWL, High Water Line, Horsepen Point, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

points, transects, beach width: Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics at 50-m alongshore transects and 5-m cross-shore points: Cape Lookout, NC, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for crafting approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given this increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands in the near and long terms, we are developing Bayesian networks to evaluate and to forecast the cascading effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island state, and piping plover habitat availability. We use publicly available data products, such as lidar, orthophotography, and geomorphic feature sets derived from those, to extract metrics of barrier island characteristics at consistent sampling distances. The metrics are then incorporated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Raster, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Cape Lookout, All tags... Cape Lookout, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, North America, North Carolina, North Core Islands, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Shackleford Banks, Shoreline Change, South Core Islands, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards, land use and land cover, sea-level change, transect sampling, Fewer tags

Biogeomorphic classification and images of shorebird nesting sites on the U.S. Atlantic coast

Atlantic coast piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest sites are typically found on low-lying beach and dune systems, which respond rapidly to coastal processes like sediment overwash, inlet formation, and island migration that are sensitive to climate-related changes in storminess and the rate of sea-level rise. Data were obtained to understand piping plover habitat distribution and use along their Atlantic Coast breeding range. A smartphone application called iPlover was developed to collect standardized data on habitat characteristics at piping plover nest locations. The application capitalized on a network of trained monitors that observe piping plovers throughout their U.S. Atlantic coast breeding range as...

Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Assateague Island, Atlantic Margin, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Chincoteague Island, All tags... JPEG images, Long Island, Maine, Marthas Vineyard, Maryland, Massachusetts, Monomoy Island, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Parker River, Rhode Island, U.S. Atlantic East Coast, Virginia, biota, coasts, continental United States, east coast, geoscientificInformation, shorebird, shorebird nesting, smartphone application, Fewer tags