shoreline, inletLines: Shoreline polygons and tidal inlet delineations: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, MD, Maryland,, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, study areas, Fewer tags

Seabeach Amaranth Presence-Absence Data, Assateague Island National Seashore, 2010

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address this problem, scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology program are developing Bayesian networks as a tool to evaluate and to forecast the effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island geomorphology, and habitat availability for species such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus)...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Delmarva Peninsula, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Seabeach amaranth, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards, land use and land cover, sea-level change, transect sampling, vegetation, Fewer tags

Total Mercury Concentrations in Dragonfly Larvae from U.S. National Parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total Mercury Concentrations in Dragonfly Larvae from U.S. National Parks (ver. 7.0, October 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Amistad National Recreation Area, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Assateague Island National Seashore, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, City of Rocks National Reserve, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Ell Pond Preserve, Everglades National Park, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild and Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Wild & Scenic Rivers, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wekiva Wild & Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Seabeach Amaranth Presence-Absence Data, Assateague Island National Seashore, 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address this problem, scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology program are developing Bayesian networks as a tool to evaluate and to forecast the effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island geomorphology, and habitat availability for species such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus)...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Delmarva Peninsula, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Seabeach amaranth, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards, land use and land cover, sea-level change, transect sampling, vegetation, Fewer tags

Seabeach Amaranth Presence-Absence Data, Assateague Island National Seashore, 2008

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address this problem, scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology program are developing Bayesian networks as a tool to evaluate and to forecast the effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island geomorphology, and habitat availability for species such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus)...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Delmarva Peninsula, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Seabeach amaranth, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards, land use and land cover, sea-level change, transect sampling, vegetation, Fewer tags

Depth to Quaternary regional unconformities offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters

Geologic structure and isopach maps were constructed by interpreting over 19,890 trackline kilometers of co-located multichannel boomer, sparker and chirp seismic reflection profiles from the continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters. In this region, Brothers and others (2020) interpret 12 seismic units and 11 regional unconformities. They interpret the infilled channels as Late Tertiary and Quaternary courses of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James Rivers and tributaries, in addition to a broad drainage system. These regional unconformities form a composite unconformity interpreted as the Quaternary-Tertiary (Q-T) unconformity. A depth to Tertiary...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, Applied Acoustics S-Boom Source, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMHRP, Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague Bay, Chincoteague Bight, Chincoteague Inlet, Chincoteague Island, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cobb Island, Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, Fisherman Island, Geologic Framework, Geometrics 16-channel Geoeel Streamer, Hog Island, Holocene, Holocene, Interpretation, James River, Marine Geology, Maryland, Maryland Energy Administration, Maryland Wind Energy Area, Myrtle Island, Parramore Island, Persimmons Point, Pleistocene, Potomac River, Quaternary, Rappahannock River, Sea floor, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Ship Shoal Island, Smith Island, Susquehanna River, Tertiary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Unconformity, Virginia, WHCMSC, Wallops Island, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wreck Island, geologic contacts, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, Fewer tags

Sediment Texture and Geomorphology of the Sea Floor from Fenwick Island, Maryland to Fisherman's Island, Virginia

These data are a qualitatively derived interpretive polygon shapefile defining surficial sediment type and distribution, and geomorphology, for nearly 1,400 square kilometers of sea floor on the inner-continental shelf from Fenwick Island, Maryland to Fisherman’s Island, Virginia, USA. These data are classified according to Barnhardt and others (1998) bottom-type classification system, which was modified to highlight changes in secondary sediment-types such as mud and gravel across this primarily sandy shelf. Most of the geophysical and sample data used to create this interpretive layer were collected as part of the Linking Coastal Processes and Vulnerability: Assateague Island Regional Study project (GS2-2C), supported...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assawoman Island, Atlantic Ocean, Backscatter, All tags... Bathymetry, Bottom Photographs, Bottom Type, Cape Henlopen, Cedar Island, Chincoteague Inlet, Chincoteague Island, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Cobb Island, Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, Delmarva Peninsula, Fenwick Island, Fisherman's Island, Hog Island, Interpretation, Marine Geology, Maryland, Metompkin Island, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Mink Island, Mockhorn Island, Myrtle Island, Ocean City, Parramore Island, Rehoboth, Sea floor, Sediment Cover, Sediment Distribution, Sediment Samples, Sediment Texture, Ship Shoal Island, Sidescan Sonar, Slope, Smith Island, Virginia, Wallops Island, Wreck Island, carbonate, geomorphology, interpretation, marine geology, marine geophysics, sea-floor characteristics, sediment texture, Fewer tags

ElevMHW: Elevation adjusted to local mean high water: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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, Raster; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, digital elevation models, elevation, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, lidar, oceans, topography, Fewer tags

Barrier island geomorphology and seabeach amaranth metrics at 50-m alongshore transects, and 5-m cross-shore points for 2008 — Assateague Island, MD and VA.

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address this problem, scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology program are developing Bayesian networks as a tool to evaluate and to forecast the effects of sea-level rise on shoreline change, barrier island geomorphology, and habitat availability for species such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus)...

Categories: Data; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Delmarva Peninsula, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, Mean Lower Low Water, North America, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, 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

Conceptual marsh units for Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia

The salt marsh complex of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) and Chincoteague Bay was delineated to smaller, conceptual marsh units by geoprocessing of surface elevation data. Flow accumulation based on the relative elevation of each location is used to determine the ridge lines that separate each marsh unit while the surface slope is used to automatically assign each unit a drainage point, where water is expected to drain through. Through scientific efforts initiated with the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands, including the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accomack County, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague Bay, All tags... Chincoteague Island, E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Ecology, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Marine Geology, Maryland, United States, Virginia, Wallops Island, Worcester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Development: Development delineation: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Armoring, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Human Development, MD, Maryland, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geospatial datasets, land use and land cover, Fewer tags

Mean tidal range in marsh units of Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia

Biomass production is positively correlated with mean tidal range in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States of America. Recent studies support the idea that enhanced stability of the marshes can be attributed to increased vegetative growth due to increased tidal range. This dataset displays the spatial variation of mean tidal range (i.e. Mean Range of Tides, MN) in the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay based on conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). MN was based on the calculated difference in height between mean high water (MHW) and mean low water (MLW) using the VDatum (v3.5) database ( http://vdatum.noaa.gov/ ). Through scientific efforts initiated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accomack County, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague Bay, All tags... Chincoteague Island, E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Marine Geology, Maryland, United States, Virginia, Wallops Island, Worcester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, tidal range, tides (oceanic), vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Elevation of marsh units in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia

Elevation distribution in the Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) salt marsh complex and Chincoteague Bay is given in terms of mean elevation of conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). The elevation data is based on the 1-meter resolution Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED). Through scientific efforts initiated with the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands, including the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay salt marshes, with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accomack County, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague Bay, All tags... Chincoteague Island, E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Ecology, Information Sciences, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Marine Geology, Maryland, Remote Sensing, United States, Virginia, Wallops Island, Worcester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

DCpts, DTpts, SLpts: Dune crest, dune toe, and mean high water shoreline positions: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, transect sampling, Fewer tags

points, transects, beach width: Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics at 50-m alongshore transects and 5-m cross-shore points: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Delmarva Peninsula, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, Probability, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Shoreline Change, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, 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

Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia

Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio (UVVR) in the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay is computed based on conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). UVVR was calculated based on U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 1-meter resolution imagery. Through scientific efforts initiated with the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands, including the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay salt marshes, with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accomack County, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague Bay, All tags... Chincoteague Island, E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Ecology, Environmental Health, Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Information Sciences, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Marine Geology, Maryland, Remote Sensing, UVVR, United States, Virginia, Wallops Island, Worcester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

DisOcean: Distance to the ocean: Assateague Island, MD & VA, 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, Raster; Tags: Assateague Island, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... CMHRP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MD, MHW, Maryland, Mean High Water, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, barrier island, environment, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Thickness of Quaternary seismic stratigraphic units offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters

Geologic structure and isopach maps were constructed by interpreting over 19.890 trackline kilometers of co-located multichannel boomer, sparker and chirp seismic reflection profiles from the continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters. In this region, Brothers and others (2020) interpret 12 seismic units and 11 regional unconformities. They interpret the infilled channels as Late Tertiary and Quaternary courses of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James Rivers and tributaries, in addition to a broad drainage system. These regional unconformities form a composite unconformity interpreted as the Quaternary-Tertiary (Q-T) unconformity. A depth to Tertiary...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, Applied Acoustics S-Boom Source, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags... BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMHRP, Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague Bay, Chincoteague Bight, Chincoteague Inlet, Chincoteague Island, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cobb Island, Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, Fisherman Island, Geologic Framework, Geometrics 16-channel Geoeel Streamer, Hog Island, Holocene, Holocene, Interpretation, James River, Marayland Energy Administration, Marine Geology, Maryland, Maryland Wind Energy Area, Myrtle Island, Parramore Island, Persimmons Point, Pleistocene, Potomac River, Quaternary, Rappahannock River, Sea floor, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Ship Shoal Island, Smith Island, Susquehanna River, Tertiary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Unconformity, Virginia, WHCMSC, Wallops Island, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wreck Island, geologic contacts, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, Fewer tags

Lifespan of marsh units in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia

The sediment-based lifespan of salt marsh units in Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) and Chincoteague Bay is shown for conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). The lifespan represents the timescale by which the current sediment mass within a marsh parcel can no longer compensate for sediment export and deficits induced by sea-level rise. The lifespan calculation is based on vegetated cover, marsh elevation, sediment supply, and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions after Ganju and others (2020). Sea level rise scenarios are present day estimates corresponding to the 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 meter increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) by 2100 from Sweet and others (2017). Through scientific efforts...

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Assateague Island Seabeach Amaranth Survey Data — 2001 to 2018

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a plant species that was once prevalent on beaches of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast but is now listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For much of the 20th century, seabeach amaranth was absent from the mid-Atlantic coast and thought to be extinct, presumably as a result of increased development and recreational pressure. One region where there has been an effort to restore the seabeach amaranth population is Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), a National Park Service land holding located along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. Here, the Natural Resources staff at ASIS planted seabeach amaranth cultivars for three growing seasons from 1999...

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