Projected flooding extents and depths based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year wave-energy return periods, with and without coral reefs, for the States of Hawaii and Florida, the Territories of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

This data release provides flooding extent polygons (flood masks) and depth values (flood points) based on wave-driven total water levels for 22 locations within the States of Hawaii and Florida, the Territories of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. For each of the 22 locations there are eight associated flood mask polygons and flood depth point files: one for each four nearshore wave energy return periods (rp; 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-years) and both with (wrf) and without (worf) the presence of coral reefs. These flood masks can be combined with economic, ecological, and engineering tools to provide a rigorous financial valuation...

Tags: American Samoa, CMHRP, CNMI, Cayo Vieques, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Coral Reef, Culebra, Florida Keys, Florida Peninsula, Guam, Habitat, Hawaiian Islands, Isla de Culebra, Island of Hawai'i, Island of Hawaii, Island of Puerto Rico, Kaho'olawe, Kahoolawe, Kaua'i, Kauai, Key West, Lana'i, Lanai, Manua, Maui, Miami, Moloka'i, Molokai, Ni'ihau, Niihau, O'ahu, Oahu, Ofu-Olosega, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Palm Beach, Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas, Saipan Island, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, State of Florida, State of Hawaii, Tau, Tinian Island, Tutuila, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Virgin Islands, USGS, USVI, United States of America, Vieques, Virgin Islands, coastal processes, coral reef communities, environment, flooding, geoscientificInformation, oceans, reef, reef ecosystems, Fewer tags

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park shrimp density and anchialine pool characteristics, 2017

This data release includes metadata and tabular data that documents counts of shrimp and measurements of field variables aimed to identify factors that affect the distribution and abundance of the uncommon anchialine pool shrimp Metabetaeus lohena at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park during 2017. The data set documents biological, chemical and physical attributes within 173 anchialine pools surveyed during the study.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Island of Hawai‘i, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... abundance, anchialine pool, farming, invasive fish, limiting factors, shrimp, Fewer tags

Projected coastal flooding extents for 1-, 20-, and 100-year return interval storms and 0.00, +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios in the Hawaiian Islands

This data release provides flooding extent polygons based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of the most populated Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Molokai, Kauai, Maui, and Big Island. Oceanographic, coastal engineering, ecologic, and geospatial data and tools were combined to evaluate the increased risks of storm-induced coastal flooding due to climate change and sea-level rise. We followed risk-based valuation approaches to map flooding due to waves and storm surge at 10-m2 resolution along these islands' coastlines for annual (1-year), 20-year, and 100-year return-interval storm events and +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m sea-level rise scenarios.

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Climate Change, Coastal Processes, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Earth sciences, All tags... Effects of climate change, Environmental Equity, Environmental Justice, Flooding, Floods, Geospatial Datasets, Hawaiian Islands, Island of Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Mathematical modeling, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, State of Hawaii, Storms, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Projected coastal flooding depths for 1-, 20-, and 100-year return interval storms and 0.00, +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios in the Hawaiian Islands

This data release provides flood depth GeoTIFFs based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of the most populated Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Molokai, Kauai, Maui, and Big Island. Oceanographic, coastal engineering, ecologic, and geospatial data and tools were combined to evaluate the increased risks of storm-induced coastal flooding in the populated Hawaiian Islands due to climate change and sea-level rise. We followed risk-based valuation approaches to map flooding due to waves and storm surge at 10-m2 resolution along the coastlines for annual (1-year), 20-year, and 100-year return-interval storm events and +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m sea-level rise scenarios.

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Climate Change, Coastal Processes, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Earth sciences, All tags... Effects of climate change, Environmental Equity, Environmental Justice, Flooding, Floods, Geospatial Datasets, Hawaiian Islands, Island of Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Mathematical modeling, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, State of Hawaii, Storms, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags