shoreline, inletLines: Shoreline polygons and tidal inlet delineations: Cedar Island, VA, 2010

Publication Date

2019-06-25

Start Date

2010-03-21

End Date

2010-03-28

Sturdivant, E.J., Zeigler, S.L., Gutierrez, B.T., and Weber, K.M., 2019, Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics–Four sites in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, 2010–2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P944FPA4.

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The shoreline polygons (cei10_shoreline.shp) are a generalized delineation of the mean high water (MHW) position on the seaward face of the island and mean tidal level (MTL, average of MHW and mean low water) position on the inland face. They delineate the shoreline for the purposes of this study. These polygons were used to measure distance to ocean and distance to foraging (see larger work). In addition, the inlet delineation polylines (cei10_inletLines.shp) use single straight line segments to roughly locate each side of tidal inlets for the barrier island study area. These lines were used to designate the transition between ocean-facing and land-facing sides of the barrier island. They were created manually to cross the MHW contour line on each side of a tidal inlet within the study area.

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