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Midway Atoll Coastline 2010Jan 14

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Publication Date
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2010-01-14

Citation

Berkowitz, P., Courtot, K.N., and Reynolds, M.H., 2018, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Impacts to Avifauna from the Tohoku Tsunami 2011: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F708647F.

Summary

This dataset contains a screen-digitized coastline for Midway Atoll (Sand, Eastern, and Spit Islands) based on a DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 satellite image taken on January 14, 2010. The digitized coastline was not corrected for tide since no digital elevation model was available at the time the image was collected. Like most of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, this coastline is very dynamic and changes considerably from season to season, year to year, as erosion and depsoition of sand are in constant flux.

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Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, PACIFIC REGION, Steven (Paul) Berkowitz
Process Contact :
Steven (Paul) Berkowitz, U.S. Geological Survey, PACIFIC REGION
Originator :
Paul Berkowitz, Karen N. Courtot, Michelle H. Reynolds
Metadata Contact :
Steven (Paul) Berkowitz, U.S. Geological Survey, PACIFIC REGION
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Midway_coastline_N83_WV2_2010Jan14_FGDC.xml
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MidwayAtoll.jpg thumbnail 259.28 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

These data were collected as part of a large research project that examined the impacts of climate change, sea-level rise, storm waves, and tsunamis on avifauna and their habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Data for this project included a wide range of physical data (coastlines, digital elevation models, bathymetry, predicted wave run-up from storm waves, tsunami high water marks), habitat data (land cover classifications, vegetation maps and monitoring plots), and biological survey data (bird abundance and density, nest census, and habitat surveys). The primary purpose of delineating this coastline was to estimate the impacts of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami on avifauna and avifauna habitat at Midway Atoll.
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