Historical shoreline positions for the coast of MA, from 1844 - 2014

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management compiled Massachusetts vector shorelines into an updated dataset for the Office’s Shoreline Change Project. The Shoreline Change Project started in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the Massachusetts coast by compiling a database of historical shoreline positions. Trends of shoreline position over long- and short-term timescales provide information to landowners, managers, and potential buyers about possible future changes to costal resources and infrastructure. This updated dataset strengthens the understanding of shoreline position change in Massachusetts. It includes U.S. Geological Survey vector shorelines...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Buzzard’s Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, MA CZM, MHW, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project, Mean High Water, Nantucket, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, New England, North Shore, Outer Cape, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, South Cape, South Shore, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 2010

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...

ElevMHW: Elevation adjusted to local mean high water: Fire Island, NY, 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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMGP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Fire Island, Fire Island, Fire Island National Seashore, Fire Island National Seashore, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Long Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NY, New York, North America, 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

SupClas, GeoSet, SubType, VegDen, VegType: Categorical landcover rasters (landcover, geomorphic setting, substrate type, vegetation density, and vegetation type): Cedar Island, VA, 2012–2013

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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMGP, Cedar Island, Cedar Island, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Virginia Coast Reserve, Virginia Coast Reserve, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, image analysis, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-level change, study areas, Fewer tags

DisMOSH, Cost, MOSHShoreline: Distance to foraging areas for piping plovers (foraging shoreline, cost mask, and least-cost path distance): Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 2013–2014

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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMGP, Charadrius melodus, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Foraging Ecology, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NJ, New Jersey, North America, Piping Plovers, Pullen Island, 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

DisOcean: Distance to the ocean: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 2012

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: Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, All tags... Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NJ, New Jersey, North America, Pullen Island, 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

SupClas, GeoSet, SubType, VegDen, VegType: Categorical landcover rasters (landcover, geomorphic setting, substrate type, vegetation density, and vegetation type): Rockaway Peninsula, NY, 2012

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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMGP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... GIS, Gateway National Recreation Area, Gateway National Recreation Area, Geographic Information Systems, Long Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NY, New York, North America, Rockaway Peninsula, Rockaway Peninsula, 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, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, image analysis, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-level change, study areas, Fewer tags

points, transects, beach width: Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics at 50-m alongshore transects and 5-m cross-shore points: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 2010

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, Coastal Erosion, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coastal processes, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NJ, New Jersey, North America, Probability, Pullen Island, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Shoreline Change, 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

DisOcean: Distance to the ocean: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 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: Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, All tags... Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NJ, New Jersey, North America, Pullen Island, 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

SupClas, GeoSet, SubType, VegDen, VegType: Categorical landcover rasters (landcover, geomorphic setting, substrate type, vegetation density, and vegetation type): Rockaway Peninsula, NY, 2010–2011

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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMGP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... GIS, Gateway National Recreation Area, Gateway National Recreation Area, Geographic Information Systems, Long Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NY, New York, North America, Rockaway Peninsula, Rockaway Peninsula, 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, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, image analysis, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-level change, study areas, Fewer tags

Development: Development delineation: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ, 2010

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, CMGP, Coastal Armoring, Coastal Habitat, All tags... Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Human Development, Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island, NJ, New Jersey, North America, Pullen Island, 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

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

points, transects, beach width: Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics at 50-m alongshore transects and 5-m cross-shore points: Monomoy Island, MA, 2013-2014

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 Cod, All tags... Coastal Erosion, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MA, MHW, Massachusetts, Mean High Water, Monomoy Island, Monomoy Island, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, 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, 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

points, transects, beach width: Barrier island geomorphology and shorebird habitat metrics at 50-m alongshore transects and 5-m cross-shore points: Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge, RI, 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, Coastal Erosion, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coastal processes, Erosion, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, North America, Probability, RI, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sea Level Rise, Sea-level change, Shoreline Change, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Trustom Pond, 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

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

SupClas, GeoSet, SubType, VegDen, VegType: Categorical landcover rasters of landcover, geomorphic setting, substrate type, vegetation density, and vegetation type: Metompkin Island, 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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, CMHRP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... Delmarva Peninsula, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, Metompkin Island, Metompkin Island, North America, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Virginia Coast Reserve, Virginia Coast Reserve, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, erosion, geographic information systems, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, hazards, image analysis, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-level change, study areas, Fewer tags

DisMOSH, Cost, MOSH_Shoreline: Distance to foraging areas for piping plovers including foraging shoreline, cost mask, and least-cost path distance: Myrtle Island, 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: Atlantic Ocean, Barrier Island, Bayesian Network, CMGP, Charadrius melodus, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Delmarva Peninsula, Foraging Ecology, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, Mean High Water, Myrtle Island, Myrtle Island, North America, Piping Plovers, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, VA, Virginia, Virginia Coast Reserve, Virginia Coast Reserve, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, biota, ecology, environment, geography, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, Fewer tags

DisOcean: Distance to the ocean: Wreck Island, 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: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal Habitat, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Delmarva Peninsula, All tags... GIS, Geographic Information Systems, MHW, 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, Wreck Island, Wreck Island, Wreck Island Natural Area Preserve, Wreck Island Natural Area Preserve, barrier island, environment, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Development: Development delineation: Parker River, MA, 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 Ann, Coastal Armoring, All tags... Coastal Habitat, Coastal Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Human Development, MA, Massachusetts, North America, Parker River, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, 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

Massachusetts: Monomoy NWR

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...