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 American Samoa

This data release provides flooding extent polygons based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of American Samoa's most populated islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Tau. 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, Mathematical modeling, Ofu Island, Olosega Island, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, Storms, Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Projected sea-level rise flooding inundation extents for +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios in American Samoa

This data release provides flooding extent polygons based on sea-level rise (SLR) water levels for the coast of American Samoa's most populated islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Ta'u. Digital elevation models were used to predict SLR flooding extents for +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m SLR 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, Mathematical modeling, Ofu Island, Olosega Island, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, Storms, Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Projected coastal flooding inundation depths for +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios in American Samoa

This data release provides flood depth GeoTIFFs based on sea-level rise (SLR) for the coast of the most populated American Samoa s most populated islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Taʻū. Digital elevation models were used to extract SLR flooded areas at 10-m2 resolution along the coastlines for +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m SLR 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, Flooding, Floods, Geospatial Datasets, Mathematical modeling, Ofu Island, Olosega Island, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, Storms, Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, environmental justice, 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 American Samoa

This data release provides flood depth GeoTIFFs based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of the American Samoa’s most populated islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Tau. Oceanographic, coastal engineering, ecologic, and geospatial data and tools were combined to evaluate the increased risks of storm-induced coastal flooding in the populated American Samoan 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, Mathematical modeling, Ofu Island, Olosega Island, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, Storms, Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags