Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3 Transects with Long-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for the Exposed West Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska between the Colville River and Point Barrow

• Main Authors: Gibbs, Ann E., Ohman, Karin A., Coppersmith, Ryan, Richmond, Bruce M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: Shoreline; Shoreline Change; Digital Shoreline Analysis System; DSAS; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center; PCMSC; National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project; National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards; oceans; environment; geoscientificInformation; coastal processes; Habitat; shoreline accretion; shoreline erosion; North Slope; Beaufort Sea; Point Barrow; Colville River; Cape Halkett; Harrison Bay; Drew Point; Smith Bay; Dease Inlet; Elson Lagoon; State of Alaska; United States of America; Arctic; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; NPR-A; Pacific; Sea Point; Barrow; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/19982334-d670-4197-9131-ab7cddfe1928

This dataset consists of long-term (~65 years) shoreline change rates for the north coast of Alaska between the Colville River and Point Barrow. Rate calculations were computed within a GIS using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3, an ArcGIS extension developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Long-term rates of shoreline change were calculated using a linear regression rate-of-change method based on available shoreline data between 1947 and 2012. A reference baseline was used as the originating point for the orthogonal transects cast by the DSAS software. The transects intersect each shoreline establishing measurement points, which are then used to calculate long-term rates.