Massachusetts raw (non-interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data

The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project derives beach morphology features from lidar elevation data for the purpose of understanding and predicting storm impacts to our nation's coastlines. This dataset defines beach slopes along the United States Northeast Atlantic Ocean for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kara S. Doran, Justin J. Birchler, Joseph W. Long, Kathryn M. Weber
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2016
Subjects:
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
SPCMSC
coastal
slope
elevation
oceans
hazards
marine geology
ocean sciences
LIDAR
topography
digital elevation models
distributions
bathymetry and elevation
altimetry
topographic mapping
United States of America
Atlantic
Massachusetts
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/2eb81662-fdf3-462b-aaa1-359000ff26aa
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Summary:The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project derives beach morphology features from lidar elevation data for the purpose of understanding and predicting storm impacts to our nation's coastlines. This dataset defines beach slopes along the United States Northeast Atlantic Ocean for Massachusetts for data collected at various times between 2000 and 2013

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