Coastal Topography--Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: Lidar-extracted dune features

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2013
• Subjects: elevation; Cessna 206; Cessna 310; Dhigh; Dlow; Digital Elevation Model; DEM; dune crest; dune toe; extratropical cyclone; laser altimetry; lidar; remote sensing; shoreline; topography; LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION; OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BARRIER ISLANDS; OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES; OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINE DISPLACEMENT; DOI/USGS/CMG > COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; Delaware; Maryland; Fire Island; Long Island; New York; North Carolina; Virginia; DelMarVa Peninsula; United States; Barrier Islands; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/aab4363e-5b52-409a-8297-367fff1a2718

Dune crest and toe positions along a portion of the New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina coastlines, post-Hurricane Sandy (Sandy was an October 2012 hurricane that made landfall as an extratropical cyclone on the 29th), were produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from re...