Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for the Exposed East Chukchi Sea coast of Alaska between Point Barrow and Icy Cape

• 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; Chukchi Sea; Barrow; Utqia?vik; Wainwright; State of Alaska; United States of America; Arctic; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; NPR-A; Pacific; Chukchi; north slope; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/ce7b769b-d490-4aee-a8fd-6ca80ba7572f

This dataset consists of short-term (~32 years) shoreline change rates for the north coast of Alaska between Point Barrow and Icy Cape. 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. Short-term rates of shoreline change were calculated using an end point rate-of-change method based on available shoreline data between 1979 and 2011. 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 short-term rates.