Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012
The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities, and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the north coast of Alaska is chronic, widespread, may be accelera...
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dataone:e22a7dd7-fd77-4e84-8af5-b8841a54665a 2024-06-03T18:46:35+00:00 Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 U.S. Geological Survey ENVELOPE(-161.95694,-156.47829,71.39069,70.28763) 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/e22a7dd7-fd77-4e84-8af5-b8841a54665a unknown USGS Science Data Catalog Baseline 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 oceans environment geoscientificInformation effects of coastal change coastal processes shoreline accretion shoreline erosion erosion North Slope Beaufort Sea Barrow Demarcation Bay Jago River Staines River Sagavanirktok River Colville River Cape Halkett Harrison Bay Drew Point Tangent Point Smith Bay Elson Lagoon Peard Bay Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge United States Arctic National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska NPR-A ANWR Dataset 2015 dataone:urn:node:USGS_SDC 2024-06-03T18:09:47Z The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities, and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the north coast of Alaska is chronic, widespread, may be accelerating, and is threatening defense and energy-related infrastructure, natural shoreline habitats, and Native communities. There is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes across the United States. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project. There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change. Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments. The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast. The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner. Dataset Arctic Barrow Beaufort Sea north slope Peard Bay Point Barrow Alaska USGS Science Data Catalog (via DataONE) Arctic Pacific Cape Halkett ENVELOPE(-100.253,-100.253,76.752,76.752) Smith Bay ENVELOPE(-104.651,-104.651,55.517,55.517) Tangent Point ENVELOPE(-129.947,-129.947,53.560,53.560) ENVELOPE(-161.95694,-156.47829,71.39069,70.28763) |
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Baseline 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 oceans environment geoscientificInformation effects of coastal change coastal processes shoreline accretion shoreline erosion erosion North Slope Beaufort Sea Barrow Demarcation Bay Jago River Staines River Sagavanirktok River Colville River Cape Halkett Harrison Bay Drew Point Tangent Point Smith Bay Elson Lagoon Peard Bay Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge United States Arctic National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska NPR-A ANWR |
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Baseline 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 oceans environment geoscientificInformation effects of coastal change coastal processes shoreline accretion shoreline erosion erosion North Slope Beaufort Sea Barrow Demarcation Bay Jago River Staines River Sagavanirktok River Colville River Cape Halkett Harrison Bay Drew Point Tangent Point Smith Bay Elson Lagoon Peard Bay Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge United States Arctic National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska NPR-A ANWR U.S. Geological Survey Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
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Baseline 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 oceans environment geoscientificInformation effects of coastal change coastal processes shoreline accretion shoreline erosion erosion North Slope Beaufort Sea Barrow Demarcation Bay Jago River Staines River Sagavanirktok River Colville River Cape Halkett Harrison Bay Drew Point Tangent Point Smith Bay Elson Lagoon Peard Bay Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge United States Arctic National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska NPR-A ANWR |
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The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities, and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the north coast of Alaska is chronic, widespread, may be accelerating, and is threatening defense and energy-related infrastructure, natural shoreline habitats, and Native communities. There is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes across the United States. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project. There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change. Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments. The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast. The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner. |
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Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
title_short |
Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
title_full |
Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
title_fullStr |
Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Offshore baseline for the northern Alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between Point Barrow and Icy Cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
title_sort |
offshore baseline for the northern alaska coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates along exposed coastlines between point barrow and icy cape for the time period 1947 to 2012 |
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USGS Science Data Catalog |
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ENVELOPE(-161.95694,-156.47829,71.39069,70.28763) |
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ENVELOPE(-100.253,-100.253,76.752,76.752) ENVELOPE(-104.651,-104.651,55.517,55.517) ENVELOPE(-129.947,-129.947,53.560,53.560) ENVELOPE(-161.95694,-156.47829,71.39069,70.28763) |
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Arctic Pacific Cape Halkett Smith Bay Tangent Point |
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Arctic Pacific Cape Halkett Smith Bay Tangent Point |
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Arctic Barrow Beaufort Sea north slope Peard Bay Point Barrow Alaska |
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Arctic Barrow Beaufort Sea north slope Peard Bay Point Barrow Alaska |
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