Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for the Exposed East Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska between the U.S. Canadian Border and the Hulahula River

• 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; Demarcation Bay; Jago River; Barter Island; Kaktovik; Okpilak River; Hulahula River; State of Alaska; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; United States of America; Arctic; ANWR; Pacific; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/fa7e18cf-931c-4459-b95e-08c0d1f85649

This dataset consists of short-term (~32 years) shoreline change rates for the north coast of Alaska between the U.S. Canadian Border and the Hulahula River. 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 a linear regression rate-of-change method based on available shoreline data between 1978 and 2010. 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.