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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geomorphology, geology, field inventory and monitoring, coastal processes, unconsolidated deposits

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, geoscientificInformation, location

Other Subject Keywords

SPCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, WHCMSC, Historical Aerial Imagery, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, USGS, CMGP

Place Keywords

Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, Cape Hatteras Point, Oregon Inlet Quadrangle, Rodanthe Quadrangle, Cape Hatteras Quadrangle, Pea Island Quadrangle, Hatteras Island, Little Kinnakeet Quadrangle, Atlantic Ocean, North America, Pamlico Sound, United States, Buxton Quadrangle, Atlantic Coast

HATTERAS_INDEX - Hatteras Island, North Carolina (geographic, WGS84)

The shoreline of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, is experiencing long-term coastal erosion. In order to better understand and monitor the changing coastline, historical aerial imagery is used to map shoreline change. For the area of Hatteras Island from Cape Point to Oregon Inlet, fourteen aerial datasets from 1978-2002 were scanned and georeferenced for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Shoreline positions (high water line) were digitized from georeferenced imagery. The shoreline vectors were then compiled for use in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) ArcGIS extension in order to generate rates of shoreline change.

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Author(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date 2015
Beginning Date of Data 2011-05-01
Ending Date of Data 2011-05-01
Data Contact
Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
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Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre)
Metadata Date 2020-10-13
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-22T04:21:20.072Z