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Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

reef ecosystems, coastal processes

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, geoscientificInformation, environment

Other Subject Keywords

coral reef communities, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Coral Reef, flooding, reef, CMHRP, Habitat, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, PCMSC

Place Keywords

Tau, Ofu-Olosega, Tutuila, American Samoa, United States of America, Manua

Projected flood extent polygons and flood depth points based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year wave-energy return periods, with and without coral reefs, for American Samoa (the islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Tau)

This part of the data release presents projected flooding extent polygon (flood masks) and flooding depth points (flood points) shapefiles based on wave-driven total water levels for American Samoa (the islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Tau). For each island there are 8 associated flood mask and flood depth shapefiles: one for each of four nearshore wave energy return periods (rp; 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-years) and both with (wrf) and without (worf) the presence of coral reefs. Flooding depth point data are also presented as a comma-separated value (.csv) text file.

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Author(s)	Ann E Gibbs , Aaron D. Cole, Erik Lowe, Borja G. Reguero, Curt D. Storlazzi
Publication Date	2019
Beginning Date of Data	2019
Ending Date of Data	2019
Data Contact	PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KMH2VX
Citation	Gibbs, A.E., Cole, A.D., Lowe, E., Reguero, B.G., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2019, Projected flood extent polygons and flood depth points based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year wave-energy return periods, with and without coral reefs, for American Samoa (the islands of Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Tau): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KMH2VX.
Metadata Contact	PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date	2021-10-13
Related Publication	Storlazzi, C.D., Reguero, B.G., Cole, A.D., Lowe, E., Shope, J.B., Gibbs, A.E., Nickel, B.A., McCall, R.T., van Dongeren, A.R., and Beck, M.W., 2019, Rigorously valuing the role of U.S. coral reefs in coastal hazard risk reduction: Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191027.
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License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-03T07:33:05.315Z