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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Sea-level Change, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, Climate Change, Storms

ISO 19115 Topic Category

ClimatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Oceans

Other Subject Keywords

U.S. Geological Survey, sea level change, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, CMHRP, PCMSC, El Nino events, coastal erosion, USGS, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, waves

Place Keywords

NorCal, CenCal, Southern California, Central California, State of California, SoCal, Northern California

Mean high water (MHW) shorelines along the coast of California used to calculated shoreline change from 1998 to 2016

This dataset contains mean high water (MHW) shorelines for sandy beaches along the coast of California for the years 1998/2002, 2015, and 2016. The MHW elevation in each analysis region (Northern, Central, and Southern California) maintained consistency with that of the National Assessment of Shoreline Change. The operational MHW line was extracted from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) digital elevation models (DEMs) using the ArcGIS smoothed contour method. The smoothed contour line was then quality controlled to remove artifacts, as well as remove any contour tool interpretation of human-made infrastructure (such as jetties, piers, and sea walls), using satellite imagery from ArcGIS.

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Author(s) Schuyler A. Smith, Patrick Barnard orcid, Amy Foxgrover orcid
Publication Date 2020-12-31
Beginning Date of Data 1998-04-18
Ending Date of Data 2016-05-01
Data Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P91QSGXF
Citation Smith, S.A., Barnard, P., and Foxgrover, A., 2020, Mean high water (MHW) shorelines along the coast of California used to calculated shoreline change from 1998 to 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91QSGXF.
Metadata Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date 2020-12-31
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-03T07:33:05.315Z