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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

Oceans, ClimatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Other Subject Keywords

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

Place Keywords

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

Shoreline change rates along the coast of California from 1998 to 2016

This dataset contains California shoreline change rates derived from mean high water (MHW) shorelines from 1998 (in Central and Southern California) and 2002 (in Northern California) to 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. Within the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), end-point rates (EPR) of shoreline change were calculated between the 1998/2002 and the 2016 shorelines at a transect spacing of 50 meters to provide a long-term perspective of sandy shoreline behavior along the coast of California.

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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, Shoreline change rates along the coast of California 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: 2025-05-02T04:15:07.248Z