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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geospatial datasets, coastal processes, geomorphology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation, oceans, environment

Other Subject Keywords

shoreline accretion, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, DSAS, CMHRP, Physical habitats and geomorphology, PCMSC, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, permafrost, U.S. Geological Survey, coastal erosion

Place Keywords

Barter Island, State of Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Arctic Ocean

Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 5.0 transects with bluff rate change calculations for the north coast of Barter Island Alaska, 1950 to 2020

This dataset consists of rate-of-change statistics for the coastal bluffs at Barter Island, Alaska for the time period 1950 to 2020. Rate calculations were computed within a GIS using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 5.0, an ArcGIS extension developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. A reference baseline was used as the originating point for the orthogonal transects cast by the DSAS software. The transects intersect each bluff line establishing measurement points, which are then used to calculate bluff-change rates.

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Author(s) Ann E Gibbs orcid, Benjamin Jones orcid, Bruce M. Richmond orcid
Publication Date 2020-12-04
Beginning Date of Data 1950-08-02
Ending Date of Data 2020-07-10
Data Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CRBC5I
Citation Gibbs, A.E., Jones, B., and Richmond, B.M., 2020, Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 5.0 transects with bluff rate change calculations for the north coast of Barter Island Alaska, 1950 to 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CRBC5I.
Metadata Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date 2020-12-04
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