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Mariana Islands: Projected coastal flooding extents for 1-, 20-, and 100-year return interval storms and 0.00, +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios
This data release provides flooding extent polygons based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of the most populated Mariana Islands of Guam and Saipan. Oceanographic, coastal engineering, ecologic, and geospatial data and tools were combined to evaluate the increased risks of storm-induced coastal flooding due to climate change and sea-level rise. We followed risk-based valuation approaches to map flooding due to waves and storm surge at 10-m2 resolution along these islands' coastlines for annual (1-year), 20-year, and 100-year return-interval storm events and +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m sea-level rise scenarios.
| Author(s) |
Kristen C. Alkins |
| Publication Date | 2024-01-30 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 2023-01-03 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2023-04-01 |
| Data Contact | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RIQ7S7 |
| Citation | Alkins, K.C., Lasserre, C.G., Reguero, B.G., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2024, Mariana Islands: Projected coastal flooding extents for 1-, 20-, and 100-year return interval storms and 0.00, +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RIQ7S7. |
| Metadata Contact | |
| Metadata Date | 2026-03-24 |
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| Citations of these data | Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1184 |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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