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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

shoreline accretion, barrier island migration, erosion, coastal processes

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Oceans, Elevation, Boundaries, GeoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

Mean High Water, Shoreline map, shoreline erosion, Shoreline, Vectorization, mapping, shoreline accretion, Shoreline data, shore, barrier island migration, Lidar, Coastal

Place Keywords

USA, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Breton Island, LA

2013 Vectorized Shoreline for Breton Island, Louisiana (Geographic, NAD83)

Shorelines were derived from a U.S. Geological Survey topographic lidar survey that was conducted on July 12-14, 2013 over Dauphin Island, Alabama and Chandeleur, Stake, Grand Gosier and Breton Islands, Louisiana and published in USGS Data Series 838. Photo Science, Inc., was contracted by the USGS to collect and process these data. Lidar data were acquired around portions of both the Alabama and Louisiana barrier islands; however, this dataset only contains shorelines created from data acquired from Breton Island, Louisiana. Shorelines were vectorized in ArcMap 10.2.2 so they could be used for area and shoreline change analysis, using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.0.

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Author(s) Joseph F Terrano orcid, James G Flocks orcid, Kathryn Smith orcid
Publication Date 2016-01-25
Beginning Date of Data 2013-07-12
Ending Date of Data 2013-07-14
Data Contact
Joseph F. Terrano
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XS5SGM
Citation Terrano, J.F., Flocks, J.G., and Smith, K., 2016, 2013 Vectorized Shoreline for Breton Island, Louisiana (Geographic, NAD83): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XS5SGM.
Metadata Contact
Joseph Terrano
Metadata Date 2020-10-13
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2024-09-03T05:46:31.204Z