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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geomorphology, remote sensing, digitization, unconsolidated deposits, marine geology, aerial photography, coastal processes

ISO 19115 Topic Category

environment, elevation, boundaries, oceans, geoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

shoreline data, shoreline map, Wet Dry Line

Place Keywords

Grand Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico, United States of America, Mississippi

GrandBay_2010_Shoreline.shp - Grand Bay, Mississippi/Alabama, Shoreline Data Derived from 2010 Aerial Imagery

GrandBay_2010_Shoreline.zip features a digitized historical shoreline for the Grand Bay, Mississippi (MS) coastline (Pascagoula, MS to Point aux Pins, Alabama [AL]) derived from 2010 aerial imagery. Imagery of the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines was acquired from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) and the city of Mobile, AL. Using ArcMap 10.3.1, the imagery was used to delineate and digitize the historical shoreline as either the Wet Dry Line (WDL) along sandy beaches or the vegetation edge along the marsh coastline at a scale of 1:1000. This shoreline was digitized for use in long-term shoreline and wetland analyses and physical change assessment.

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Author(s) Paul R. Nelson orcid, Stephen T Bosse orcid, Christopher G Smith orcid
Publication Date 2018-05-25
Beginning Date of Data 2010-03-30
Ending Date of Data 2010-05-24
Data Contact
Christopher G. Smith
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VT1R8Q
Citation Nelson, P.R., Bosse, S.T., and Smith, C.G., 2018, GrandBay_2010_Shoreline.shp - Grand Bay, Mississippi/Alabama, Shoreline Data Derived from 2010 Aerial Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VT1R8Q.
Metadata Contact
Christopher G. Smith
Metadata Date 2020-10-13
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Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-22T04:21:20.072Z