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USGS Data Source

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

topography, marine geology, ocean sciences, LIDAR, digital elevation models, hazards

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, elevation

Other Subject Keywords

altimetry, CMGP, SPCMSC, coastal, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, slope, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, distributions, bathymetry and elevation, topographic mapping, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Place Keywords

Atlantic, United States of America, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Mean (interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data

The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project derives beach morphology features from lidar elevation data for the purpose of understanding and predicting storm impacts to our nation's coastlines. This dataset defines mean beach slopes for Massachusetts for data collected at various times between 2000 and 2013.

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Author(s)	Kara S Doran , Joseph W. Long, Justin J Birchler , Kathryn M Weber
Publication Date	2016-10-04
Beginning Date of Data	2000-10-01
Ending Date of Data	2014-04-21
Data Contact	Kara S. Doran
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/F7B8568F
Citation	Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Birchler, J.J., and Weber, K.M., 2016, Massachusetts Mean (interpolated) Beach Slope Point Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7B8568F.
Metadata Contact	Kara S. Doran
Metadata Date	2020-10-13
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	No citations of these data are known at this time.
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2024-12-21T07:01:29.708Z