In accordance with SO #3423 - The Gulf of America and SO #3424 - Mount McKinley and Landmarks Honoring the Alaskan People, new USGS data releases specific to those named places will utilize the new name Gulf of America and the restored name Mount McKinley. Per USGS practice, historical data will retain the name of the geographic features as they were known at the time the data were originally released.
Data Release
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Sandy Coastline Topo-Bathy Profile and Characteristic Database
By Rangley C. Mickey and Davina L. Passeri
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
Seamless topographic-bathymetric (topo-bathy) profiles and their derived morphologic characteristics were developed for sandy coastlines along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. The topo-bathy profiles are published as a database in the Hierarchical Data Format version 5 (HDF5) which contain cross-shore distance coordinates, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system Easting and Northing coordinates, and various morphologic characteristics. As such, the rocky coasts of Maine, the coral reefs in southern Florida and the Keys, and the marsh coasts in the Mississippi Delta and the Florida Big Bend region are not included in this dataset. A total of 3,897 topo-bathy profiles are included in the HDF5 database file. For further information regarding generation of these seamless topo-bathy profiles refer to Mickey and Passeri, 2022.
Mickey, R.C., Passeri, D.L., 2022, A database of topo-bathy cross-shore profiles and characteristics for U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sandy coastlines: Data, v. 7, no. 7, article 92, https://doi.org/10.3390/data7070092.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profile_Database.zip Database of topo-bathy profiles and their associated morphologic characteristics (.hdf5) |
Profile_Database_Metadata.xml | Profile_Database_Metadata.txt | Data withdrawn* (88 MB) |
*Data withdrawn to correct erroneous data variable related to the cross-shore distance. Corrected cross-shore distance variable (Xshore) from original value that was based on difference in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Eastings or Northings, depending on shoreline orientation. The values should have been derived as a vector from UTM Eastings and Northings coordinates. Corrected data has been provided in a new data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13DMPHA. To request access to the withdrawn data, contact gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.
Figure 1. Coverage area for the topo-bathy profiles and their morphologic characteristics across the Atlantic and Gulf coastlines.
Suggested Citation
Mickey, R.C. and Passeri, D.L., 2022, Atlantic and Gulf coast sandy coastline topo-bathy profile and characteristic database: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9838KPW.