Justin J. Birchler
Kara S. Doran
Hilary F. Stockdon
Heather A. Schreppel
20190619
Hurricane Maria Assessment of Potential Coastal Change Impacts: NHC Advisory 41, 0800 AM EDT TUE SEPT 26 2017
vector digital data
U.S. Geological Survey Data Release
doi:10.5066/P9Z362BC
St. Petersburg, FL
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z362BC
U.S. Geological Survey
2018
USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal
https://marine.usgs.gov/coastalchangehazardsportal
This dataset defines storm-induced coastal erosion hazards for the North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware coastline. The analysis was based on a storm-impact scaling model that used observations of beach morphology combined with sophisticated hydrodynamic models to predict how the coast would respond to the direct landfall of Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Storm-induced water levels, due to both surge and waves, were compared to beach and dune elevations to determine the probabilities of the three types of coastal change: collision (dune erosion), overwash, and inundation. All hydrodynamic and morphologic variables are included in this dataset.
To provide data on the probability of storm-induced coastal erosion hazards for the North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware post-Hurricane Maria.
20170926
ground condition
None planned, however future updates and post-storm analyses are anticipated.
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U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
SPCMSC
Hurricane Maria
coastal
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
environment
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
hazards
marine geology
ocean sciences
coastal processes
erosion
Data Categories for Marine Planning
distributions
bathymetry and elevation
physical habitats and geomorphology
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords
effects of coastal change
shoreline accretion
shoreline erosion
storm erosion
topographic mapping
hurricanes and typhoons
Geographic Names Information System
United States of America
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
None
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originators of the data in future products or derivative research.
U.S. Geological Survey
Hilary Stockdon
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
UNITED STATES
727-502-8074
727-502-8182
hstockdon@usgs.gov
The predicted elevations of storm surge were extracted from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model, which has been employed by NOAA in inundation risk studies and operational storm surge forecasting. Wave runup and setup conditions were generated using NOAA's WaveWatch III model.
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600); Esri ArcGIS 10.0.4.4000
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
This dataset includes dune morphology and hurricane hydrodynamic data used to generate probabilities of hurricane-induced erosion, elevation data from lidar surveys are not included. Measurements were collected approximately every 10 meters (m) and summarized to 1-kilometer (km) segments.
Horizontal accuracy was not estimated.
Vertical accuracy for hydrodynamic measurements (surge, setup, and runup) is dependent on input data. SLOSH model accuracy is estimated to be +/- 20 percent of the calculated value. No other accuracy checks were performed.
Vertical accuracy for dune morphology (dune crest and toe elevation) data is dependent on the positional accuracy of the lidar data. Estimated accuracy of lidar surveys are +/- 15 centimeters. However, vertical accuracies may vary based on the type of terrain (for example, inaccuracies may increase as slope increases or with the presence of extremely dense vegetation), the accuracy of the global positioning system (GPS), and aircraft-attitude measurements.
National Hurricane Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
20170926
Probabilistic Storm Surge
https://slosh.nws.noaa.gov/psurge2.0/
Online digital data
20170926
The date when web page was last modified.
Psurge
Data provides water levels that have a 1 in 10 chance of being exceeded in the three days following 20170926.
NOAA National Weather Service Environmental Modeling Center
20170926
NOAA Wavewatch III
https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/
Online digital data
20170926
The date when the model was run.
WW3
Model that was used to estimate wave setup and runup conditions for Hurricane Maria.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Remote Sensing Division
20160523
2014 NOAA Post Hurricane Sandy Topobathymetric LiDAR Mapping for Shoreline Mapping
Geographic Coverage: SC (Winyah Bay to SC/NC border), NC, VA, MD, DE, NJ, NY
https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=4800
Online digital data
20140108
20140522
The date when lidar surveys were collected.
NOAA 2014 SC-NY
A lidar survey that was used to estimate dune morphology variables.
For dune morphology data: Elevation data from lidar surveys were interpolated in MATLAB (version 2017a) to a gridded domain that was rotated parallel to the shoreline and had a resolution of 10 m in the longshore direction and 2.5 m in the cross-shore direction. The interpolation method applied spatial filtering with a Hanning window that was twice as wide as the grid resolution. Dune morphology data were extracted from the elevation grid in MATLAB. Dune morphology data were then summarized to 1 km sections. Sections with greater than 75 percent of data missing were flagged with the invalid number of -999. The 1-km smoothed dune crest (DHIGH), toe (DLOW) and root mean square (RMS) error for each (DHIrms and DLOrms) were written to line shapefiles using MATLAB's shapewrite.m script.
NOAA 2014 SC-NY
2017
Dune morphology (DHIGH, DLOW, DHIrms, DLOrms)
U.S. Geological Survey
Justin Birchler
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
UNITED STATES
727-502-8019
727-502-8182
jbirchler@usgs.gov
For hydrodynamic data: Water level was computed in MATLAB by adding storm surge from NOAA’s Probabilistic Tropical Storm Surge (P- Surge) model (https://slosh.nws.noaa.gov/psurge2.0/) to wave setup and runup. The wave height and period used for calculating wave runup and setup came from the Wavewatch III model. Hydrodynamic parameters were calculated in MATLAB and exported into ArcGIS shapefile format.
For details on modeling parameterization, see:
Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.J., Thompson, D.M., Sopkin, K.L., Plant, N.G., and Sallenger, A.H., 2012, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1084, 51 p. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1084/
Psurge
WW3
20170926
Hydrodynamics (SURGE, SETUP, RUNUP)
U.S. Geological Survey
Justin Birchler
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
UNITED STATES
727-502-8019
727-502-8182
jbirchler@usgs.gov
Probabilities of coastal erosion hazards were based on estimating the likelihood that the beach system would experience erosion and deposition patterns consistent with collision (PCOL), overwash (POVW), or inundation (PIND) regimes. The regimes were calculated by using values of dune morphology and mean and extreme water levels for each 1 km section, such that the probability of collision (PCOL) occurs when extreme water levels reach the dune toe; overwash (POVW) when extreme water levels reach the dune crest; and inundation (PIND) when mean water levels reach the dune crest. Probabilities were calculated in MATLAB and exported using MATLAB's shapewrite.m script..
For details on modeling parameterization, see:
Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.J., Thompson, D.M., Sopkin, K.L., Plant, N.G., and Sallenger, A.H., 2012, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1084, 51 p. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1084/
Dune morphology
Hydrodynamics
20170926
Probabilities (PCOL, POVW, PIND)
U.S. Geological Survey
Justin Birchler
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
UNITED STATES
727-502-8019
727-502-8182
jbirchler@usgs.gov
Vector
String
833
0.0197639151
0.0244144904
Decimal Degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.0
298.257223563
Maria_PCOI_line
Probabilities of hurricane-induced coastal erosion, dune morphology, and hurricane hydrodynamic data
USGS
FID
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
DHIGH
Elevation of dune crest in meters, using the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). Extracted from lidar surveys collected from January 2014 to July 2014.
USGS
1.113
9.0913
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
DLOW
Elevation of the dune toe, in meters NAVD88. Extracted from lidar surveys collected January 2014 to July 2014.
USGS
1.0354
3.9715
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
DHIrms
Root mean squared error of dune crest elevation measurements (square meters).
USGS
0.171041
2.121711
square meters
-999
Null value
USGS
DLOrms
Root mean square error of dune toe elevation measurements (square meters).
USGS
0
1.067641
square meters
-999
Null value
USGS
SURGE
Storm surge water level
NOAA
0.56728
1.0946
meters NAVD88
RUNUP
Wave runup water level
USGS
1.0977
4.3918
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
SETUP
Wave setup water level
USGS
0.10984
1.7172
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
PCOL
Probability of collision
USGS
9.6989
99.6871
percent
-999
Null value
USGS
POVW
Probability of overwash
USGS
0.000010
99.3903
percent
-999
Null value
USGS
PIND
Probability of inundation
USGS
0
77.0363
percent
-999
Null value
USGS
MEAN
Mean water level (surge + setup)
USGS
0.82936
2.7387
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
EXTREME
Extreme water level (surge + runup).
USGS
1.6674
5.4133
meters NAVD88
-999
Null value
USGS
TIDE
Predicted tide water level
USGS
0
0
meters NAVD88
U.S. Geological Survey
Justin Birchler
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
727-502-8019
727-502-8182
jbirchler@usgs.gov
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shapefile
zip
https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P9Z362BC/data/Maria_2017.zip
None, if obtained online.
20190927
U.S. Geological Survey
Justin Birchler
mailing and physical
600 4th Street South
Saint Petersburg
FL
33701
UNITED STATES
727-502-8019
727-502-8182
jbirchler@usgs.gov
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