Data · collection · 2004
Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) To Sea-Level Rise
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) in Maryland and Virginia.
Description
The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level rise, shoreline change rates, mean tidal range and mean wave height.
Rankings for each variable were combined and an index value calculated for 1-minute grid cells covering the park. The CVI highlights those regions where the physical effects of sea-level rise might be the greatest. This approach combines the coastal system's susceptibility to change with its natural ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, yielding a quantitative, although relative, measure of the park's natural vulnerability to the effects of sea-level rise.
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The CVI provides an objective technique for evaluation and long-term planning by scientists and park managers. Assateague Island consists of stable and washover dominated portions of barrier beach backed by wetland and marsh. The areas within Assateague that are likely to be most vulnerable to sea-level rise are those with the highest occurrence of overwash and the highest rates of shoreline change.
[Summary provided by the USGS.]
Links
Get the data
- pubs.usgs.gov /of/2004/1020/html/results.htm ↗
Study Results of the Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) To Sea-Level Rise.
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- Map of Coastal Vulnerability pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1020/html/fig5.html ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. marine.usgs.gov ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2231552045-CEOS_EXTRA.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2231552045-CEOS_EXTRA.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Barrier Islands · Beaches · Beaches · Change Rates · Coastal Elevation · Coastal Vulnerability · Erosion · FIELD INVESTIGATION · FIELD SURVEYS · MAPS · Mean Tidal Range · Sea Level Rise · Sea Surface Height · Sea Surface Slope · Sediment Transport · Shorelines · Storm Surge · Tidal Height · Vulnerability Levels/Index · Wave Height
Provenance · 1 source records, 27 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2231552045-CEOS_EXTRA | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/coastal/beaches | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-governance-management/environmental-assessments/coastal-vulnerability | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/social-behavior/vulnerability-levels-index | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/barrier-islands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/beaches | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/coastal-elevation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/erosion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/sea-level-rise | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/sea-surface-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/sediment-transport | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/shoreline-displacement/change-rates | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/shorelines | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/storm-surge | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/tidal-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-waves/wave-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/sea-surface-topography/sea-surface-slope | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/tides/tidal-range/mean-tidal-range | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-investigation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-surveys | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:maps | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |