Description
The goal of this project is to provide a preliminary overview, at a National scale, the relative susceptibility of the Nation's coast to sea-level rise through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). This initial classification is based upon the variables geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tide range, wave height, relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables and the association of these variables to each other furnish a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
Tags
- atlantic-coast
- beach
- beach-erosion
- cmgp
- coastal-and-marine-geology-program
- coastal-geomorphology
- coastal-hazards
- coastal-processes
- connecticut
- east-coast
- elevation
- environment
- erosion
- florida
- georgia
- geoscientificinformation
- hazards
- maine
- maryland
- massachusetts
- new-hampshire
- new-jersey
- new-york
- north-america
- north-carolina
- oceans
- rhode-island
- sea-level
- sea-level-change
- sea-level-rise
- shapefile-polygon
- shoreline
- shoreline-change
- slope
- south-carolina
- tide-range
- united-states
- usa
- u-s-atlantic-east-coast
- u-s-geological-survey
- usgs
- usgs-cd752620-7439-4c5c-aeb1-b1aad3c86fbc
- virginia
- wave-height
- woods-hole-science-center