Coastal Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

Description

Digital elevation models (DEMs) of U.S. and other coasts that typically integrate ocean bathymetry and land topography. The DEMs support NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment, and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has built many of these models, and also distributes DEMs on behalf of other NOAA offices, as well national and international partners. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM development come from a variety of sources, including NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) and NCEI, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as other federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. The DEMs are referenced to a variety of vertical tidal datums, typically mean high water (MHW) or North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), and usually a horizontal datum of North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) or World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). DEM cell sizes range from high-resolution models (1/9 to 1/3 arc-second; ~3 to 10 meters) that support coastal inundation studies, to regional models (roughly 3 to 24 arc-seconds) that extend farther offshore, to global models (1 arc-minute; ~2 km).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
52 Capabilities document for Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service for DEM Global Mosaic (Color Shaded Relief) https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic_hillshade/ImageServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
21 Information and access DEMs https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html
0 NCEI Map viewer search tool https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/bathymetry/?layers=dem
21 NetCDF Markup Language file https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/demCatalog.html
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:ngdc_dems/html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0afa88a1701749dbbf76fcadca4f77f3
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c876e3c96a8642ab8557646a3b4fa0ff
0 Shaded relief visualization of a global seamless bathymetry/topography mosaic of digital elevation models at NOAA/NCEI. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e11ebaeb19544bb18c2afe440f063062
0 An image service providing access to bathymetric/topographic digital elevation models stewarded at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Either individual DEMs or small subsets can be accessed through this service. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e9ba2e7afb7d46cd878b34aa3bfce042
23 REST endpoint for NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents ArcGIS Feature Service https://services2.arcgis.com/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/ncei_dem_extents/FeatureServer
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c876e3c96a8642ab8557646a3b4fa0ff
0 Shaded relief visualization of a global seamless bathymetry/topography mosaic of digital elevation models at NOAA/NCEI. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e11ebaeb19544bb18c2afe440f063062
0 An image service providing access to bathymetric/topographic digital elevation models stewarded at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Either individual DEMs or small subsets can be accessed through this service. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e9ba2e7afb7d46cd878b34aa3bfce042
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
23 REST endpoint for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) ArcGIS Image Service https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic/ImageServer
23 This service provides a color shaded relief visualization of the data. The elevations/depths are displayed using this color ramp: https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/images/dem_color_scale.png. https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic_hillshade/ImageServer

Tags

  • digital elevation model
  • vertical location
  • topography
  • united states of america
  • international council for science - world data system
  • land surface
  • north pacific ocean
  • terrain elevation
  • nesdis
  • icsu-wds
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • continent
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • dem
  • north america
  • coastal elevation
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of alaska
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • gridded elevations
  • ocean
  • hawaiian islands
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • sea floor
  • central pacific ocean
  • topographical relief
  • coastal relief
  • water depth
  • coastal processes
  • north atlantic ocean
  • pacific ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • national centers for environmental information

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Coastal Flooding
  • Hawaii
  • Natural Disasters
  • Environment
  • Pacific Islands
  • Oceans
  • Biodiversity