Historical shoreline vectors for barrier islands and spits along the north coast of Alaska between Cape Beaufort and the U.S.-Canadian border, 1947 to 2019

Description

A suite of morphological metrics were derived from existing shoreline and elevation datasets for barrier islands and spits located along the north-slope coast of Alaska between Cape Beaufort and the U.S.-Canadian border. This dataset includes shoreline vectors, including data source and acquisition date, from five time periods: 1950s, 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. The shoreline vectors were combined to produce polygons upon which the metrics were calculated.

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Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5f8f1acc82ce06b040efc8fc.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P90EQ1H7

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  • arctic
  • coastal-processes
  • beaufort-sea
  • pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • barrier-island-migration
  • chukchi-sea
  • geoscientificinformation
  • pcmsc
  • state-of-alaska
  • coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program
  • barrier-spit
  • barrier-island
  • usgs
  • north-slope-coast
  • physical-habitats-and-geomorphology
  • shoreline-change
  • usgs-5f8f1acc82ce06b040efc8fc
  • cmhrp
  • permafrost
  • north-slope

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