Mean high water (MHW) shorelines along the coast of California used to calculated shoreline change from 1998 to 2016

Description

This dataset contains mean high water (MHW) shorelines for sandy beaches along the coast of California for the years 1998/2002, 2015, and 2016. The MHW elevation in each analysis region (Northern, Central, and Southern California) maintained consistency with that of the National Assessment of Shoreline Change. The operational MHW line was extracted from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) digital elevation models (DEMs) using the ArcGIS smoothed contour method. The smoothed contour line was then quality controlled to remove artifacts, as well as remove any contour tool interpretation of human-made infrastructure (such as jetties, piers, and sea walls), using satellite imagery from ArcGIS.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P91QSGXF
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5f9317ac82ce720ee2d59707.xml

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  • el-nino-events
  • cencal
  • sea-level-change
  • climatologymeteorologyatmosphere
  • southern-california
  • northern-california
  • oceans
  • pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • state-of-california
  • el-nino-southern-oscillation
  • waves
  • norcal
  • pcmsc
  • coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program
  • climate-change
  • usgs
  • central-california
  • coastal-erosion
  • storms
  • physical-habitats-and-geomorphology
  • socal
  • cmhrp
  • usgs-5f9317ac82ce720ee2d59707

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