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Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Olympic National Park To Sea-Level Rise Entry ID: USGS_OFR_2004_1021 |
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Abstract:
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Olympic National Park (OLYM), Washington. The CVI scores 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. The 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. The CVI provides an objective technique for evaluation and long-term planning by scientists and park managers. The Olympic National Park coast consists of rocky headlands, pocket beaches, glacial-fluvial features, and sand and gravel beaches. The Olympic coastline that is most vulnerable to sea-level rise are beaches in gently sloping areas. [Summary provided by the USGS.] |
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Description: Results of Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Olympic National Park to Sea-Level Rise. Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Calculating the coastal vulnerability index. |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 48.5 | S: 46.0 | E: -123.0 | W: -125.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika S. Hammar-Klose, E. Robert Thieler, and S. Jeffress Williams
Dataset Title: Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Olympic National Park To Sea-Level Rise Dataset Series Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Dataset Release Date: 2004 Dataset Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Version: 1.0 Data Presentation Form: maps, reports Online Resource: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1021/ |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> NORTH AMERICA
> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> WASHINGTON
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Science Keywords
| BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >BEACHES [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >COASTAL ELEVATION [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >SEA LEVEL RISE [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >SEDIMENT TRANSPORT [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >SHORELINES [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >STORM SURGE [Definition] |
| OCEANS >COASTAL PROCESSES >TIDAL HEIGHT [Definition] |
| OCEANS >OCEAN WAVES >WAVE HEIGHT [Definition] |
| OCEANS >SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY >SEA SURFACE SLOPE [Definition] |
| OCEANS >SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY >SEA SURFACE HEIGHT [Definition] |
| OCEANS >TIDES >TIDAL RANGE >MEAN TIDAL RANGE [Definition] |
| HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT >ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS >COASTAL VULNERABILITY [Definition] |
| HUMAN DIMENSIONS >SOCIAL BEHAVIOR >VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX [Definition] |
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BIOTA
ELEVATION |
Platform
| FIELD SURVEYS [Information] |
| FIELD INVESTIGATION [Information] |
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Keywords
| Open File Report |
| OFR |
| Olympic National Park |
| Sea-Level Rise |
| Shoreline Changes |
| Coastal Vulnerability |
| Seashore |
| CVI |
| Coastal Vulnerability Index |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Originating Center
| USGS |
Data Center
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Open File Services Section, Publications Warehouse, Eastern Region, Publications, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Data Center URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/
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Personnel
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REBECCA
BEAVERS Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 303-987-6945 Email: Rebecca_Beavers at nps.gov Contact Address: National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Geologic Resources Division P.O. Box 25287 City: Denver Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80225-0287 Country: USA |
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ELIZABETH
A.
PENDLETON Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 508-457-2259 Phone: 508-548-8700 Email: ependleton at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543 Country: USA |
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JEFFRESS
WILLIAMS Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 508-457-2259 Phone: 508-548-8700 Email: jwilliams at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543 Country: USA |
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ROBERT
THEILER Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: (508) 548-8700 Fax: (508) 457-2310 Email: rthieler at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA |
Publications/References
Douglas, B.C., 1997, Global sea rise, a redetermination: Surveys in Geophysics,
v. 18, p. 279-292.
Gornitz, V. and White, T.W., 1992, A coastal hazards database for the U.S. West Coast; ORNL/CDIAC-81, NDP-043C: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Gornitz, V.M., Daniels, R.C., White, T.W., and Birdwell, K.R., 1994, The
development of a coastal vulnerability assessment database; vulnerability to sea-level rise in the U.S. southeast: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 12, p. 327-338.
Hammar-Klose, E.S., and Thieler, E.R., 2001, Coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise; a preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts: U.S. Geological Survey, Digital Data Series, DDS-68, 1 CD.
Hubertz, J.M., Thompson, E.F., and Wang, H.V., 1996, Wave information studies of U.S. coastlines: Annotated bibliography on coastal and ocean data assimilation, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, WIS Report 36, Vicksburg, 31 p.
IPCC, 2002, Climate change 2001, the scientific basis: Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, , Geneva, Switzerland, 563 p. (Also available on the web at http://www.ipcc.ch)
Komar, P., 1997, The Pacific northwest coast: Living with the Shores of Oregon
and Washington, Durham, Duke University Press, 196 p.
National Research Council, 1990, Managing coastal erosion, Washington: National Academy Press, 163 p.
National Research Council, 1995, Beach nourishment and protection: Washington: National Academy Press, 334 p.
Peterson, C.D., Darienzo, M.E., Hamilton, D., Pettit, D., Yeager, R.K.,
Jackson, P.L., Rosenfeld, C.L., and Terich, T.T., 1994, Cascadia
beach-shoreline database, Pacific northwest region, USA: State of Oregon,
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Open-File Report 0-94-2.
Pilkey, O.H., and Davis, T.W., 1987, An analysis of coastal recession models, North Carolina coast, in Nummedal, D., Pilkey, D.H., and Howard, J.D., eds., Sea-level Fluctuation and Coastal Evolution: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publications No. 41, Tulsa, Oklahoma, p. 59-68.
Shaw, J., Taylor, R.B., Forbes, D.L., Ruz, M.H., and Solomon, S., 1998,
Sensitivity of the Canadian coast to sea-level rise: Geological Survey of
Canada Bulletin 505, 114 p.
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999, National assessment of coastal
vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet. Online
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2000a, National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Pacific coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-178, 1 sheet. Online
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2000b, National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-179, 1 sheet. Online
Washington State Department of Ecology, 1997, Shoreline aerial photos
http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/shorephotos/
Zervas, C., 2001, Sea level variations of the United States 1854-1999: NOAA
Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 36, 201 p.
v. 18, p. 279-292.
Gornitz, V. and White, T.W., 1992, A coastal hazards database for the U.S. West Coast; ORNL/CDIAC-81, NDP-043C: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Gornitz, V.M., Daniels, R.C., White, T.W., and Birdwell, K.R., 1994, The
development of a coastal vulnerability assessment database; vulnerability to sea-level rise in the U.S. southeast: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 12, p. 327-338.
Hammar-Klose, E.S., and Thieler, E.R., 2001, Coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise; a preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts: U.S. Geological Survey, Digital Data Series, DDS-68, 1 CD.
Hubertz, J.M., Thompson, E.F., and Wang, H.V., 1996, Wave information studies of U.S. coastlines: Annotated bibliography on coastal and ocean data assimilation, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, WIS Report 36, Vicksburg, 31 p.
IPCC, 2002, Climate change 2001, the scientific basis: Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, , Geneva, Switzerland, 563 p. (Also available on the web at http://www.ipcc.ch)
Komar, P., 1997, The Pacific northwest coast: Living with the Shores of Oregon
and Washington, Durham, Duke University Press, 196 p.
National Research Council, 1990, Managing coastal erosion, Washington: National Academy Press, 163 p.
National Research Council, 1995, Beach nourishment and protection: Washington: National Academy Press, 334 p.
Peterson, C.D., Darienzo, M.E., Hamilton, D., Pettit, D., Yeager, R.K.,
Jackson, P.L., Rosenfeld, C.L., and Terich, T.T., 1994, Cascadia
beach-shoreline database, Pacific northwest region, USA: State of Oregon,
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Open-File Report 0-94-2.
Pilkey, O.H., and Davis, T.W., 1987, An analysis of coastal recession models, North Carolina coast, in Nummedal, D., Pilkey, D.H., and Howard, J.D., eds., Sea-level Fluctuation and Coastal Evolution: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publications No. 41, Tulsa, Oklahoma, p. 59-68.
Shaw, J., Taylor, R.B., Forbes, D.L., Ruz, M.H., and Solomon, S., 1998,
Sensitivity of the Canadian coast to sea-level rise: Geological Survey of
Canada Bulletin 505, 114 p.
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 1999, National assessment of coastal
vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-593, 1 sheet. Online
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2000a, National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Pacific coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-178, 1 sheet. Online
Thieler, E.R., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2000b, National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-179, 1 sheet. Online
Washington State Department of Ecology, 1997, Shoreline aerial photos
http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/shorephotos/
Zervas, C., 2001, Sea level variations of the United States 1854-1999: NOAA
Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 36, 201 p.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-08-30
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-11-02
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