Creating a Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) for science and conservation applications

Cindy A. Thatcher; John Brock; Jeffrey J. Danielson; Sandra K. Poppenga; Dean B. Gesch; Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy; John Barras; Gayla A. Evans; Ann Gibbs

doi:10.2112/SI76-007

Creating a Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) for science and conservation applications

Journal of Coastal Research

By: Cindy A. Thatcher, John Brock, Jeffrey J. Danielson, Sandra K. Poppenga, Dean B. Gesch, Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, John Barras, Gayla A. Evans, and Ann Gibbs

https://doi.org/10.2112/SI76-007

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey is creating the Coastal National Elevation Database, an expanding set of topobathymetric elevation models that extend seamlessly across coastal regions of high societal or ecological significance in the United States that are undergoing rapid change or are threatened by inundation hazards. Topobathymetric elevation models are raster datasets useful for inundation prediction and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment-transport and storm surge models. These topobathymetric elevation models are being constructed by the broad regional assimilation of numerous topographic and bathymetric datasets, and are intended to fulfill the pressing needs of decision makers establishing policies for hazard mitigation and emergency preparedness, coastal managers tasked with coastal planning compatible with predictions of inundation due to sea-level rise, and scientists investigating processes of coastal geomorphic change. A key priority of this coastal elevation mapping effort is to foster collaborative lidar acquisitions that meet the standards of the USGS National Geospatial Program's 3D Elevation Program, a nationwide initiative to systematically collect high-quality elevation data. The focus regions are located in highly dynamic environments, for example in areas subject to shoreline change, rapid wetland loss, hurricane impacts such as overwash and wave scouring, and/or human-induced changes to coastal topography.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Creating a Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) for science and conservation applications
Series title	Journal of Coastal Research
DOI	10.2112/SI76-007
Volume	Special Issue 76
Year Published	2016
Language	English
Publisher	Coastal Education and Research Foundation
Contributing office(s)	Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Eastern Geographic Science Center
Description	11 p.
First page	64
Last page	74
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