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Port Townsend, Washington 1/3 Arc-second MHW Coastal Digital Elevation Model
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to support tsunami forecasting and modeling efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium (PSLC), the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) and other international, federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal datum of Mean High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range from 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~30 meters).
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| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:geo.geography@census.govv" } |
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to support tsunami forecasting and modeling efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium (PSLC), the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) and other international, federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal datum of Mean High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range from 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~30 meters). |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/DEM/iso/xml/366.xml |
| issued | 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Seafloor Topography", "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry", "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth", "Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation > Topographical Relief Maps", "Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coastal Elevation", "Models/Analyses > DEM > Digital Elevation Model", "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System", "NOAA OneStop Project", "1 meter - < 30 meters", "< 1 meter", "Coastal Relief", "Gridded elevations", "Integrated bathymetry and topography", "Continent > North America > United States of America > Washington", "Ocean > Pacific Ocean", "Vertical Location > Land Surface", "Vertical Location > Sea Floor", "Port Townsend", "Puget Sound", "Juan De Fuca", "San Juan Islands", "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce", "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce" ] |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2011-02-07T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -133.176444,57.795049,-135.219128,58.974972 |
| temporal | 2013-06-01T00:00:00+00:00/2014-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Port Townsend, Washington 1/3 Arc-second MHW Coastal Digital Elevation Model |
