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|a Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise |h [electronic resource] |b Modeled Elevations along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b Inter-Research Science Center, |c 2000. |
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|a Understanding the broad-scale ramifications of accelerated sea level rise requires maps of the land that
could be inundated or eroded. Producing such maps requires a combination of elevation information and
models of shoreline erosion, wetland accretion, and other coastal processes. Assessments of coastal areas in
the United States that combine all of these factors have focused on relatively small areas, usually 25 to 30
kilometers wide. In many cases, the results are as sensitive to uncertainty regarding geological processes as
to the rate of sea level rise.
This paper presents maps illustrating the elevations of lands close to sea level. Although elevation
contours do not necessarily coincide with future shorelines, the former is more transparent and less
dependent on subjective modeling. Several methods are available for inferring elevations given limited
data. This paper uses the USGS 1-degree digital elevation series and NOAA shoreline data to illustrate the
land below the 1.5- and 3.5-meter contours for areas the size of entire U.S. states or larger.
The maps imply that approximately 58,000 square kilometers of land along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts lie below the 1.5-meter contour. Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and North Carolina account for more
than 80 percent of the low land. Outside of those four states, the largest vulnerable populated region is the
land along the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay stretching from Dorchester County, Maryland to
Accomac County, Virginia. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI15060947/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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|3 Host material |u http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr/18/c018p205.pdf |y Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise |
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