The noaa sea level rise impacts viewer s popup disclaimer is the first thing you see before you can view the map. Jan, 2015 crmcs james boyd on the sea levels affecting marshes model slamm results and analysis youtube rhode island sea level rise and storm surge maps. Westchester county, new york sea level rise 1 foot gis map. Sea level rise viewer sea level scenario sketch planning. Use map viewer to explore extreme storms, shoreline change, and sea level rise data. The first few metres can help visualise the potential effects of localised flooding and perhaps global warming. Mhhw, using existing photographs edited with the software program canvis.
Explaining the noaa sea level rise viewer our coast our future ocof. Changes in mean sea level msl, either a sea level rise or sea level fall, have been computed at 128 longterm water level stations using a minimum span of 30 years of observations at each location. At present cape cod is 383 square miles with 116,031 acres of priority habitat. These data were created as part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration coastal services centers efforts to create an online mapping viewer depicting potential sea level rise and its associated impacts on the nations. How national parks benefit the environment by lucienne cross. Given that the uncertainties of sea level rise are global, this approach will probably be widely applicable around the worlds coasts, especially in major coastal cities with high values and growing flood risk. Our coast, our future ocof is a collaborative, userdriven project focused on providing coastal california resource managers and land use planners locally relevant, online maps and tools to help understand, visualize, and anticipate vulnerabilities to sea level rise and storms. Sea level rise viewer being able to visualize potential impacts from sea level rise is a powerful teaching and planning tool. This map viewer illustrates the scale of potential coastal flooding after varying amounts of sea level rise. The sea level rise viewer, developed by the noaa office for coastal management, offers access to data and information about the risks of sea. Provides tools for emergency planning and response for a variety of allhazard eventsespecially hazardous chemicals. Coastal decisionmaking tools national ocean service. The research team developed sea level groundwater rise projection maps that display geographic vulnerability at the property level under specified scenarios. Florida sea level scenario sketch planning tool sea level rise viewer about.
Nos provides a variety of gis data products to the coastal management community. Coastal flood exposure mapper noaa office for coastal. Above that, its also a good way to visualise earths topography. These are crude estimates and are used as an initial estimate for where the greatest impacts will occur due to sea level rise. The sea level rise inundation tool user guide ccrm vims. The combined dataset was dissolved based on the sea level rise inundation field. Sea level rise is a serious threat, but a new report argues that it may be far worse than even the current worstcase. Department of commerce national ocean service center for operational oceanographic products and services san francisco, the longest continuous. Our earth science simulations fall into one or more categories, which can be reached via the links below. A field of the sea level rise inundation extent was added to each dataset. View potential impacts of sea level rise along the coast.
The individual layers were then combined into one feature class using the union tool. This page contains links to downloadable geographic data created or modified by pacific institute researchers for the project impacts of sea level rise on the california coast. Snap the shore, see the future a collaboration of noaas office for coastal management and the king tides project to help people understand the global impact of sea level rise. Seaio software windows and linux digital io drivers seaio includes drivers, utilities, and programming samples for windows and linux to aid in the development of read more december 29, 2009 sealevel software overview, synchronous serial. The sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts viewer may be accessed at. Tools for climate change adaptation planning sea level rise affecting marshes model slammviewer. Marinecoastal gis software extensions and tools davey.
The webbased map has the potential to help people build or rebuild in a more resilient way. Art bay area sea level rise and shoreline analysis maps. The impacts of sea level rise on the california coast. This matrix was created to provide the planning and coastal management communities with an expandable chart to compare the functions and methods of publicly available sea level rise and coastal flood web tools. Use this web mapping tool to visualize communitylevel impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise up to 10 feet above average high tides. These maps depict areas at risk of temporary or permanent flooding due to sea level rise and storms as well as shoreline overtopping. Online mapgeneration software that overlays social and economic data onto potential sea level rise data for a view of potential impacts on communities and tidal marshes from inundation and tidal flooding. Sea level rise analysis tools california climate commons. Sea level rise and lake level viewers climate change resource. Sea level rise and coastal flood web tools comparison matrix. The art bay shoreline flood explorer allows for interactive exploration and download of the bay area sea level rise and shoreline analysis maps. The sea level rise viewer, developed by the noaa office for coastal management, offers access to data and information about the risks of sea level rise, storm surge, and flooding along the coastal united states. Other noaa csc arcview extensions noaa nautical chart viewer and reprojector tools noaa sealevel rise viewer noaa tampa bay bathytoposhoreline demo project noaa vertical datum transformation vdatum software tool noaa wave exposure model part of digital coast oceanteacher software toolbox unesco iode. Surveys vdatum datum transformation software vdatum.
Using local elevation data and visualization software, this viewer allows users to see, in maps and pictures, how one to six feet of sea level rise might affect their coastal communities. Arcgis desktop 10, arcgis server 10, image server and microsoft software microsoft. A mapping viewer designed to help coastal communities start discussions about coastal flood hazard impacts with maps that show people, places, and natural. Coastal adaptation to sea level rise tool coast blue marble geographics has partnered with the new england environmental finance center neefc from the edmund muskie school of policy research at the university of southern maine to develop the software interface for coast. View projected sea level rise at any coastal location up to 6 feet of inundation from flooding, hurricane storm surge, high tides. Arcgis javascript arcgis online map viewer arcgis earth arcmap arcgis pro view footprint in.
With the map viewer, users can explore areas of projected inundation and potentially affected infrastructure under five slr projection curves at time periods 2040, 2060, 2080, and 2100. May 08, 2014 sea level rise is one of the most insidious of global warmings threats. Photo simulations of how future flooding might impact local landmarks are also provided, as well as data related to water depth, connectivity, flood frequency, socioeconomic vulnerability, wetland loss and migration, and mapping confidence. Predictive models of sealevel rise impact and coastal vulnerability. The purpose of this map viewer is to provide federal, state, and local coastal resource managers and planners with a preliminary look at sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts. Overview of a changing climate in rhode island pdf. Every inch of sea level rise increases the risk of coastal flooding during a storm or astronomically high tide in a coastal. Sea level rise viewer sea level scenario sketch planning tool. Overlays of sea level rise inundation for the state. Visualize potential impacts from sea level rise through maps and photos. Provides information on features and functions of multiple sea level rise visualization tools for california. The model used to determine the sea level rise and groundwater relationship was validated by previous studies discussed in this report 48. For this reason the noaa coastal services center developed the sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts viewer.
This beta portal allows users to search for and view usgs coastal change hazards products that provide assessments of storm, coastal erosion, and sea level rise vulnerability. They are data files, created for use by geographic information system gis software. Sealevel rise modeling handbook usgs publications repository. The sea level rise explorer is an interactive map that shows how high above sea level the coastal areas of the globe are. Sea level variations of the united states 18542006 sea level record in north america silver spring, maryland december 2009 noaa national oceanic and atmospheric administration u. The maps can be saved, downloaded, or shared to communicate flood exposure and potential. The sea level rise inundation tool, developed by the center for coastal resources. Noaa national ocean service fiscal year 2012 annual report. Pictured above is the sea level rise viewer that uses local elevation data and visualization software to allow users to see how one to six feet of sea level rise might affect their coastal communities. Here, the ice sheet system model issm team hosts simulations related to glaciers, ice sheets, sea level and solid earth. Sea level rise marsh migration may 2012 noaa coastal services center 843 7401200.
Virtual earth system laboratory nasa sea level change portal. The viewer is a screening level tool that uses bestavailable, nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Sea level rise inundation, inundation uncertainty, marsh migration due to sea level rise, social vulnerability index, coastal flood frequency. Crmc a leader in planning for, addressing sea level rise and climate change concerns in ri. Sea level rise viewer office for coastal management noaa. This means that sea level rise can be fully prepared for without overadapting. The purpose of the mapping viewer is to provide coastal managers and scientists with a preliminary look at sea level rise slr and coastal flooding impacts. Its based on version 2 of nasas shuttle radar topography mission, so it. Noaa sea level rise 16 ft data for san diego bay nwr. Sea level rise and coastal flood web tools comparison matrix massachusetts why use this. These data were created as part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration office for coastal managements efforts to create an online mapping viewer depicting potential sea level rise and its associated impacts on the nations coastal areas.
Noaa office for coastal management sea level rise data. Sea level rise is one of the most insidious of global warmings threats. Previous article noaa coca project, promoting resilience to climate change for lobstermen and fisheries dependent communities through participatory system dynamics. Oct 30, 20 developed by the noaa coastal services center, the sea level rise viewer offers access to data and information about the risks of sea level rise, storm surge, and flooding along the coastal united states. Sea level rise case study for evacuation routes in martin and st. This online visualization tool supports communities that are assessing their coastal hazard risks and vulnerabilities. Provides federal, state, and local coastal resource managers and planners with a preliminary look at sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts mapping methods include. Department of commerce doc, national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa, national ocean service nos, coastal services center csc, 2012, noaa sea level rise 1 6 ft data for san diego bay nwr. Sea level rise visualization shows your home underwater. The tool creates a collection of userdefined maps that show the people, places, and natural resources exposed to coastal flooding. These data were created as part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration coastal services centers efforts to create an online mapping viewer depicting potential sea level rise and its associated impacts on the nations coastal areas.
Being able to visualize potential impacts from sea level rise is a powerful teaching and planning tool. Users can simulate inundation associated with one to six feet of sea level rise at various scales along the contiguous united states coast, except for the great lakes. Sea level rise viewer noaa office for coastal management. Slr scenarios were mapped by county using local tide gauge data, updated sea level trends from noaa, and the best available lidarbased elevation data.
The viewer is a screening level tool that uses nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Here are a few government and nongovernment software tools to help coastal. This data viewer can provide a preliminary look at sea level rise and how it might. Feb 06, 2020 data from the sea level rise viewer were used to create an interactive map that shows how areas vulnerable to flooding today were often marshlands in 1863.
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