Virginia Coastal Master Plan

Creators

CO-OPSFollow
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Description

NOAA Office:OCM

Duration of Use Case:Complete

Link to Case:https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/crmp/plan

Geographic Location:

Is the Use Case Published?No

Primary Use:Coastal Resiliance

Which Marine Industries Benefit from the case:Ports, Coastal Infrastructure

Case Benefits:The data helped the state of Virginia, it’s regional planning entities, localities, and stakeholders understand how flooding will change, and the associated risk to communities, infrastructure, natural and social receptors. The information provides a strong foundation to justify continued investments in coastal resilience to protect the quality of life and economy of Virginia communities.

Description:For the development of the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, we used NOAA VDatum to provide state-wide representation of tidal elevations. Sea Level Rise scenario data were leveraged from the 2017 Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States. Long-term sea level trends from NOAA CO-OPS were used to adjust water level and sea level rise data to a common tidal epoch. Authoritative mapping products and summaries were developed depicting existing and future flood exposure to community, critical infrastructure, natural, and social systems. These were presented in both the first Coastal Master Plan document for Virginia, and the study data portal.

URL

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/crmp/plan#plan

Document Object Identifiers (DOI)

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/crmp/document/virginiacoastalresiliencemasterplan.pdf

Start Year

2017

End Year

2021

Published Year

2021

Large Marine Ecosystem Area

Southeast US Continental Shelf

Ocean

Atlantic

Sea

Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Country

USA

Case Product Name

None

Product Type

Report

Product Format

PDF

Product URI

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/crmp/document/virginiacoastalresiliencemasterplan.pdf

Publisher

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Publisher City

Richmond

Publisher Country

United States

Publisher State

Virginia

Publisher/Distributor URL

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/

Data Source

SECOORA--https://portal.secoora.org/

Data Source URL

https://portal.secoora.org/

User Type

Planners, Regulators, Researchers

Data Type

Satellite Imagery and Wind Speeds

OOS Variable

Sea state

Observation Type

Physics

Economic Sectors Benefitting

Transportation and Storage

Industries Benefitting

Cargo Handling

Data Services Used

Many and Varied

Ecosystem Benefits, Non-human

Many and Varied

Ecosystem Benefits, Human

Public Safety

Type of Ecosystem Service

Regulation and Maintenance Services

Ecosystem Regulation/Maintenance Services

Maintaining nursery populations and habitats (Including gene pool protection

Ecosytem Cultural Services

Many and varied

Ecosystem Provisioning Services

None

Benefits Documented by Use?

Yes

Benefits Quantified?

Yes

Monetary Value of Benefits

Yes

Recommended Citation

CO-OPS and OCM (2022) "Virginia Coastal Master Plan," Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC): Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 24.
DOI: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/crmp/document/virginiacoastalresiliencemasterplan.pdf
Available at: https://cbe.miis.edu/booc/vol2/iss1/24

Document Type

Article