Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC)
Article Title
Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
Abstract
Timestamp: 44806.3048060995 Email Address: kelly.stroker@noaa.gov Name: Kelly Stroker Affiliation: Federal Employee Program Office/Division: NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI Position Title: Physical Scientist/Section Chief Title of use case: Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Authors or Creators: Carignan, K; Amante, C; Love, M; Lim, E; McFerrin, M Affiliations of Authors or Creators: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Contributors: Affiliation of Contributors: Description: To understand flood risk, high-resolution digital elevation models are critical. These DEMs integrate seafloor bathymetry and coastal lidar data to produce a product that is used to create more accurate flood inundation maps. Keywords: flood, DEM, bathymetry, lidar Start date of use case: 42857 End date of this use case: 44806 Is this use case ongoing? : Yes Use case URL : https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models Data source URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models Image:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zvakiqSHR7L1wCm8U9W3w6BI7KnuZy0h Ocean Region: Atlantic Ocean Sea: Large Marine Ecosystem Area: Country: United States Other Geography: All US Coasts and other island locations Format Type: Narrative description, Journal Article, Report Data Type:Data Service, Web Service Primary Use: Research, Education, Public Safety/Law Enforcement, Weather/Climate, Environmental Management, Operations User Type: Private Individual, Government Professional, Industry Professional, NGO/Non-Profit Professional, Academic Data Type: Physical, Geospatial, Safety Ocean Observing System (OOS) Variable: Sea surface height Information Type: In situ data, Remote sense data, Model output Other Format Data: Published Date: 44806 Publisher Name: Publisher City: Publisher State : Publisher Country: Publisher/Distributor URL: Publication URL: DOI: Industries which benefit: Coastal Construction and Restoration, Marine Transportation of Freight and People, Coastal and ocean tourism and recreation Benefits to ecosystems: Ecosystem Services: Ecosystem Regulation and Maintenance Services: Cultural Ecosystem Services: Are benefits documented?: Are the benefits documented by: Actual use Are the benefits quantified?: Unknown/Don't Know Are the quantified benefits reported as monetary values?: Unknown/Don’t Know Other Benefits: Data Service, Web Service