NOAA Office for Coastal Management Coastal Digital Elevation Model: Lake Erie

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Resource Abstract:
These data were created as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's efforts to create an online mapping viewer called the NOAA Lake Level Viewer. It depicts potential lake level rise and fall and its associated impacts on the nation's coastal areas. The purpose of the mapping viewer is to provide coastal managers and scientists with a preliminary look at lake level change, coastal flooding impacts, and exposed lakeshore. The viewer is a screening-level tool that uses nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Data and maps provided can be used at several scales to help gauge trends and prioritize actions for different scenarios. The NOAA Lake Level Viewer may be accessed at: https://coast.noaa.gov/llv. This metadata record describes the Lake Erie digital elevation model (DEM), which is a part of a series of DEMs produced for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's Lake Level Viewer described above. This DEM includes the best available lidar and US Army Corps of Engineer dredge survey data known to exist at the time of DEM creation that met project specifications. This DEM includes data for Monroe and Wayne Counties in Michigan; Chautauqua and Erie Counties in New York; Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wood Counties in Ohio; and Erie County in Pennsylvania. The DEM was produced from the following lidar data sets: 1. 2011 - 2012 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (MI, NY, OH, PA) 2. 2011 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: MI/NY Great Lakes 3. 2008 FEMA Lidar: Erie County, NY 4. 2007 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (Erie County, PA) and Lake Michigan (Manitou Islands) (MI, PA) 5. 2007 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (NY Shoreline) 6. 2006 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (OH, PA), Lake Huron (MI) and Lake Michigan (Porter County, IN) 7. 2007 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR) Statewide Lidar 8. 2006 Ohio Statewide Imagery Program (OSIP) Lidar: North The DEM was produced from the following sonar data sets: 9. 2015 USACE Detroit District; Detroit River, MI; Livingstone Channel Reach 10. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Ashtabula Harbor, OH 11. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Erie Harbor, PA 12. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Fairport Harbor, OH 13. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Rocky River, OH 14. 2013 USACE Buffalo District; Buffalo Harbor, NY; Buffalo River and Ship Canal 15. 2014 USACE Detroit District, Point Mouillee, MI 16. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Conneaut Harbor, OH 17. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Dunkirk Harbor, NY 18. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Niagara River, NY 19. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Sandusky Harbor, OH The DEM is referenced vertically to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) with vertical units of meters and horizontally to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). The resolution of the DEM is approximately 3 meters.
Citation
Title NOAA Office for Coastal Management Coastal Digital Elevation Model: Lake Erie
alternateTitle  Erie_metadata
publication  Date   2017-07
presentationForm  imageDigital
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URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/llv
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URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/llv
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Description Online Resource
Topic Category:  elevation
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
Bathymetry/Topography
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
elevation
flooding
inundation
lidar
sonar
topography
water levels
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Processes > Flooding
Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Changes
Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation > Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (Dem)
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Location keywords:
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Chautauqua County
New York
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Erie County
New York
Erie County
Ohio
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Lake County
Ohio
Lake Erie
Lorain County
Ohio
Lucas County
Ohio
Michigan
Monroe County
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Ottawa County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sandusky County
Ohio
US
Wayne County
Michigan
Wood County
Ohio
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Great Lakes
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
dataCenter Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
publication  Date   2017-04-24
Edition 8.5
project Keywords
Inundation
purpose:
The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has developed high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for use in the Office's Lake Level Viewer internet mapping application. These DEMs serve as source datasets used to derive data to visualize the impacts of inundation and shore exposure resulting from lake level change along the coastal United States in the Great Lakes.
Resource language:  eng; US
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
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Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: The dataset is provided as is, without warranty to its performance, merchantable state, or fitness for any particular purpose. The entire risk associated with the results and performance of this dataset is assumed by the user. This dataset should be used strictly as a planning reference and not for navigation, permitting, or other legal purposes. | Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the NOAA Office for Coastal Management or its partners.
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Classification System 
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Spatial representation type code:  grid
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -83.738796
eastBoundLongitude  -78.732995
northBoundLatitude  42.996715
southBoundLatitude  41.192219
Temporal Extent
| Currentness: Ground Condition 2006 2015
Additional information on resource:
Source data and their associated metadata are available at the following URLs: 1. 2011 - 2012 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (MI, NY, OH, PA) Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/3662/gl2012_usace_lake_erie_mi_ny_oh_pa_m3662_metadata.html Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=3662 2. 2011 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: MI/NY Great Lakes Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/1407/usace2011_greatlakes_metadata.html Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=1407 3. 2008 FEMA Lidar: Erie County, NY Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/107/2008_NY_Erie_metadata.html Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=107 4. 2007 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (Erie County, PA) and Lake Michigan (Manitou Islands) (MI, PA) Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/115/ Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=115 5. 2007 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (NY Shoreline) Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/523/USACE2007_GL_Erie_NY_metadata.html Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=523 6. 2006 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Lake Erie (OH, PA), Lake Huron (MI) and Lake Michigan (Porter County, IN) Metadata: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/40/ Data Download: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=40 7. 2007 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR) Statewide Lidar Metadata: http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/MetadataDisplay.aspx?entry=PASDA&file=pamap_lidar_LAS.xml&dataset=1244 Data Download: http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/MetadataDisplay.aspx?entry=PASDA&file=pamap_lidar_LAS.xml&dataset=1244 8. 2006 Ohio Statewide Imagery Program (OSIP) Lidar: North Metadata: http://gis3.oit.ohio.gov/geodatadownload/osip.aspx Data Download:http://gis3.oit.ohio.gov/geodatadownload/osip.aspx 9. 2015 USACE Detroit District; Detroit River, MI; Livingstone Channel Reach Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 10. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Ashtabula Harbor, OH Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 11. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Erie Harbor, PA Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 12. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Fairport Harbor, OH Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 13. 2015 USACE Buffalo District, Rocky River, OH Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 14. 2013 USACE Buffalo District; Buffalo Harbor, NY; Buffalo River and Ship Canal Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 15. 2014 USACE Detroit District, Point Mouillee, MI Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 16. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Conneaut Harbor, OH Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 17. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Dunkirk Harbor, NY Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 18. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Niagara River, NY Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro 19. 2014 USACE Buffalo District, Sandusky Harbor, OH Metadata: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Data Download: http://navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/Hydro Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers Albers_Conical_Equal_Area: Standard_Parallel: 42.122774 Standard_Parallel: 49.01518 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -83.248627 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.568977 False_Easting: 1000000.0 False_Northing: 1000000.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000003398570314061545 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000003398570314061545 Planar_Distance_Units: meter Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Altitude_Resolution: 0.001 Altitude_Distance_Units: meters Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Credits:
Acknowledgment of the NOAA Office for Coastal Management as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment, as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source, is expected.
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
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Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
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individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (843) 740-1202
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Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 3
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 31653
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 78142
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  vertical
Dimension Size 1
cell geometry type:  area
transformation parameter availability:  0
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
Lineage statement
Processing Step
date and time 2017-01-01T00:00:00
description The source elevation datasets listed above were identified, downloaded, edited, and finalized.
Processing Step
date and time 2017-01-01T00:00:00
description Source elevation data and their associated hydro-breaklines, where available, were downloaded. Data were then reviewed and edited to meet the project's requirements. The major requirements were delineating data extent for topography and bathymetry; removing areas less than 0.01 square kilometers; creating separate terrain datasets for topography and bathymetry; converting to rasters; and mosaicing the topography and bathymetry together for the final product. NOAA's VDatum datum conversion tool was used to convert geoids.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
evaluation Method Description  The DEM is derived from the source lidar and sonar data. Horizontal accuracy testing is not performed on the DEM. Lidar source data assumed to meet 1 meter horizontal accuracy.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
evaluation Method Description  The DEM is derived from the source lidar and sonar data. Vertical accuracy is not tested on the DEM. Project specifications require all source lidar data used in constructing the DEM to meet FEMA Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping.
Completeness Commission
name Of Measure Completeness Report
evaluation Method Description  A visual qualitative check was performed to ensure data completeness. All available lidar and sonar data known at the time of DEM creation that meets project specifications has been used to develop the DEM. Known data gaps may exist where lidar and sonar coverage was incomplete.
ConceptualConsistency
name Of Measure Conceptual Consistency
evaluation Method Description  Data covers the tile scheme provided for the project area. Elevation data checked for anomalous elevation values outside expected range.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
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individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (843) 740-1202
Fax 
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-02-08T16:14:31
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Use Constraints: Disclaimer - While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 
Address
2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
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Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (843) 740-1202
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Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
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Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48055

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