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- description: Assessing the physical change to shorelines and wetlands is critical in determining the resiliency of wetland
systems that protect adjacent habitat and communities. The wetland and back-barrier shorelines of New Jersey changed as a
result of wave action and storm surge that occurred during Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall on October 29, 2012. The impact
of Hurricane Sandy will be assessed and placed in its historical context to understand the future vulnerability of wetland
systems. Making these assessments will rely on data extracted from current and historical resources such as maps, aerial photographs,
satellite imagery, and lidar elevation data, which document physical changes over time. This USGS Data Series publication
includes several open-ocean shorelines, back-island shorelines, back-island shoreline points, sand area polygons, and sand
lines for the undeveloped areas of New Jersey that were extracted from orthoimagery (ortho aerial photography) dated from
March 9, 1991 to July 30, 2013. This data-set consists of lines that comprise the inland extent of the main body of sand (beach/dune/overwash
area) found in the orthoimagery taken on the date specified in the filename and in the "Date_" field in the feature
attribute table. They are based on the sand area polygons, nj_sandpo_*.shp, that are included in this Data Series publication
and can be accessed via the Data Download page. Orthoimagery of New Jersey were acquired in digital format from U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and New Jersey
Geographic Information Network (NJGIN). The following list provides additional details about the orthoimagery used. The sand
lines are organized by area with all dates for each area compiled into one data-set (shapefile) named nj_sandln_<range
of dates>_<area name>.shp. The orthoimage date for each line is included in the shapefile attribute table "Date_"
field. Date Type Source Resolution 19910309-19910313 Pan USGS, DOQQ 1 m (meter) 19950325-19950407 CIR USGS, DOQQ 1 m 20020218-20020411
CIR NJGIN 1 m* 20060805-20060613 Natural USDA, NAIP 1 m 20070318-20070415 Natural NJGIN 1 m* 20080808-20080826 Natural USDA,
NAIP 1 m 20100703-20100726 Natural USDA, NAIP 1 m 20120314-20120416 RGBI NJGIN 1 m* 20130707-20130730 Natural USDA, NAIP 1
m Pan - Panchromatic (1 band, gray scale) CIR - Color Infrared (infrared, red, green) Natural - Natural Color (red, green,
blue) RGBI - Natural Color and Infrared (red, green, blue, and infrared) DOQQ - Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads NAIP - National
Agriculture Imagery Program *Resampled from 1-foot resolution imagery then smoothed using a 3 m by 3 m focal mean.; abstract:
Assessing the physical change to shorelines and wetlands is critical in determining the resiliency of wetland systems that
protect adjacent habitat and communities. The wetland and back-barrier shorelines of New Jersey changed as a result of wave
action and storm surge that occurred during Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall on October 29, 2012. The impact of Hurricane
Sandy will be assessed and placed in its historical context to understand the future vulnerability of wetland systems. Making
these assessments will rely on data extracted from current and historical resources such as maps, aerial photographs, satellite
imagery, and lidar elevation data, which document physical changes over time. This USGS Data Series publication includes several
open-ocean shorelines, back-island shorelines, back-island shoreline points, sand area polygons, and sand lines for the undeveloped
areas of New Jersey that were extracted from orthoimagery (ortho aerial photography) dated from March 9, 1991 to July 30,
2013. This data-set consists of lines that comprise the inland extent of the main body of sand (beach/dune/overwash area)
found in the orthoimagery taken on the date specified in the filename and in the "Date_" field in the feature attribute
table. They are based on the sand area polygons, nj_sandpo_*.shp, that are included in this Data Series publication and can
be accessed via the Data Download page. Orthoimagery of New Jersey were acquired in digital format from U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and New Jersey
Geographic Information Network (NJGIN). The following list provides additional details about the orthoimagery used. The sand
lines are organized by area with all dates for each area compiled into one data-set (shapefile) named nj_sandln_<range
of dates>_<area name>.shp. The orthoimage date for each line is included in the shapefile attribute table "Date_"
field. Date Type Source Resolution 19910309-19910313 Pan USGS, DOQQ 1 m (meter) 19950325-19950407 CIR USGS, DOQQ 1 m 20020218-20020411
CIR NJGIN 1 m* 20060805-20060613 Natural USDA, NAIP 1 m 20070318-20070415 Natural NJGIN 1 m* 20080808-20080826 Natural USDA,
NAIP 1 m 20100703-20100726 Natural USDA, NAIP 1 m 20120314-20120416 RGBI NJGIN 1 m* 20130707-20130730 Natural USDA, NAIP 1
m Pan - Panchromatic (1 band, gray scale) CIR - Color Infrared (infrared, red, green) Natural - Natural Color (red, green,
blue) RGBI - Natural Color and Infrared (red, green, blue, and infrared) DOQQ - Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads NAIP - National
Agriculture Imagery Program *Resampled from 1-foot resolution imagery then smoothed using a 3 m by 3 m focal mean.
Citation
- Title Sand Lines for the Undeveloped Areas of New Jersey's Barrier Islands, Extracted from Orthoimagery, March 9, 1991, to
July 30, 2013.
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2018-06-08T14:36:10.588083
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