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- description: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs)
for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to support tsunami forecasting and
warning efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The DEMs are part
of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being developed by PMEL for
the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed by PMEL to simulate
tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are
obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal, state, and local
government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal datum of Mean
High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range from 1/3 arc-second
(~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~90 meters).; abstract: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution
digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to
support tsunami forecasting and warning efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
(PMEL). The DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being
developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed
by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in
DEM compilation are obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal,
state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal
datum of Mean High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range
from 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~90 meters).
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- Title Ocean City, Maryland Coastal Digital Elevation Model.
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- creation Date
2018-02-08T04:48:10.213794
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