noaa's coastal change analysis program
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NOAA’s Coastal Change Analysis Program
Ross WinansThe Baldwin Group at NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Nationally standardized data and methods
Inventory of intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands
Five year update cycle
Location Availability
American Samoa 2004, 2010
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
1945 (Saipan and Rota), 2005
Guam 2005, 2011
Hawai‘i 1992*, 2001*, 2005, and 2010 to 2011
*Denotes moderate resolution product
Developed Impervious Surface Developed, Open SpaceAgricultural Cultivated Crops Pasture/HayBarren Land Bare LandRangeland Grassland Scrub / Shrub Forest Land Evergreen Forest
Coastal Land Cover Classes (Pacific Region)
Wetlands Palustrine Forested Wetland Palustrine Scrub/Shrub Wetland Estuarine Forested Wetland Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetland Palustrine Emergent Wetland Estuarine Emergent WetlandWater Open Water Palustrine Aquatic Bed Estuarine Aquatic BedUnconsolidated Shore Unconsolidated Shoreline
Why High Resolution?
Small geography of interest
Extraction of land cover components
Site specific analysis
Moderate Resolution (30m) High Resolution (2.4m)
High Spatial Resolution ≠ Easier = Detail
LandsatWorldview-2
Existing dataRoads, Building Footprints, Wetlands (NWI), Soils (SSURGO)
Elevation dataSlope, Curvature, Height above ground (nDSM)
Image SegmentationClassification of Image Objects
Coping with High Detail
Existing National Estuarine Research
Reserve Map
2012 Ortho Imagery 2012 C-CAP Map
2005 Land Cover 2005 to 2011 Change 2011 Land Cover
Coastal Change Analysis Program
Applications of High Resolution C-CAP
Vulnerability assessment
Assessing climate change impacts
Sediment erosion studies
Vulnerability Assessment
Wood, N., Church, A., Frazier, T., and B. Yarnal, 2007. “Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards in the State of Hawai‘i.” U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2007-5208, 38 p.
Vulnerability Assessment
"ASCMP Hazard Mitigation Portal." American Samoa GIS Portal. American Samoa Coastal Management Program, n.d. Web. 2015. <http://portal.gis.doc.as>.
Climate Change Impacts
Marcy, Douglas, William Brooks, Kyle Draganov, Brian Hadley, Chris Haynes, Nate Herold, John McCombs, Matt Pendleton, Sean Ryan, Keil Schmid, Mike Sutherland, and Kirk Waters. 2011. New Mapping Tool and Techniques for Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts.
Climate Change Impacts
Greene, R. and R. Skeele (2014) Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Island of Saipan. Prepared for CNMI Office of the Governor- Division of Coastal Resources Management Saipan: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 102p.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. 2014. An Analysis of Issues Affecting the Management of Coral Reefs and the Associated Capacity Building Needs in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Modeling Sediment Erosion
Modeling Sediment Erosion
Analysis by: Lily Tsukayama, University of California - Santa Barbara, in partnership with Conservation International Hawaii; data courtesy: NOAA CRED, NOAA OCM, University of Hawaii, USGS, USDA NRCS
Making the Data into Meaningful Information
Land Cover Atlas
Sea Level Rise Viewer
OpenNSPECT
Habitat Priority Planner
How to Use Land Cover as an Indicator of Water Quality
Landscape Fragmentation Tool
C-CAP Related Products Available on NOAA’s Digital Coast
www.coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccaphighres
http://www.coast.noaa.gov/ccapatlas
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r5/communityforests/?cid=fsbdev3_046690&width=full
Questions?