Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Coastal Services Center (CSC) Publication_Date: 2012 Title: NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Inundation Digital Elevation Model: Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO - Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Charleston, SC Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC) Online_Linkage: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer Online_Linkage: http://www.csc.noaa.gov Description: Abstract: This digital elevation model (DEM) is a part of a series of DEMs produced for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center's Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer. The DEMs created for this project were developed using the NOAA National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office (WFO) boundaries. Because the WFO boundaries can cover large areas, the WFO DEM was divided into smaller DEMs to ensure more manageable file sizes. The Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO DEM was split into two smaller DEMs. They are divided along county lines and are: 1. Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO - Los Angeles and Ventura Counties 2. Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO - Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties This metadata record describes the DEM for Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO - Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The DEM includes the best available lidar data known to exist at the time of DEM creation for the coastal areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, that met project specifications. The DEM is derived from LiDAR data collected for the California Coastal Conservancy between 2009 and 2011. Hydrographic breaklines used in the creation of the DEM were obtained from the California Coastal Conservancy. The DEMs are hydro flattened such that water elevations are less than or equal to 0 meters. 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 5 meters. Purpose: The NOAA Coastal Services Center has developed high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for use in the Center's Sea Level Rise And Coastal Flooding Impacts internet mapping application. These DEMs serve as source datasets used to derive data to visualize the impacts of inundation resulting from sea level rise along the coastal United States and its territories. Supplemental_Information: The data used to construct this DEM are publicly available via the NOAA Coastal Services Center's Digital Coast (www.csc.noaa.gov/lidar). Further information regarding the lidar data can be accessed using the following url: Los Angeles and Ventura counties: http://csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/webfiles/metadata/ca2010_coastal_template.html Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 2009 Ending_Date: 2011 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.502064118 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.644509118 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.9021986165 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.6586236165 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry/Topography Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: Digital Elevation Model Theme_Keyword: DEM Theme_Keyword: lidar Theme_Keyword: inundation Theme_Keyword: flooding Theme_Keyword: lidar Theme_Keyword: topography Theme_Keyword: sea level rise Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: US Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Los Angeles County Place_Keyword: Ventura County 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. Data_Set_Credit: Acknowledgment of the NOAA Coastal Services Center 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. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Data covers the project area, defined as the WFO boundary. Elevation data checked for anomalous elevation values outside expected range. Completeness_Report: A visual qualitative check was performed to ensure data completeness. All available lidar 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 coverage was incomplete. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The DEM is derived from the source lidar data. Horizontal accuracy testing is not performed on the DEM. Lidar source data assumed to meet 1 meter horizontal accuracy. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The DEM is derived from the source lidar 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. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center Publication_Date: 2012 Title: NOAA Coastal Services Center lidar data holdings Online_Linkage: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/ Online_Linkage: http://csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/webfiles/metadata/ca2010_coastal_template.html Type_of_Source_Media: online digital data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 2009 Ending_Date: 2011 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CSC lidar Source_Contribution: LiDAR datatsets used in the creation of the Los Angeles/Oxnard (CA) WFO DEMs: 2009-2011 California Coastal Conservancy Coastal Lidar Process_Step: Process_Description: 1. Lidar source data and hydrographic breaklines were obtained and imported into an ESRI ArcGIS file geodatabase for each constituent county within the WFO boundary. Ground classified points (Class 2) and those classified as mudflats (Class 10; project specific) were used to reflect a bare earth surface. Hydrographic features were assigned elevation values at or below 0 meters. An ESRI Terrain was then generated from these source data. 2. The ESRI Terrain was converted to a DEM (Erdas Imagine .img file format) with a cell size of 3 meters. The DEM was reviewed in Global Mapper for incorrect elevations and artifacts introduced from source inputs or during the raster creation process. Corrections were applied to the DEM and reprocessed for further review. 3. All DEMs for the entire study area (WFO) were loaded into Global Mapper for a final review. The constituent DEMs were then checked to ensure complete coverage within the study area and that no issues existed along the boundary between adjacent DEMs. Once it was determined all DEMs were seamlessly edge-matched and no other artifacts were present, the constituent DEMs were mosaiced together, resampled to 5m and reprojected to the NAD83 geographic coordinate system. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CSC lidar Process_Date: 2011 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell Row_Count: 27635 Column_Count: 41279 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.0000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 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 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave. City: Charleston State_or_Province: SC Postal_Code: 29405-2413 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 843-740-1202 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc.info@noaa.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the Coastal Services Center or its partners. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 2012 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 2234 South Hobson Avenue City: Charleston State_or_Province: SC Postal_Code: 29405-2413 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 843-740-1202 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc.info@noaa.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998