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: Seattle WFO (2 of 3) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Charleston, SC Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC) 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 DEM includes 'best available' lidar data known to exist at the time of DEM creation that meets project specifications for those counties within the boundary of the Seattle, WA Weather Forecast Office (WFO), as defined by the NOAA National Weather Service. The DEM is derived from multiple LiDAR datasets collected between 1996 and 2010 for the Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium and United States Geological Survey (USGS). Hydrographic breaklines used in the creation of the DEM were delineated using LiDAR intensity imagery generated from each constituent dataset. 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. In order to ensure manageable file sizes, the data within the WFO boundary has been divided into three individual DEMs. Each DEM contains approximately one-third of the data for the project area (in terms of geographic extent, not necessarily in terms of file size). 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: For more information regarding the data used in the creation of the DEM, please visit: Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium Homepage: http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/ USGS Center for LiDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge: http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/ Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1996 Ending_Date: 2010 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.850343969 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.372158969 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.5007046226 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.7274346226 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: Washington Place_Keyword: Grays Harbor County Place_Keyword: Clallam County Place_Keyword: Jefferson County Place_Keyword: Kitsap County Place_Keyword: Mason County Place_Keyword: Thurston County Place_Keyword: Pierce Harbor County Place_Keyword: King County Place_Keyword: Snohomish County Place_Keyword: Skagit County Place_Keyword: Whatcomb County Place_Keyword: Island County Place_Keyword: San Juan 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 anomalogous 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: Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium Publication_Date: 2012 Title: Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium lidar data holdings Online_Linkage: http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/ Type_of_Source_Media: online digital data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1996 Ending_Date: 2009 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Puget Sound Lidar Consortium lidar Source_Contribution: LiDAR datatsets contributed by the Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium in the creation of the Seattle WFO DEMs: Grays Harbor County- 2002 Chevalis River Clallam County- 2001 Clallam County, 2005 Olympic Peninsula Jefferson County- 2002 Thurston, Mason, Jefferson Counties, Vashon Island, Pierce Peninsula Kitsap County- 1996-97 Bainbridge Island, 2000 Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle, and East to Snoqualmie Mason County- 2002 Thurston, Mason, Jefferson Counties, Vashon Island, Pierce Peninsula Thurston County- 2002 Thurston, Mason, Jefferson Counties, Vashon Island, Pierce Peninsula Pierce County- 2004 Pierce Co. King County- 2000 Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle, and East to Snoqualmie Snohomish County- 2003 Northwest Snohomish Co., 2005 Puget Sound Lowland Project, Skagit County- 2005 Puget Sound Lowland Project Whatcomb County- 2005 Puget Sound Lowland Project Island County- 2001-2002 Island Co. San Juan County- 2009 San Juan Co. and Lummi Island Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: USGS Center for LiDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge Publication_Date: 2012 Title: USGS CLICK lidar data holdings Online_Linkage: : http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/ Type_of_Source_Media: online digital data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2010 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS CLICK lidar Source_Contribution: LiDAR datatsets contributed by the USGS in the creation of the Seattle WFO DEMs: Grays Harbor County- 2010 Quinault 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. Only ground classified lidar (Class 2) points 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: Puget Sound Lidar Consortium lidar Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS CLICK lidar Process_Date: 2012 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell Row_Count: 39406 Column_Count: 77293 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: 843-740-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc.info@noaa.gov Contact_Instructions: For questions please use the form at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/contact/contactForm.htm Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the 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: 843-740-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc.info@noaa.gov Contact_Instructions: For questions please use the form at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/contact/contactForm.htm Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998