Data Release
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Deerfield Beach to Homestead, Florida—50 Years From 2014 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
By Kimberly K. Yates, David G. Zawada, and Stephanie R. Arsenault
USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted research to quantify the combined effect of all constructive and destructive processes on modern coral reef ecosystems by projecting future regional-scale changes in seafloor elevation for several sites along the Florida Reef Tract, Florida (FL), including the shallow seafloor along the coast of Miami, FL. USGS staff used historical bathymetric point data from the 1930's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey, see Yates and others, 2017) and light detection and ranging (lidar)-derived data acquired in 2002 (Brock and others, 2006, 2007) to calculate historical seafloor elevation changes in the Upper Florida Keys (UFK) (Yates and others, 2017). Using those changes in seafloor elevation, annual rates of erosion were calculated for 13 habitat types found in the UFK reef tract. The annual rate of erosion for each habitat type was applied to a digital elevation model (DEM) extending from Deerfield Beach to Homestead, FL that was modified from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information to project future seafloor elevation (from 2014) along the Miami section of the Florida Reef Tract. Grid resolution for the DEM is 1/3 arc second (approximately 10 meters).
For more information visit: Yates, K. K., Zawada, D. G., Smiley, N. A., and Tiling-Range, G., 2017, Divergence of seafloor elevation and sea level rise in coral reef ecosystems: Biogeosciences, v. 14, p. 1739–1772, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1739-2017.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ DEM_MeanErosion.zip Projected Miami seafloor elevation 50 years from 2014, based on mean erosion (.tif) |
50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ MeanErosion_metadata.xml |
50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ MeanErosion_metadata.txt |
50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ DEM_MeanErosion.zip (23.2 MB) |
| Miami_Habitat_OriginalClip.zip Original habitat map clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.shp) |
Same as above | Same as above | Miami_Habitat_OriginalClip.zip (22.6 MB) |
| Miami_ElevationSurface_OriginalClip.zip Original Miami DEM, clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.tif) |
Same as above | Same as above | Miami_ElevationSurface_OriginalClip.zip (28.9 MB) |
| 50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ MeanErosion.zip Spreadsheet containing data used to compute projected Miami seafloor elevation change 50 years from 2014, based on mean erosion (.csv) |
Same as above | Same as above | 50_Year_Miami_Seafloor_Projection_ MeanErosion.zip (18 KB) |
| Supplemental information | |||
| Supplemental_Map.zip Summary map for the projected Miami seafloor elevation change 50 years from 2014, based on mean erosion (.png) |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Supplemental_Map.zip (449 KB) |
Figure 1. extent of seafloor elevation projections for Miami, Florida: 50 years from 2014 based on historical rates of mean erosion.
Suggested Citation
Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., and Arsenault, S.R., 2019, Projected seafloor elevation along the Florida Reef Tract from Deerfield Beach to Homestead, Florida—50 years from 2014 based on historical rates of mean erosion: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JMC8CX.