CENCAL_INTERSECTS_ST - Short-Term Transect-Shoreline Intersection Points for Central California Generated to Calculate Shoreline Change Rates

Rates of long-term and short-term shoreline change were generated in a GIS using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 3.0; An ArcGIS extension for calculating shoreline change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1304, Thieler, E.R., Himmelstoss, E.A., Zichichi, J.L., and Miller, T.M. The extension is designed to efficiently lead a user through the major steps of shoreline change analysis. This extension to ArcGIS contains three main components that define a baseline, generate orthogonal transects at a user-defined separation along the coast, and calculate rates of change (linear regression, endpoint rate, average of rates, average of endpoints, jackknife).

本数据集依托地理信息系统（Geographic Information System，GIS），采用数字岸线分析系统（Digital Shoreline Analysis System，简称DSAS）3.0版本生成长、短期岸线变化速率；该系统是一款用于计算岸线变化的ArcGIS扩展工具，相关技术资料参见美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey）公开文件报告2005-1304，作者为Thieler, E.R.、Himmelstoss, E.A.、Zichichi, J.L.及Miller, T.M.。该扩展工具旨在协助用户高效完成岸线变化分析的核心流程步骤。这款ArcGIS扩展工具包含三大核心功能模块：一是定义岸线基线，二是沿海岸按用户自定义间隔生成正交断面，三是计算岸线变化速率，具体方法涵盖线性回归法、端点速率法、速率平均值法、端点平均值法以及刀切法（jackknife）。