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Data for barrier island resilience and resistance: analysis and metrics for characterizing state

December 12, 2025

This data release includes information and metrics for evaluating the geomorphic state of barrier islands and headlands along coastal Louisiana. Specifically, these data are: 1) subaerial land coverage; 2) vegetated area coverage; 3) subaerial volume to area ratio from publicly available light detection and ranging (lidar) elevation data; 4) inundation extent (i.e., maps) for high tide flooding levels using the best available lidar data, and 5) hypsometry (cumulative area by elevation bins).

Publication Year 2025
Title Data for barrier island resilience and resistance: analysis and metrics for characterizing state
DOI 10.5066/P14UV39Z
Authors Christopher (Contractor) J Kingwill, Diana Leonardo, Travis Swanson, Nicholas M Enwright, Patricia Soupy A. Dalyander
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Wetland and Aquatic Research Center - Gainesville, FL
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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