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CanCoast - Change In Sea Level 2006-2020 Version 1.0

CanCoast is a geospatial database of the physical characteristics of Canada's marine coasts. It includes both feature classes that are not expected to change through time, and feature classes that are expected to change as climate changes. CanCoast includes: wave-height change with sea ice (early and late 21st century); sea-level change (early and late century); ground ice content; coastal materials; tidal range; and backshore slope. These are mapped to a common high-resolution shoreline and used to calculate indices that show the coastal sensitivity of Canada's marine coasts in modelled early and late 21st century climates.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2019-05-01
Date ( RI_366 )
2017-09-01
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
1 Challenger Drive , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Canada
voice; +01-902-426-3144
RI_413
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
1 Challenger Drive , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Canada
voice; +01-902-426-3144
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
1 Challenger Drive , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Canada
voice; +01-902-426-3144
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Name
Open File
Other citation details
Manson, G.K., Couture, N.J, James, T.S., 2019. CanCoast 2.0: Data and Indices to Describe the Sensitivity of Canada's Marine Coasts to Changing Climate; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8551, 18 + ii p. https://doi.org/10.4095/314669
Purpose
The purpose of this CanCoast feature class is to quantify the spatial variability of relative sea-level (RSL) change along the marine coasts of Canada from 2006 to 2020. RSL is a combination of changes in the volume of water in the oceans (global sea-level change) and vertical motion of the land. This feature class was developed using an ensemble model of global sea-level change produced by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for the Fifth Assessment Report using RCP 8.5 and a refined model of vertical land motion produced by Natural Resources Canada for the The purpose of this CanCoast feature class is to quantify the spatial variability of relative sea-level (RSL) change along the marine coasts of Canada from 2006 to 2020. RSL is a combination of changes in the volume of water in the oceans (global sea-level change) and vertical motion of the land. This feature class was developed using an ensemble model of global sea-level change produced by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for the Fifth Assessment Report using RCP 8.5 and a refined model of vertical land motion produced by Natural Resources Canada for the Canadian domain constrained by measurements. Positive change indicates sea-level rise, negative change indicates sea-level fall. This feature class represents baseline relative sea-level change for the early 21st century contributing to calculations of Canada's coastal sensitivity to changing climate.
Credit
Funding for CanCoast was provided by the Climate Change Geoscience Program of the Lands and Minerals Sector of Natural Resources Canada under the Supporting Adaptation in Coastal Regions project. Additional funding was provided by the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Division of Natural Resources Canada.
Status
completed; complété RI_593
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Pacific, Sydney - Thomas James ( Research Scientist )
9860 West Saanich Road , Sydney , British Columbia , Canada
voice; (250)3636403
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
GSC Keywords Vocabulary - Thesaurus Thésaurus - vocabulaire de mots-clé de la CGC ( RI_528 )
  • Coastal and Marine Geology
NRCan - GSC - Coastal domain - Keywords list Liste de mots-clés - RNCan - CGC - Domain côtier ( RI_528 )
  • relative sea-level change
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Coasts
Use limitation
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2018
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Description
Canada's marine coasts.
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Begin date
2010-12-31
End date
2011-12-31
Supplemental Information
Sea-level change projections were provided by Natural Resources Canada. The CanCoast Marine Shoreline Version 3.0 was developed by the Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada.
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:4617 / 6.14

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No information provided.
Distribution format
  • SHP ( ESRI ArcGIS )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
1 Challenger Drive , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Canada
voice; +01-902-426-3144
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada
Transfer size
274
OnLine resource
CanCoast - Modification du niveau de la mer de 2006 à 2020, version 1.0 ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
CanCoast - Change In Sea Level 2006-2020 Version 1.0 ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
CanCoast - Change In Sea Level 2006-2020 Version 1.0 - English ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

OnLine resource
CanCoast - Change In Sea Level 2006-2020 Version 1.0 - French ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;fra

Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622

Absolute external positional accuracy

Quantitative result

Value
50

Absolute external positional accuracy

Quantitative result

Value
10
Statement
Process step no. 6 Process step no. 2 Process step no. 3 Process step no. 4 Process step no. 5 Generic process step - data source list Process step no. 1
Description
Using ArcGIS project tool, projected to decimal degrees in the NAD83 CSRS geographic coordinate system.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
Description
Using ArcGIS convert raster to points tool, converted the raster to points.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
Description
Using the ArcGIS spatial join tool, joined closest points to line segments of the CanCoast shoreline.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
Description
Using ArcGIS, deleted unnecessary fields and created new field to contain scores, and with python scripting scored attribute values according to criteria established using expert knowledge.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
Description
Using ArcGIS project tool, projected to decimal degrees in the NAD83 CSRS geographic coordinate system.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
Description
This generic process step lists all the data sources used to create the dataset
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
CMIP5 significant wave height projections, 2090-2099, coastal Canadian domain |- CanCoast Marine Shoreline Version 3.0
Description
Using ArcGIS raster calculator, the change in relative sea level was calculated between 2006 and 2020.
Date / Time
2018-03-30T00:00:00.0
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
Description
See the generic process step for a list of data sources.
File identifier
725913a9-f3ad-169f-d75a-1d80af639756 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2019-09-16T19:44:04
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantique - Gavin Manson ( Coastal Geologist )
1 Challenger Drive , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Canada
voice; +01-902-426-3144
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada
Dataset URI
https://doi.org/10.4095/314669
 
 

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