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Salt Marsh Retreat Rates and Hydrodynamic Data for the Great Marsh in Massachusetts, which comprises Plum Island Sound and Essex Bay, from 08-25-2015 to 06-24-2022 (NCEI Accession 0276236)

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The dataset provides measured salt marsh shoreline retreat rates and estimated hydrodynamic data for twelve sites in the Great Marsh system in Massachusetts, which comprises Plum Island Sound and Essex Bay. Shoreline retreat rates were measured using repeat RTK-GPS shoreline surveys from 2015 to 2020 and Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS). Estimated hydrodynamic data for the twelve sites were derived from 64 Simulating Nearshore Waves (SWAN) simulations and a calibrated Delft3D hydrodynamic model. The data were generated for a study examining the relationship between wave power and salt marsh retreat.

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0276236 CURRENT SPEED LATITUDE LONGITUDE SHORELINE WAVE DATA WAVE ENERGY WIND DIRECTION GPS satellite sensor - general in situ model output satellite data Boston University Boston University North Atlantic Ocean oceanography EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES Channel Curvature Date of Shoreline Survey 1 Date of Shoreline Survey 2 Date of Shoreline Survey 3 Date of Shoreline Survey 4 Ebb Current Velocity Flood Current Velocity Length of Shoreline Surveyed Number of Transects Used Retreat Rate Retreat Rate Uncertainty Site Wave Energy Wave Power (All Wind Directions): Wave Power (E Wind Direction) Wave Power (ENE Wind Direction) Wave Power (ESE Wind Direction) Wave Power (N Wind Direction) Wave Power (NE Wind Direction) Wave Power (NNE Wind Direction): Wave Power (NNW Wind Direction) Wave Power (NW Wind Direction) Wave Power (S Wind Direction) Wave Power (SE Wind Direction) Wave Power (SSE Wind Direction) Wave Power (SSW Wind Direction) Wave Power (SW Wind Direction) Wave Power (W Wind Direction) Wave Power (WNW Wind Direction) Wave Power (WSW Wind Direction) GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS Delft3D Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) RTK-GPS Satellite Imagery Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Essex Bay Plum Island Sound LW4PP4

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