Digital Elevation Model of Puerto Rico, Integrating Bathymetric and Topographic Datasets

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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Created: Apr 04, 2018 at 3:03 p.m.
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Abstract

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs are used to support tsunami forecasting and warning efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) currently being developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers, and are used in the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) model developed by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation. Bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data used in DEM compilation are obtained from various sources, including NGDC, the U.S. National Ocean Service (NOS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal, state, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and private companies. DEMs are referenced to the vertical tidal datum of Mean High Water (MHW) and horizontal datum of World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). Grid spacings for the DEMs range from 1/3 arc-second (~10 meters) to 3 arc-seconds (~90 meters).
Dataset Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:tigp_puerto_rico_3s

See 'puerto_rico_3s_metadata.htm' file for additional source information.

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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (2020). Digital Elevation Model of Puerto Rico, Integrating Bathymetric and Topographic Datasets, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/175d771371a74a4a97306221226ed7fa

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