Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:606

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MD_DataIdentification

Count Component Title Abstract
1 Portland, Maine 1/3 arc-second MHW Coastal Digital Elevation Model 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 modeling 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).
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SV_Identification

Count Component Title Type
1 DEM Global Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service Digital Elevation Model Global Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service ArcGIS Image Service
1 DEM MHW Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service Digital Elevation Model MHW Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service ArcGIS Image Service
1 Footprints ArcGIS Map Service NCEI Digital Elevation Model Extents ArcGIS Feature Layer ArcGIS Feature Service
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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 Bare Earth DEM
    2008-01-01
1 Data Stewardship Maturity Report for Portland, Maine 1/3 arc-second Mean High Water (MHW) Coastal Digital Elevation Model
    2022
1 Digital Bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine
    1998-01-01
1 Digital Elevation Model Global Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service
    2016-06-14
1 Digital Elevation Model MHW Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service
    2016-06-14
1 Digital Elevation Model of Portland, Maine: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis
    2009-03-01
1 Electronic Navigational Charts
    2008-01-01
1 GCMD Data Center Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Horizontal Resolution Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Horizontal Data Resolution Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Location Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Platform Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Project Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Science Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
    2020-01-09
3 NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Services Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 GCMD Vertical Resolution Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Vertical Data Resolution Keywords
    2020-01-09
1 Mean High Water height
    2012-08-05
1 NCEI Digital Elevation Model Extents ArcGIS Feature Layer
    2022-10-24
1 NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Topographic LiDAR
    2008-01-01
1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
    1 NOAA Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project
      2008-10-31
    1 NOS Hydrographic Surveys
      2008-01-01
    1 Portland, Maine 1/3 arc-second MHW Coastal Digital Elevation Model
      2008-12-31
    NCEI Metadata ID: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:606
    1 Portland_ME_1_3s_MHW_DEM
      2016-06-22
    1 The Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template
      2015-06-23
    doi:10.10.6084/m9.figshare.1211954
    1 UNH Multibeam
      2008-01-01
    1 USACE Hydrographic Surveys
      2008-01-01
    1 USGS NED topography
      2008-01-01
    2 Uncontrolled
      1 World Geodetic System 1984
        2007-08-27
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      CI_Series

      Count Component Name Issue Identification Page
      1 NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-30
      1 NOAA Tsunami Inundation DEMs Portland, Maine
      1 NOAA Tsunami Inundation DEMs Named by primary coastal city, state in DEM.
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      CI_ResponsibleParty

      Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
      2 resourceProvider https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html
      14 https://doi.org/10.25923/sptn-qn45
      1 Barry W. Eakins originator
      1 Barry Eakins Barry W. Eakins NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Research Scientist Barry.Eakins@noaa.gov pointOfContact
      1 CCOM/JHC/UNH > Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center/University of New Hampshire originator
      11 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, Department of Commerce publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models
      1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher
      1 DOC/NOAA/NOS/CSC > Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator
      1 DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS > Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator
      1 DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL/NCTR > NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator
      2 DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior originator
      1 Elliot Lim originator
      2 EPSG Registry European Petroleum Survey Group publisher https://epsg.org/home.html
      1 JALCTBX > Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise originator
      1 Varner, Jesse Jesse Varner NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Jesse.Varner@noaa.gov pointOfContact
      1 Kelly S. Carignan originator
      1 Lisa A. Taylor originator
      10 GCMD Landing Page NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Data and Information System custodian https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
      2 NCEI GIS Team NCEI GIS Team NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.gis@noaa.gov pointOfContact
      1 NOAA Institutional Repository publisher
      3 NCEI (pointOfContact) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
      1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher
      1 NCEI (distributor) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
      1 NOAA National Geophysical Data Center author
      2 NOAA National Geophysical Data Center publisher
      2 NOAA National Geophysical Data Center originator
      1 Pamela R. Medley originator
      1 Peng, Ge CICS-NC/NCEI author
      1 Robin R. Warnken originator
      1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maine District originator
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      CI_OnlineResource

      Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
      1
      1 http://ned.usgs.gov/ USGS National Elevation Dataset Digital database of U.S. topography, in raster form (DEM) download
      1 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-801/ Digital Bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine Results and bathymetric grids derived from seafloor surveys in the Gulf of Maine information
      1 http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/ JALCTBX Bathy/Topo Bare Earth DEM Bare Earth, bathymetric and topographic DEM offlineAccess
      1 http://www.ccom-jhc.unh.edu/ UNH Multibeam 5m. resolution multibeam survey of the Gulf of Maine download
      1 http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngdc.noaa.gov%2Fdocucomp%2Fpage%3Fxml%3DNOAA%2FNESDIS%2FNGDC%2FCollection%2Fiso%2Fxml%2FUSCoastalLidarElevationData.xml%26amp%3Bview%3DgetDataView%26amp%3Bheader%3DnoneTCM%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHc0sLvXk7iHVPyZC57I2r7-g4zCATCM/ Topographic Change Mapping CSC coastal topographic LiDAR download
      1 http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm OCS Electronic Navigational Charts Digital database of NOAA nautical chart information. download
      1 http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/ USACE Maine District Hydrographic Surveys Digital database of hydrographic surveys in Maine download
      1 https://doi.org/10.25923/sptn-qn45 DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information
      1 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1211954 The Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template Landing page for quality evaluation procedure. information
      1 https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information
      1 https://epsg.org/crs_5868/MHW-height.html MHW height GML for Mean High Water height available at the epsg-registry. information
      2 https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search
      1 https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DEM_MHW/ImageServer DEM Mosaic (MHW) ArcGIS Image Service REST endpoint for Digital Elevation Model MHW Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service search
      1 https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic/ImageServer DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) ArcGIS Image Service REST endpoint for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) ArcGIS Image Service search
      1 https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic_hillshade/ImageServer DEM Global Mosaic (Color Shaded Relief) ArcGIS Image Service This service provides a color shaded relief visualization of the data. The elevations/depths are displayed using this color ramp: https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/images/dem_color_scale.png. search
      1 https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/DEM_mosaics/DEM_global_mosaic_hillshade/ImageServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS DEM Global Mosaic (Color Shaded Relief) WMS Capabilities document for Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service for DEM Global Mosaic (Color Shaded Relief) search
      1 https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html Integrated Models of Coastal Relief at NCEI Please see website for more information about Coastal DEMs. information
      1 https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0afa88a1701749dbbf76fcadca4f77f3 NOAA GeoPlatform Entry for NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents NOAA GeoPlatform listing for NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents information
      1 https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3bc7611c1d904a5eaf90ecbec88fa799 NOAA GeoPlatform Entry for Digital Elevation Model MHW Mosaic NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Digital Elevation Model MHW Mosaic ArcGIS Image Service information
      2 https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c876e3c96a8642ab8557646a3b4fa0ff NOAA GeoPlatform Entry for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) NOAA GeoPlatform listing for DEM Global Mosaic (Elevation Values) information
      2 https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e11ebaeb19544bb18c2afe440f063062 NOAA GeoPlatform Entry for DEM Global Mosaic (Color Shaded Relief) Shaded relief visualization of a global seamless bathymetry/topography mosaic of digital elevation models at NOAA/NCEI. information
      2 https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e9ba2e7afb7d46cd878b34aa3bfce042 Digital Elevation Models Mosaic (Individual DEMs) An image service providing access to bathymetric/topographic digital elevation models stewarded at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Either individual DEMs or small subsets can be accessed through this service. search
      1 https://services2.arcgis.com/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/ncei_dem_extents/FeatureServer NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents ArcGIS Feature Service REST endpoint for NCEI Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Extents ArcGIS Feature Service search
      10 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information
      3 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information
      2 DEM Map Search https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/ Bathymetric Data Viewer The Bathymetric Data Viewer is an interactive map providing discovery, descriptions, and download capability for bathymetric survey data and digital elevation models archived at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). search
      1 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:606/html Metadata Landing Page information
      2 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/coastal-elevation-models Coastal Elevation Models at NCEI information
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html NOS Hydrographic Survey Database Digital database of NOS hydrographic surveys that date back to the late 19th century. download
      2 DEM Text Search https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal DEM text search Text search for locating completed and planned DEMs. search
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/dat/dems/regional_tr/portland_13_mhw_2008.pdf Digital Elevation Model of Portland, Maine: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis Report describing the development of the Portland DEM download
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc.html OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form download
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/fileServer/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc Download NetCDF File Download NetCDF File download
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/ncml/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc?catalog=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngdc.noaa.gov%2Fthredds%2Fcatalog%2Fregional%2Fcatalog.html&dataset=regionalDatasetScan%2Fportland_13_mhw_2008.nc NetCDF Markup Language file NetCDF Markup Language file information
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/ncss/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc/dataset.html Download a subset of the NetCDF Download a subset of the NetCDF download
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/wcs/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities Web Coverage Service GetCapabilities Web Coverage Service GetCapabilities information
      1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/wms/regional/portland_13_mhw_2008.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities Web Map Service GetCapabilities Web Map Service GetCapabilities information
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      MD_Identifier or RS_Identifier

      Count Component Code
      1 Digital Elevation Model
      1 MM-Stew
      1 NCEI Metadata ID: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:606
      1 Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project
      1 doi:10.10.6084/m9.figshare.1211954
      1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
      1 urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::5868
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      EX_Extent

      Bounding Box Temporal Extent
      Count Component Description West East North South Start End
      1 -70.74 -69.63 43.99 43.00 1861-01-01 2007-01-01
      3 -180 180 90 -90
      1 1861-01-01 2003-01-01
      1 1998-01-01 1998-01-01
      1 2001-01-01 2007-01-01
      1 2000-01-01 2004-01-01
      1
      1
      1 2007-01-01 2007-01-01
      1
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      EX_GeographicBoundingBox

      Count Component West East North South
      1 -70.74 -69.63 43.99 43.00
      3 -180 180 90 -90
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      EX_TemporalExtent

      Count Component Start End
      1 1861-01-01 2007-01-01
      1 1861-01-01 2003-01-01
      1 1998-01-01 1998-01-01
      1 2001-01-01 2007-01-01
      1 2000-01-01 2004-01-01
      3
      1 2007-01-01 2007-01-01
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      MD_Format

      Count Component Name Version specification
      1 netCDF 4 Classic netCDF 4 Classic
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      MD_Medium

      none found
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      MD_Constraints

      Count Component Use Limitation
      1 not for navigation Not to be used for navigation. Although these data are of high quality and useful for planning and modeling purposes, they are not suitable for navigation. For navigation, please refer to the NOS nautical chart series.
      1 copyright statement Produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
      2 These data not to be used for navigation. Although these data are of high quality and useful for planning and modeling purposes, they are not suitable for navigation. For official navigation products, please refer to the U.S. nautical charts available from the NOAA Office of Coast Survey: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.
      1 These data not to be used for navigation. Although these data are of high quality and useful for planning and modeling purposes, they are not suitable for navigation. For official navigation products, please refer to the U.S. nautical charts available from the NOAA Office of Coast Survey: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.
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      MD_ReferenceSystem

      Count Component Code Authority Title
      1 WGS84 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 World Geodetic System 1984
      1 MHW urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::5868 Mean High Water height
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      MD_GridSpatialRepresentation

      Count Component Number of Dimensions Cell Geometry Code
      1 3 area
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      MD_Georeferenceable or MI_Georeferenceable

      none found
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      MD_Georectified or MI_Georectified

      none found
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      MD_Dimension

      Count Component Name Code Size
      1 row 11989
      1 column 10693
      1 vertical 1
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      MD_CoverageDescription or MI_CoverageDescription

      none found
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      MD_Band or MI_Band

      none found
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      MI_RangeElementDescription

      none found
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      MD_AggregateInformation

      Count Component Title Code Association Type Code
      1 Data Stewardship Maturity Report for Portland, Maine 1/3 arc-second Mean High Water (MHW) Coastal Digital Elevation Model crossReference
      1 Digital Elevation Model of Portland, Maine: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis crossReference
      1 NOAA Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project largerWorkCitation
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      LE_Source or LI_Source

      Count Component Title Date Description
      1 Bare Earth DEM 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: received by mail.(CD) ; Source Type: digital
      1 Digital Bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine 1998-01-01 Source Contribution: downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
      1 Electronic Navigational Charts 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
      1 NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Topographic LiDAR 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
      1 NOS Hydrographic Surveys 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
      1 UNH Multibeam 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: acquired through UNH ftp site ; Source Type: online
      1 USACE Hydrographic Surveys 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: Hydrographic surveys downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
      1 USGS NED topography 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: downloaded from web site. ; Source Type: online
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      LE_ProcessStep or LI_ProcessStep

      Count Component DateTime Description
      1 2008-10-16T00:00:00 All datasets obtained by NGDC were converted to common horizontal and vertical datums of WGS84 geographic and Mean High Water, respectively, using FME. They were also converted to common file format, ESRI point shapefiles, for visualization and inspection.
      1 2008-10-31T00:00:00 Datasets were visually inspected with ArcGIS for identification and editing of data anomalies. Datasets were then compared with overlapping datasets to ensure data consistency.
      1 2008-11-15T00:00:00 In an effort to overcome this mixing of vertical datums in the NED, NGDC converted the NED dataset from NGVD29/MSL to MHW using ArcGIS. Elevations in the converted data that were greater than or equal to 0.5 meters were extracted directly from the grids. Elevations that were less than 0.5 meters were set to an assigned value of 0.5 meters above MHW to prevent inappropriate coastal flooding, though fortunately, there is significant coastal LiDAR data in the Portland region. The resulting NED data were clipped to the LiDAR coverage areas to limit the effects of this approximate NED vertical datum conversion.
      1 2008-11-20T00:00:00 xyz files of the bathymetric data were surfaced using GMT's 'surface' tool onto a 1 arc-second grid that interpolated to fill empty cells. Points extracted every 10 meters along the coastline were also included to ensure that the bathymetric grid reached zero at the coast. The resulting Arc ASCII grid was imported into ArcGIS and clipped to the coastline to remove values over land.
      1 2008-12-09T00:00:00 xyz files for each input dataset were gridded using MB-System's 'mbgrid' tool, which utilizes a high-tension spline interpolation method to fill grid cells with no input elevation values. Preferential weighting was given to more recent, higher-accuracy datasets. Gridding was performed in quadrants, each with a 5% data buffer. The grids were imported in ArcGIS and seamlessly merged to create the final DEM.
      1 2008-12-20T00:00:00 The DEM was quantitatively evaluated by comparing with source datasets and with elevation values extracted from NGS geodetic monuments. It was visually evaluated by converting to UTM-zone coordinates (units of meters horizontally and vertically) and then creating a slope grid to identify gridding artifacts in the DEM.
      1 2015-04-22T00:00:00 NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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      MI_Operation

      Count Component Code Type Status Description
      1 Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project
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      MI_Platform

      Count Component Code Description
      1 Digital Elevation Model
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      MI_Instrument

      Count Component Code Type Description
      3 Light Detection and Ranging
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