Shoreline change in coastal Natural World Hertiage Sites

<p>This repository contains the data associated with the paper: Multi-decadal shoreline change in coastal Natural World Heritage Sites - a global assessment (<a href="http://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab968f">http://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab968f</a>).</p> <p>It contains:</p> <p>- 2020_transects_data_shorelines_linearity_geomorphology_final.csv: a dataset of transect-based shoreline and geomorphological datasets in 67 coastal Natural World Heritage Sites with available shoreline data.</p> <p>-2020_transects_data_shorelines_strong_linear_geomorphology_final.csv: a dataset of transect-based strong linear trends (recessional, depositional and stable) and geomorphological datasets in 59 coastal Natural World Heritage Sites with strong linear behaviour.</p> <p>Shorelines were derived from a global assessment of derived Landsat images (Luijendijk, A. <em>et al.</em>,2018,<em> </em> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24630-6, Hagenaars, G. <em>et al., </em>2018, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/deref/http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.coastaleng.2017.12.011?_sg%5B0%5D=e7jxl0sHv0Rk-vxjjQWhconm1RtF5itcOHzqmZiTCaB0Jn7eujgLvuHi94LPIFeL3E_yP8wB-_F1qUjL9eidIw8eJw.qTorN3HHl-zPzbBg0YIpOUil3-oAv0JrEaaHD7qmCOA89tuoCGo70cV3H6QHsTerBHY5M7tjQZebo2GBybINVw">10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.12.011</a> and Hagenaars, G. <em>et al., </em>2017, <a href="http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:34a0114b-5e39-4b52-9940-3a7e9f5a2982">http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:34a0114b-5e39-4b52-9940-3a7e9f5a2982</a>). Conditional and outlier data cleaning were undertaken on the raw shoreline dataset for further analysis.</p> <p>The geomorphological data have been obtained from the following datasets:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Topography:</strong> Global Map DEM (2017) - <a href="https://globalmaps.github.io/">https://globalmaps.github.io/</a></li> <li><strong>Land cover:</strong> Global Land Cover by National Mapping Organisations - GLCNMO (Kobayashi, T. <em>et al.</em>, 2013, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v9n3p1">10.5539/jgg.v9n3p1</a>)</li> <li><strong>Coastal type:</strong> Worldwide Typology of Nearshore Coastal Systems (D&uuml;rr, H. H. <em>et al.</em>, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-011-9381-y)</li> <li><strong>Lithology:</strong> Global Lithological Map - GliM (Hartmann, J. &amp; Moosdorf, N., 2012, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004370">https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004370</a>)</li> </ul> <p>For each perpendicular transect to the satellite-derived shorelines, a set of data is provided in the table columns:</p> <ul> <li>transect_id: unique identifier of the transect</li> <li>Continent: continent of the transect</li> <li>country_name: country of the transect</li> <li>Intersect_lon: the longitude of the middle point of the transect drawn between the first available shoreline (1984 or more) and the latter available shoreline (2016).</li> <li>Intersect_lon: the latitude of the middle point of the transect drawn between the first available shoreline (1984 or more) and the latter available shoreline (2016).</li> <li>NAME: name of the coastal Natural World Heritage Site</li> <li>ORIG_NAME: the original name of the coastal Natural World Heritage Site</li> <li>INT_CRIT: criteria of selection of the coastal Natural World Heritage Site</li> <li>dt_max: is the latest year for which SDS data points are available (2016)</li> <li>dt_min: is the first year for which SDS data points are available (starts from 1984)</li> <li>nb_shorelines: the number of shorelines available from dt_min to dt_max</li> <li>cor: Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient (<em>r</em>)</li> <li>p.value: Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient (<em>r</em>) p-value</li> <li>cor_fact: classification of Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient (<em>r</em>) <ul> <li>0: Non-linear (-0.3 to 0.3).</li> <li>1: Weak linear ( -0.7 to -0.3 or 0.3 to 0.7)</li> <li>2: Strong linear (less than -0.7 or greater than 0.7)</li> </ul> </li> <li>coeflm: Ordinary Least Square linear regression rate (m yr-1)</li> <li>std: standard deviation of the Ordinary Least Square linear regression rate (m yr-1)</li> <li>Mean_DEM_Class: topography <ul> <li>1: 0 &le; elevation &le; 1 m (extremely low-lying)</li> <li>2: 1 &lt; elevation &le; 10 m (low-lying)</li> <li>3: 10 &lt; elevation &le; 50 m (middle)</li> <li>4: 50 &lt; elevation &le; 400 m (high)</li> <li>5: No data (transects without available elevation)</li> </ul> </li> <li>GLIM_categories: lithology <ul> <li>ev: Evaporites</li> <li>ig: Polar ice and Glaciers</li> <li>pa: Acid Plutonic Rocks</li> <li>pb: Basic-Ultrabasic Plutonic Rocks</li> <li>pi: Intermediate Plutonic Rocks</li> <li>mt: Metamorphic Rocks</li> <li>sc: Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks</li> <li>sm: Mixed Sedimentary Rocks</li> <li>ss: Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks</li> <li>su: Unconsolidated Sediments</li> <li>py Pyroclastic</li> <li>va: Acid Volcanic Rocks</li> <li>vb: Basic Volcanic Rocks</li> <li>vi: Intermediate Volcanic Rocks</li> </ul> </li> <li>Land_Cover_Class: land cover <ul> <li>1: Coral reefs</li> <li>2: Mangroves</li> <li>3: Marshes</li> <li>4: Vegetated</li> <li>5: Non-vegetated</li> <li>6: Urban areas</li> </ul> </li> <li>Coastal_type_Class_1: coastal types <ul> <li>1: Small deltas</li> <li>2: Tidal systems</li> <li>3: Lagoons</li> <li>4: Fjords and fj&auml;rds</li> <li>5: Large rivers</li> <li>6: Large rivers with tidal influence</li> <li>7: Karst-dominated stretches of coasts</li> <li>8: Arheic (dry areas)</li> <li>9: Islands</li> </ul> </li> <li>cor_classes_1: classification of Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient (<em>r</em>) <ul> <li>StrongLin: Strong linear (less than -0.7 or greater than 0.7)</li> <li>WeakLin: Weak linear ( -0.7 to -0.3 or 0.3 to 0.7)</li> <li>NonLin: Non-linear (-0.3 to 0.3).</li> </ul> </li> <li>shoreline_trend_classes: Ordinary Least Square linear regression rate (m/y) for strong linear shoreline behaviours <ul> <li>StrongLinSta: stable - shoreline change rate between -0.5 and 0.5 m yr-1&nbsp;</li> <li>StrongLinAcr: depositional - shoreline change rate &gt;0.5 m yr-1</li> <li>StrongLinErr: recessional - shoreline change rate &lt;-0.5 m yr-1</li> </ul> </li> </ul>