Open AccessA coastal information system for the southeastern Beaufort Sea, Yukon and Northwest Territories
Author(s) -
N. Couture,
D L Forbes,
Paul Fraser,
D Frobel,
K A Jenner,
Gavin K. Manson,
S. Solomon,
B Szlavko,
R B Taylor
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.4095/295975
Subject(s) - shore , intertidal zone , beaufort scale , beaufort sea , geography , aerial photography , glossary , oceanography , geology , remote sensing , physical geography , cartography , sea ice , linguistics , philosophy
This report provides coastal data and a classification of the Canadian Beaufort Sea coast and is part of the Coastal Information System (CIS) maintained by the Geological Survey of Canada. Coastal attributes such as the physical form of the coast and thematerials which comprise it have been interpreted and mapped from aerial photography and video for over 1900 kilometres of coastline. These attributes are mapped as line segments for three different shore-parallel zones: the backshore, the foreshore, and the nearshore. Additional points of interestsuch as water bodies, anthropogenic sites, or ground ice features are also mapped. Qualitative coastal change was mapped along select portions of the coast based on the availability of repetitive, multi-year coastal video and imagery. A glossary has been developed to control the language used in thedescriptions. The data are contained in a geographic information system. A published map file is also included, which provides examples for displaying and symbolizing the CIS data.