The Massachusetts Coastal Hazards Commission Final Recommendations-Appendix B

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Preparing for the Storm:
Recommendations for Management of Risk from Coastal Hazards in Massachusetts

Appendix B - Coastal Hazards Data and Tools

The Hazards Information Working Group developed the following list of coastal hazards data and tools organized according to four categories: Mitigation Planning, Storm Monitoring, Response and Recovery, and Public Outreach. The working group recommends that this list serve as the foundation for the coastal hazards information portal (Recommendation #7).

Category	Organization	Title	Type	Source
Mitigation Planning	AIR Worldwide Corporation	MA Association of Insurance Agents Annual Convention Wrap-Up	Current Report	http://www.air-worldwide.com
Mitigation Planning	AIR Worldwide Corporation	Major Hurricane Strikes New York and New England: How Large Will the Losses Be?	Current Presentation	http://www.air-worldwide.com
Mitigation Planning	AIR Worldwide Corporation	The Coastline at Risk: Estimated Insured Value of Coastal Properties	Current Report	http://www.air-worldwide.com
Mitigation Planning	Cape Cod Commission	Cape Cod Atlas of Tidally Restricted Salt Marshes	Maps	http://www.capecodcommission.org/tidalatlas
Mitigation Planning	Clark University	Assessing the Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Extreme Storms: The Case of Revere, MA, USA	Current Report	Clark, G.E., Moser, S.C., Ratick, S.J., Dow, K., Meyer, W.B., Emani, S., Jin, W., Kasperson, J.X., Kasperson, R.E., Schwarz, H.E, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 3(1): 59-82
Mitigation Planning	CZM	Art and Science of Identifying Flood Zones	Current Report	http://www.mass.gov/czm/coastlines/2002/c26.htm
Mitigation Planning	CZM	Coastal Structures Inventory	Current Data	http://www.mass.gov/czm
Mitigation Planning	CZM	Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System	Current Data	http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm
Mitigation Planning	CZM	Shoreline Change Project	Historical Data	Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project
Mitigation Planning	CZM	South Shore Coastal Hazards Characterization Atlas	Maps	http://www.mass.gov/czm/hazards/ss_atlas/atlas.htm
Mitigation Planning	CZM Buzzards Bay Project National Estuary Program	Atlas of Tidally Restricted Salt Marshes in the Buzzards Bay Watershed, Massachusetts	Maps	http://www.buzzardsbay.org/smatlasmain.htm
Mitigation Planning	CZM Wetlands Restoration Program	Atlas of Tidally Restricted Marshes: North Shore of Massachusetts	Maps	http://www.mass.gov/czm/wrp/index.htm
Mitigation Planning	DCR and MEMA	MA State Hazard Mitigation Plan	Current Report	Massachusetts Hazard Mitigation Plan
Mitigation Planning	FEMA	Coastal Construction Manual	Current Report	http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/mat/fema55.shtm
Mitigation Planning	FEMA	Flood Insurance Studies	Historical Reports	http://www.fema.gov/hazard/map/fis.shtm
Mitigation Planning	FEMA	Flood Map Store and Map Service Center	Maps	http://msc.fema.gov
Mitigation Planning	FEMA	HAZUS	Model	http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus
Mitigation Planning	FEMA	Q3 Flood Data	Current Data	FEMA Q3 Flood Data
Mitigation Planning	FEMA, NOAA National Weather Service, and USACE	Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes Model	Model	http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/nhp/slosh_link.shtm
Mitigation Planning	MassGIS	Datalayers/GIS Database	Current Data	http://www.mass.gov/mgis/laylist.htm
Mitigation Planning	Metropolitan Area Planning Council	Atlas of Tidal Restrictions on the South Shore of Massachusetts	Current Report	http://www.mapc.org
Mitigation Planning	Municipalities	Local Hazard Mitigation Plans	Current Reports	various
Mitigation Planning	Municipalities	Local Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Maps	Maps	various
Mitigation Planning	Municipalities	Parcel Maps	Maps	various
Mitigation Planning	National Sea Grant	Coastal Hazards Digital Library	Current Reports	http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hazard.html
Mitigation Planning	National States Geographic Information Council	Ramona GIS Inventory System	Current Data	http://ma.gisinventory.net
Mitigation Planning	NOAA Coastal Services Center	Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool: New Hanover County, North Carolina Case Study	Study	http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/nchaz/startup.htm
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Hurricane Center	Hurricane History	Historical Data	http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	A Centennial Review of Major Land Falling Tropical Cyclones in Southern New England	Historical Report	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers2.shtml
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	A Study of Moderate Coastal Flood Events Along the Eastern Massachusetts Shoreline	Historical Report	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers2.shtml
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	Descriptive Hurricane Information	Historical Reports	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/HurricaneInfo.shtml
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	Hurricane Research Division Reanalysis Project	Historical Data	Hurricane Reanalysis Project
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	Storm Series: Tropical Storm Floyd, September 16, 1999	Historical Report	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers2.shtml
Mitigation Planning	NOAA National Weather Service	The Distribution of Precipitation Over the Northeast Accompanying Landfalling and Transitioning Tropical Cyclones	Historical Report	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers2.shtml
Mitigation Planning	OPeNDAP	Open-Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol	Historical Data	Open Source Project
Mitigation Planning	Regional Planning Agencies	Regional Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Maps	Maps	various
Mitigation Planning	Tufts University	Climate's Long-Term Impacts on Metro Boston Project	Current Report	http://www.tufts.edu/tie/climb
Mitigation Planning	University of South Carolina Hazards Research Lab	Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States	Historical Data	http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/hrl/SHELDUS.html
Mitigation Planning	University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center	Storm Surge User Needs Report to NOAA	Current Report	Storm Surge User Needs Report to NOAA
Mitigation Planning	USACE	Feasibility Studies	Historical Reports	http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/library/libHP.html
Mitigation Planning	USACE	Hurricane Evacuation Study Reports	Current Reports	Hurricane Evacuation Study Reports
Mitigation Planning	USACE	Hurricane Surge Inundation Maps for New England	Maps	Hurricane Surge Maps for N.E.
Mitigation Planning	USACE	Tidal Flood Profiles, New England Coastline	Historical Data	N.E. Tidal Flood Profiles
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Geologic/Sediment Character Maps of the Coast and Offshore Regions	Maps	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	LIDAR Data	Current Data	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Models for Geomorphic Evolution of the Coast in Response to Sea-Level Rise	Models	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Models of Oceanographic Processes (Waves, Currents) for Mass Bay	Models	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project	Historical Data	http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change
Mitigation Planning	USGS	National Atlas of the United States	Historical Data	http://www.nationalatlas.gov/index.html
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Record of Relative Sea-Level Change for the Past 18,000 Years	Historical Data	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Reports on Geologic History of the Coast	Historical Reports	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Reports on Storm Effects, "Hot Spot" Erosion on Cape Cod	Current Reports	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	USGS	Topographic DEM Data	Current Data	http://marine.usgs.gov
Mitigation Planning	WHOI Sea Grant	Volunteer Beach Profile Data	Current Data	http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/index.html
Storm Monitoring	AWS Convergence Technologies WeatherBug	HurricaneNet	Maps	http://www.instaweather.com/hurricane
Storm Monitoring	GoMOOS	Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System	Current Data	http://www.gomoos.org/buoy/buoy_data.shtml
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Data Buoy Center	Buoy Data	Current Data	http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Northeast.shtml
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Ocean Service	Tide Gauge Data	Current Data	http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Weather Service	Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service	Forecasts	http://www.weather.gov/oh/ahps
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Weather Service	FLDWAV	Model	http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hrl/rvrmech/fld_avail.htm
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Weather Service	Forecasts	Forecasts	http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Weather Service	National Hurricane Center Tropical Prediction Center	Forecasts	http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Storm Monitoring	NOAA National Weather Service	Radar Image	Current Data	Radar Image
Storm Monitoring	USGS	Real-Time Data for Massachusetts	Current Data	http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/rt
Storm Monitoring	USGS	WaterWatch	Current Data	WaterWatch
Response and Recovery	FEMA	Emergency Management Institute Training and Education	Training	http://www.training.fema.gov
Response and Recovery	George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management	Publications	Current Reports	http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/publications/index.html
Response and Recovery	MEMA	Emergency Response Training	Training	MEMA Training Calendar
Response and Recovery	MEMA	State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan	Current Report	State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Response and Recovery	NOAA National Weather Service	HURREVAC	Model	http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/prepare/hurrevac.htm
Public Outreach	CZM	Public Access Website	Current Reports	http://www.mass.gov/czm/beachestom.htm
Public Outreach	FEMA NFIP	Flood Smart	Current Reports	http://www.floodsmart.gov
Public Outreach	Institute for Business and Home Safety	Publications	Current Reports	http://www.ibhs.org
Public Outreach	Insurance Information Institute	Facts and Statistics: Hurricanes	Current Data	http://www.iii.org/media/facts/statsbyissue/hurricanes
Public Outreach	Northeast States Emergency Consortium	Hazards	Current Reports	http://www.nesec.org/hazards
Public Outreach	Northeast States Emergency Consortium	Power of Prevention: Taking Action Before Disaster Strikes	Current Report	http://www.nesec.org/brochure.pdf