Accession Number:

ADA008578

Title:

Classification of Coastal Environments of the World.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Hayden,Bruce
• Dolan,Robert

Report Date:

1975-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

166.0

Abstract:

The final report summarizes the products of more than four years of research in the classification of coastal environments and includes three manuscripts detailing the results and conclusions of three studies not issued in technical report form. The three studies included are titled Coastal Wave Climates of the Americas, Coastal Marine Fauna and Marine Climates of the Americas, and An Assessment of Remote Sensing as a Tool in Classifying Coastal Landscape Elements. In addition, an evaluation of data quality, quantity, availability, and suitability for the purposes of classifying coastal environments is included.

Descriptors:

• *COASTAL REGIONS
• *ENVIRONMENTS
• OCEAN WAVES
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• TOPOGRAPHY
• CLIMATE
• CLASSIFICATION
• AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
• LANDFORMS
• AQUATIC ANIMALS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE