A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database

被引：1026

作者：

Wessel, P ^{[1
]}

Smith, WHF ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NOAA, GEOSCI LAB, NATL OCEAN SERV, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH | 1996年 / 101卷 / B4期

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D O I：

10.1029/96JB00104

中图分类号：

P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];

学科分类号：

0708 ; 070902 ;

摘要：

We present a high-resolution shoreline data set amalgamated from two databases in the public domain. The data have undergone extensive processing and are free of internal inconsistencies such as erratic points and crossing segments. The shorelines are constructed entirely from hierarchically arranged closed polygons. The data can be used to simplify data searches and data selections or to study the statistical characteristics of shorelines and landmasses. The data set can be accessed both electronically over Internet and from the National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado; it comes with access software and routines to facilitate decimation based on a standard line-reduction algorithm.

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页码：8741 / 8743

页数：3