Metadata: 
  Identification_Information: 
    Dataset_Identifier: 
      pac_uhsg_usa_kingtides_photos
    Citation: 
      Citation_Information: 
        Originator: 
          Hawaii Sea Grant King Tides Project
        Originator: 
          Maya Walton
        Publication_Date: 
          20181214
        Title: 
          Hawaii and Pacific Islands King Tides Project
    Description: 
      Abstract: 
        The University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program's Hawaii and Pacific 
        Islands King Tides Project documents high water level events known as 
        King Tides to better understand future impacts from sea level rise and 
        other coastal hazards. King Tides provide a window into the future 
        because today's high tides are predicted to become tomorrow's average 
        sea levels. Citizen scientists have contributed to this free, 
        publicly-accessible, and crowd-sourced dataset by photographing King 
        Tides at places important to them throughout Hawaii and Oceania. 
        Photos, observations, date, time, location, and other metadata are 
        submitted online. This publicly-accessible online database informs 
        research, policy, and decision making across the State of Hawaii and 
        the wider Pacific region.
        
        King tides are the highest astronomical tides of the year. The 
        scientific term for a King Tide is a perigean spring tide. King Tides 
        in the Hawaiian Islands tend to occur during the summer (e.g., July 
        and August) and winter months (e.g., December and January) in 
        conjunction with new moons and full moons. King Tides, or the highest 
        high tides of the year, are a unique coastal hazard. The timing of 
        these extreme water level events can be anticipated through the use of 
        tidal predictions, yet their impacts (e.g., coastal flooding and 
        inundation in low-lying areas) can have devastating consequences for 
        coastal inhabitants, particularly when combined with severe weather or 
        high wave events. It is a common misconception that King Tides are the 
        result of man-made climate change. When in reality, they are not 
        byproducts of climate change, rather they are windows for us to see 
        what the future of sea level rise from global climate change might 
        look like along our coastlines. With future sea level rise we can 
        expect more frequent high tide flooding and monthly and even daily 
        high tides exceeding coastal inundation thresholds.
        
        When sharing these photographs, please cite this project with the 
        following attribution:
        
        (c) Hawaii Sea Grant King Tides Project, (year of photo). Some rights 
        reserved. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 
        International License (CC BY 4.0).
      Purpose: 
        PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to 
        support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in 
        the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
    Status: 
    Spatial_Domain: 
      Bounding_Coordinates: 
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          -177.378088
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          171.3731519
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          28.218039
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          -14.32367
    Browse_Graphic: 
      Browse_Graphic_File_Name: 
        http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/pac_uhsg_usa_kingtides_photos.png
      Browse_Graphic_File_Description: 
        Sample image.
      Browse_Graphic_File_Type: 
        PNG
    Keywords: 
      Theme: 
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
          GCMD Science Keywords
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Atmospheric/Ocean Indicators > 
          Sea Level Rise > Erosion
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Atmospheric/Ocean Indicators > 
          Sea Level Rise > Inundation
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Floods
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Beaches
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Erosion
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Rise
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shoreline Displacement
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Runup
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Solid Earth > Gemorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal 
          Landforms > Shorelines
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal 
          Landforms > Beaches
      Place: 
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
          GCMD Location Keywords
        Place_Keyword: 
          Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
        Place_Keyword: 
          Geographic Region > Oceania
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > 
          Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated 
          States of Micronesia > FSM
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Guam
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall 
          Islands > Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern 
          Mariana Islands > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau
    Access_Constraints: 
      None
    Use_Constraints: 
      Use Limitation: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not 
      intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the 
      data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii 
      nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or 
      contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including 
      warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or 
      assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or 
      usefulness, of this information.
    Point_of_Contact: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Organization_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            Hawaii Sea Grant King Tides Project
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            physical and mailing
          Address: 
          City: 
          State_or_Province: 
          Postal_Code: 
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          kingtide@hawaii.edu
    Data_Set_Credit: 
      The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the 
      National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional 
      Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). 
      PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and 
      Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
  Distribution_Information: 
    Distributor: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Organization_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
          Contact_Person: 
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            physical and mailing
          Address: 
          City: 
          State_or_Province: 
          Postal_Code: 
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          info@pacioos.org
    Distribution_Liability: 
      Unknown
    Standard_Order_Process: 
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_uhsg_usa_kingtides_photos/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_uhsg_usa_kingtides_photos/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            GeoServer
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers 
            multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            King Tides Map Viewer
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/king-tides/map.html
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            King Tides Photo Entry Form
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/king-tides/submit.html
      Fees: 
        None specified
  Metadata_Reference_Information: 
    Metadata_Date: 
      20241114
    Metadata_Contact: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Person_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            Hawaii Sea Grant King Tides Project
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            mailing and physical
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          kingtide@hawaii.edu
    Metadata_Standard_Name: 
      Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote 
      Sensing Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: 
      FGDC-STD-012-2002