Sea Level Rise "What Ifs" in the Southeastern United States
This visualization shows the Southeastern United States with population data over the land. Darker areas over land indicate higher population densities. Sea level scenarios are shown starting with 0 meters of sea level rise (current sea level) and proceeding through 9 meters of rise. Blue areas moving inland indicate where the coastline would be at various levels.
We will likely see some sea level rise in our lifetimes, but the middle-to-higher levels in this visualization are unlikely in the next 100 years.
This visualization is based on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. This data primarily measured canopy heights. So, this visualization is showing where water might reach the tops of the trees in various areas.
Sea level coastlines from 0 to 9 meters above current sea level
Color bar indicating approximate people per pixel (0=white, 2000+=black)
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
GRUMP population data provided by CIESIN
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Animator
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Saturday, October 17, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.
Missions
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[SRTM: SIR-C]
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GRUMP alpha (Population Density Data from CIESIN's Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, alpha version (GRUMP alpha))
ID: 661
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