D-PLACE -

Dataset Wessel and Smith 2015 'Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database'

Distance to coast extracted from the High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHS)

Variables

Name [ID]	Description	Details	Type	Theme

Cite as

P. Wessel, & W. H. F. Smith. (2024). D-PLACE dataset derived from Wessel and Smith 2015 'Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database' (v3.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13318941
10.5281/zenodo.13318941

Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996), A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database, J. Geophys. Res., 101(B4), 8741–8743, doi:10.1029/96JB00104.

Wessel P, Smith, W. H. F. Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHS) v2.3.4 [Internet]. 2015. Available: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html

Focal time period

Period	% of datapoints
after 1950	100

Variables by category

Category	number of variables
Physical Landscape	1