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Tool		EMBED	Climate Central Surging Seas Risk Finder	NOAA's Office for Coastal Management Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer	NOAA's Office for Coastal Management Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper	Massachusetts Office of Costal Zone Management MORIS (Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System)	Cape Cod Commission Sea Level Rise Viewer	MassCZM/Town of Barnstable/Woods Hole Sea Grant/ Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Expanded Floodplains for the Town of Barnstable in Support of CRS Activities	NOAA/National Weather Service/WFO Taunton Coastal Hazard Portal and Inundation Maps
Tool			Surging Seas Risk Finder Climate Central	Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer NOAA's Office for Coastal Management	Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper NOAA's Office for Coastal Management	MORIS (Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System) Massachusetts Office of Costal Zone Management	Sea Level Rise Viewer Cape Cod Commission	Expanded Floodplains for the Town of Barnstable in Support of CRS Activities MassCZM/Town of Barnstable/Woods Hole Sea Grant/ Cape Cod Cooperative Extension	Coastal Hazard Portal and Inundation Maps NOAA/National Weather Service/WFO Taunton
10	GENERAL	Geographic Scope Geographic extent the tool defines or covers (i.e. national, statewide, county…)	Available for the entire contiguous coastal U.S. -- 22 states and Washington, D.C. -- with releases planned for HI and AK in the future.	National (with the exception of AK)	Coastal areas along Gulf of Mexico and East Coast	Variable; focused on Massachusetts	Barnstable County (Cape Cod), Massachusetts	Community - Town of Barnstable, MA	Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal
10	GENERAL	Link The URL or link where the tool can be accessed	riskfinder.climatecentral.org	coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slr, coast.noaa.gov/slrdata/	coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure	maps.massgis.state.ma.us/map_ol/ moris.php	capecodcommission.org/sealevelrise	www.mappingcoastalma.com/expanded-floodplains.html	www.weather.gov/box/coastal
10	GENERAL	Description Brief 2-3 sentence description of the purpose of the tool.	Searchable web tool providing 1) maps users can customize, embed, & download; 2) downloads: spreadsheets, slideshow-ready tables & graphs, & fact sheets; 3) individual community analyses; 4) area comparisons; 5) local sea level & flood risk projections. 100+ demographic, economic & infrastructure variables analyzed for 1000s of communities from zip code to statewide levels.	Tool allows users to visualize community-level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise and provides easy access to inundation and elevation data via NOAA's Digital Coast.	A mapping viewer designed to help coastal communities start discussions about coastal flood hazard impacts with maps that show people, places, and natural resources exposed to coastal flooding.	MORIS is an online mapping tool used to search and display spatial data pertaining to the Massachusetts coastal zone. Users can interactively view various data layers (e.g., tide gauge stations, marine protected areas, access points, eelgrass beds, etc.) over a backdrop of aerial photographs, political boundaries, natural resources, human uses, bathymetry, or other data. Users can quickly create and share maps and download the actual data for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS).	A visualization tools to show the effects of rising seas on Cape Cod, its critical facilities and transportation infrastructure at one-foot increments between 0 and 6 feet.	This webmap addressed a specific aspect of the project, assessing vulnerability and risk, by a GIS analysis of the existing and potential flood risk for the town of Barnstable. This research has been conducted in support of the CRS application, as well as to provide the Town of Barnstable with a greater understanding of where to target future adaptation planning efforts in light of potential climate change impacts. Assets in the existing floodplain have been identified as well as those that may be affected within the next 100 years as floodplains expand due to sea level rise.	This tool is intended to help coastal decision makers respond to pending coastal hazard threats. This may include evacuation decisions and pre-staging of resources for road closures and post storm clean-up.
10	GENERAL	Target Audience The assumed users of the tool (e.g. planners, coastal managers, public)	Decision makers, planners, coastal managers, emergency managers, federal and state agencies, journalists and the general public	Decision makers, planners, coastal managers, floodplain managers, emergency managers, coastal scientists and engineers, general public	Decision makers, planners, coastal managers, floodplain managers, emergency managers, general public	Decision makers, planners, coastal managers, floodplain managers, emergency managers, coastal scientists and engineers, general public	Local planners and decision makers, as well as the general public.	Decision makers, planners, coastal managers, floodplain managers, general public	Emergency managers, other coastal decision-makers, people living or working near enough to the shore to be at risk or have property at risk from coastal flooding
10	GENERAL	Skill Level Low (no formal training other than basic computer skills); Medium (need moderate amount of knowledge about coastal management or processes to interpret results); High (need high level of knowledge to interpret information).	Low	Low to Medium	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
10	GENERAL	Main Tool Outputs Qualitatively different tool functions or modules that a user can take from the tool. For example, a map might be the primary output, however, the tool may also allow the user to comparisons, scenarios or generate reports.	Maps, community analyses, wide area analysis comparisons, projections, downloads & reports	Maps, sea level rise scenarios, photo simulations, flood frequency graphs	Maps	Maps, tables, and vector GIS data	Filterable maps, land coverage simulations, affect on specific critical facilities, bathtub model SLR at 1 foot increments from 1-6 feet; FIRM and SLOSH data separate from SLR; census demographic information.	Maps, compare existing and future flood risk	Time series tide forecasts, maps depicting inundation areas
10	GENERAL	Year Released Year the most current version of the tool was released.	Rolling release starting Fall 2013	2011 Gulf of Mexico / 2012 US West and Mid-Atlantic Coasts / 2013 US NW, SW and Pacific Islands / 2014 Puerto Rico, USVI, NE / 2015 Louisianna	2015	2012	2015	2015	Updated 2015
10	GENERAL	Date Column Last Updated	July 2016	April 2017	October 2015	November 2015	November 2015	November 2015	November 2015
10	GENERAL	Top Three Strengths As succinctly as possible, list the top three strengths that make this tool unique.	1) Comprehensive tool providing exposure analysis, comparisons, and projections, as well as an interactive map. 2) Analyses cover ~100 variables and conducted for 1000's of individual areas (zips, cities, counties, states, planning and legislative districts at all levels). 3) Local projections combine sea level rise and storm surge to give integrated risk estimates by decade.	1) Easy to use via Web browser, with GIS analysis results and map services available; 2) Uses consistent data sets and analysis for coastal areas nation-wide; 3) Includes photos and allows users to customize local scenarios and visualize impacts of sea level rise at known locations.	1) Allows users to select a location and explore maps that show people, places, and natural resources exposed to coastal flood hazards; 2) Creates a collection of maps to download or share online to communicate flood exposure; 3) Provides guidance for using the maps to engage community members and stakeholders in conversations about potential coastal flood impacts	1) Broad range of authorativite data available with fully substantiated FGDC-compliant metdata; 2) Data can be downloaded as shapefiles, Google Earth (kmz), or tables; 3) Advanced cartographic representations (reorder layers, change symbology color and transparency, and print with legend, scale bar, and title.	1) Provides a county-wide consolidation of geo-located town infrastructure and emergency facilties; 2) incorporates SLOSH and FEMA Flood hazard overlays and effects from hurricanes; 3) shows the effect of SLR on critical facilities and road network.	1) Town specific; 2) Easy to use; 3) Filled a specific need for a larger project	1) Ease of use - one can quickly get a glimpse of shorelines at risk for coastal flooding via color coded watches/warnings. 2) Can quickly link to tide forecasts for selected locations either as time series graph or text watch/warning/advisory product when a headline is in effect. 3) Easily use a slider bar to view inundation extent and depth for selected total water level (as well as 100 yr velocity zones).
10	GENERAL	Top Three Limitations As succinctly as possible, list the top three weaknesses or limitations that coastal planners or managers might encounter using this tool.	1) Map should not be used for site-specific decisions (supplement with direct field measurements of elevation), as wider-area analyses are more robust than point-by-point mapping; 2) Levee data are incomplete, and maps/analyses incorporating levees assume condition good and heights infinite; 3) No physical modeling of storm surge or waves on top of sea level rise.	1) Inundation scenarios do not include coastal storm surge, riverine flooding, erosion or other coastal processes; 2) Appropriate for use as a screening-level or planning tool allowing zoom in scale of approximately 1:18,055, but provides map services and data download for more in depth analysis. 3.) Includes fully enclosed federal levees as mapped by the USACE National Levee Database. Partially enclosed, regional, or local levees have been added in certain locations.	1) Cannot customize outputs or load additional local inputs directly into the tool; 2) Appropriate for use as a screening-level or planning tool allowing zoom in scale of approximately 1:18,055; 3) Changes or updates to source datasets will not be reflected in the tool until the next data update is completed	1) Sometime slow draw times; 2) Poor raster handling; 3) Data are prepared for reference purposes only and should not be used for, and are not intended for, survey and engineering purposes.	1) Inundation scenarios do not include coastal storm surge, erosion or other coastal processes; 2) Cannot customize outputs or load additional local inputs directly into the tool; 3) sharing and printing outputs limited.	1) Bathtub model used; 2) Limited geographic scope	1) The inundation mapping displays total static water level and does not incorporate contribution to inundation from waves. 2) One needs to refer to Coastal Flood Watch/Warning to know forecast total water level to use for map (future effort will be to default maps to forecast water level). 3) Specific tide forecasts and coastal impact category are only available for selected locations.
10	GENERAL	Point of Contact Please give a key contact for questions about the tool and its future development. Name and email address.	Dan Rizza: drizza@climatecentral.org	Adrianne Harrison: adrianne.harrison@noaa.gov or Jamie Carter: jamie.carter@noaa.gov	Russell Jackson: russell.jackson@noaa.gov	Daniel W. Sampson: daniel.sampson@state.ma.us	Cape Cod Commission	Greg Berman: gberman@whoi.edu	Jim Notchey: james.notchey@noaa.gov, Bob Thompson: robert.thompson@noaa.gov
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Base Sea Level Elevation Reference surface for which elevation is zero, such as mean higher high water. All other given elevations are computed as the height above this surface.	Mean Higher High Water (MHHW)	Mean Higher High Water (MHHW)	Mean Higher High Water (MHHW)	Various	Mean Higher High Water (MHHW)	100-year floodplain	MLLW and for inundation maps depth of water above ground
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Flood/Inundation Controls Method inundation or water levels are changed by the user (e.g. slider bar, radio buttons)	Slider bar with inundation delineated in 1 foot increments from 1 - 10 feet. Toggle button to the right of the slider to view inundation ​risk from sea level rise, tides, storms, and tsunamis in meters: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 5, 10, 20 & 30.	Slider bar with inundation delineated in 1 foot increments from 0 - 6 feet. Scenarios Tab includes ability to view SLR scenarios by scenario or by year and compare to inunation layers to view impacts.	Users selects individual coastal flood hazards or composite flood hazards.	User selects the layer of interest, e.g. "The Boston Harbor Association/City of Bpston Projected Flooding Extent."	Slider bar with inundation delineated in 1 foot increments from 0 - 6 feet	Static, only two levels	Slider bar with 1 foot increments
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Flood Layers Represented How are the inundation or flood level indicated on the map. Does the map use colors to show flooded areas?	Blue - inundation; Hatched - low-lying but isolated	Blue gradient - inundation depth; Green - low-lying areas	FEMA flood Zones (1%, 0.2%, V-Zones), Category 3 hurricane storm surge zones (SLOSH MOMs), sea level rise inundation (from NOAA Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer), shallow coastal flooding (from NOAA Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer), coastal flood hazard composite	Various depending on data source (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Worst Case Hurricane Surge Scenarios (SLOSH), NOAA CSC Sea Level Rise Data; The Boston Harbor Association/City Of Boston Projected Flooding Extent)	Green - low-lying areas; Yellow - unaffected; Gradients Pink to Purple - Category 1-4 hurricane, SLOSH model; Orange - FEMA FIRM Special Flood Hazard Areas; Red - FEMA FIRM Coastal High Hazard Areas.	Blue/Orange for future flooding, Purple/Red for existing flooding	Colors used to depict various depths consistent with NHC real-time inundation maps
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Uncertainty Represented Yes/No. Is uncertainty of the flood levels indicated on the map?	No for elevation, yes for projections	Yes	No	Yes for NOAA CSC Sea Level Rise Data	No	No	Not on map. Coastal Flood product displays ranges and text info
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Way Uncertainty Represented If uncertainty is represented as indicated in the field above, then how is it represented? Briefly describe.	Map does not represent uncertainty in elevation values. However, projection tool presents different sea level rise models and scenarios, and reflects uncertainty information as available for these.			FOR NOAA CSC SLR Data: Confidence is noted as High vs. Low, so the areas not highlighted as high or low indicate a high confidence of not being inundated: "...the blue areas denote locations that may be correctly mapped as "inundated" more than 8 out of 10 times. Areas with low confidence represent location that may be mapped correctly (either as inundated or dry) less than 8 out of 10 times."			Surge and total water level forecasts in Coastal Flood Products (when watch, warning, or advisory in effect) depicted by ranges. Text of Coastal Flood Product may also describe uncertainty.
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Projects local sea level rise Yes/No. Includes localized (not just global) projections for the amount of sea level rise over time. Local projections must take into account regional and local factors such as sinking land.	Yes	Yes, Scenario and Marsh tabs provide local relative SLR scenarios	No	Yes	No	Yes	No - more of a real time tool
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Projects future flood elevations Yes/No. Includes projections for how high "standard" floods -- e.g. "1-in-100 year" floods -- will reach in the future, accounting for sea level rise and/or changing storms.	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Projects future flood risk at fixed elevations Yes/No. Includes projections for the future annual and/or cumulative risk of floods to fixed elevations -- e.g. 5 ft. above today's sea level -- accounting for sea level rise and/or changing storms.	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Projection time periods assessed Include all years/periods for which projections are made.	each decade 2020-2100	Yes out to 2100	No	We do not assign dates to particular levels of inundation.	No	current and 2100	No - more of a real time tool
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Flood projections factor in changing frequency or intensity of storms Yes/No. Self-explanatory. Not applicable if flood projections not provided.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Allows choice of projection scenarios/models Yes/No. Choice of emissions scenario or choice of sea level rise model such as NOAA's lowest, intermediate low, intermediate high, or highest sea level rise scenario; USACE lower, middle, or upper sea level rise projections; or the range of IPCC sea level projections.	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Shows levees Yes/No. Shows levees on map. Include source of levee information if possible.	Yes	Yes - Links to USACE NLD	No	Sort of- coastal engineering structures are shown.	No	No	Yes
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Factors in levees Yes/No. Factors levees into map and any analysis of vulnerable areas. Summarize methods if possible.	Yes. For analysis, mapped levees are assumed high and strong enough for flood protection. However, we have no data on levee height, and only 8% of monitored levees in the U.S. are rated in “Acceptable” condition. The main source used, the Midterm Levee Inventory (FEMA/USACE), is the best available national levees dataset, but is incomplete. Surging Seas Map implicitly also includes unmapped. View information on Dams For MA, Surging Seas analysis / map incorporates a shapefile of Charles River, Amelia Earhart, Neponset River, and New Bedford dams, supplied by Chris Watson of University Massachusetts Boston. The system assumes dams are high and strong enough for flood protection, like it does for levees. Due to bathtub model, some flooding will be visible behind the dams. For example, the Charles River and Amelia Earhart dams stand 6.8 ft above Mean Higher High Water (MHHW), but are shown in Surging Seas protecting Cambridge and other areas only up to 4 ft due to alternate pathways for flow indicated by the elevation data. Data limitations, such as incomplete levee and dam data, make assessing protection difficult.	Yes, using FEMA base flood elevations.	Yes if they are captured in LIDAR based elevation data	No	No	No	Yes
20	SLR AND FLOOD SCENARIOS	Inundation Model Used Briefly and in as non-technical as possible, describe the modeling method used.	Modified bathtub approach, modeling hydrologic connectivity and locally adjusted Mean Higher High Water levels.	Modified bathtub approach, modeling hydraulic connectivity and locally adjusted Mean Higher High Water levels.	The various coastal flood hazard layers displayed are derived from different modeling methods. Refer to layer source information.	SLOSH, FEMA Flood Hazard Rate Maps, and modified bathtub approach.	Modified bathtub approach, modeling hydrologic connectivity and locally adjusted Mean Higher High Water levels.	Bathtub	Modified bathtub approach with use of connectivity tool.
30	EXPOSURE ANALYSIS	Tabulates exposure within designated areas Yes/No. Gives total land, housing, etc. exposed at different flood or sea levels, within units such as cities or counties	Yes	no just overlay visualization of social and economic data	No	No	Yes	Yes	No - just area subject to inundation based on total water level selected
30	EXPOSURE ANALYSIS	Exposure types tabulated Variables analyzed, such as land, housing, property value, population, roads, airports or other infrastructure	>100 demographic, economic, environmental and infrastructure variables	No	No	Not exactly, MOSIS has 100s of layers including census & infrastructre data that can be overlayed, some of which will be more relevant than others.	Yes, critical facilities/infrastructure, economic, habitat and land area variables	No	No
30	EXPOSURE ANALYSIS	Designated areas for tabulation Geographic units within which exposure is tabulated, such as cities, counties, states or zip codes	zip codes, cities, counties, states, local through federal legislative districts, planning districts, state agency districts	No	No	No	No	Yes (town)	No
30	EXPOSURE ANALYSIS	Shows or lists individual exposed facilities or public infrastructure Yes/No. Tool is able to give the user output that would allow them to evaluate potential vulnerable facilities and/or public infrastructure. Output could be either a map, or a report/listing.	Lists all facilities analyzed in tables for download. Shows select facilities and infrastructure on map.	No	Yes, through visualization overlays	Yes. User can visually see which infrastrucutre will be inundated under various scenarios.	Yes	Yes	No - not directly
30	EXPOSURE ANALYSIS	Compares exposure across designated areas Yes/No. Includes display (e.g. heat map) showing how different areas compare (e.g. how do counties compare for exposure of housing)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Other Flooding Scenarios Modeled Other than the model scenarios above, are there other flooding scenarios mapped? (i.e. specific storm scenarios, shallow coastal flooding, base flood elevations)	Fully integrated analysis of SLR projections with flood risk	Shallow (Nuisance) Coastal Flood Frequency	see all flood datasets listed above	FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer; Worst Case Hurricane Surge Scenarios (SLOSH); NOAA CSC Sea Level Rise Data; The Boston Harbor Association/City Of Boston Projected Flooding Extent)	No	100-year flood from FEMA FIS	Coastal flooding resulting from total water level chosen
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Coastal Erosion Yes/No. Does the method used take coastal erosion processes into account?	No	No	No	No. We do however have shoreline change data and rates available in MORIS.	No	No	No
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Sediment Dynamics/Deposition Yes/No. Does the method used take coastal sediment dynamics and deposition into account?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Storm Events Yes/No. Does the method used take the impacts of future storm events into account?	Fully integrated analysis of SLR projections with flood risk	No	No	No	Yes, FEMA and SLOSH models	No	No - not explicitly but one can choose a total water level from a fictitious event to assess extent/depth of flooding.
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Habitat/Species Change Yes/No. Does the method allow the user to visualize potential impacts to habitats and changes in species distribution?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
40	SHORELINE PROCESSES	Marsh Migration Yes/No. Does the method allow the user to visualize the potential impacts to coastal marshes and how they may migrate with rising sea level?	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Basemap Options What types of base map(s) are used in the tool? (e.g. satellite imagery, topographic, streets, hybrid maps)	Satellite, Streets	Satellite, Open Streetmap, Dark	Satellite, grey canvas	Ortho photos, satellite, streets, hybrid, topographic and custom.	Satellite, Streets	Satellite, Topo, Streets, Terrain	Streets, satellite
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Main elevation data source Examples include LIDAR or National Elevation Dataset.	Lidar	Lidar	Lidar	Lidar	Lidar	Lidar	Lidar
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Main elevation data source vertical accuracy Published error. Use maximum error, or accuracy standard, when different sub-datasets have different error.	(same as NOAA)	NOAA/USGS specs 9.25cm RMSE	NOAA/USGS specs 9.25cm RMSE	Varaible depending on LIDAR data source.	18 cm at 95% confidence	NOAA/USGS specs 9.25cm RMSE	MassGIS Data - LiDAR Terrain Data and 2011 Rhode Island Statewide LiDAR data
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Horizontal resolution Dimension of elevation grid cell size.	5 Meters (~15 feet)	5 Meters (~15 feet)	Varies across datasets.	Varaible depending on LIDAR data source.	1 meter	1 m GSD	1 meter
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Other Available Data Layers Beyond the inundation/flooding layers, what other unique data layers are available?	On map: Social Vulnerability, Population Density, Ethnicity, Income, Property, Landmarks. In analysis and comparison tools: about 100 population and infrastructure variables.	Flood Frequency, Social and Economic Vulnerability at Census block groups, Marsh Impacts, Photo visualizations of key landmarks	Population density, poverty density, elderly density, employment density, projected population change, developed land cover, critical facilities, land cover changed to developed (1996-2011), natural areas and open space, potential pollution sources	Too many to list.	FIRM, SLOSH, Social and Economic Vulnerability at Census block groups, critical facilities, effect on road infrastructure.	structures (buildings)	FEMA 100 year velocity zones
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Place name searchable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Maximum Zoom-in What is the farthest in a user can zoom in with the tool?	1:4,500	Tile cached data to 1:18,055	Tile cached data to 1:18,055	Variable depending on basemap.	1:1,128	1:2,500	Leaflet zoom level 18, approximatley 1:2000
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Map Services Available Yes/No. Are the data layers in the tool available as map services that can be accessed by the public?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Data Download Available Yes/No. Are the data layers in the tool available for download by the public?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	If data download available, please list types If answered yes for Data Download Available, please list the layers that are available for download.	Summary tables and detailed lists in Excel for 100+ demographic, economic, infrastructure and environmental variables, tabulated by state, county, municipality, zip code, planning and legislative districts, & more	Inundation, confidence, shallow coastal flooding, SOVI, and DEMs, and Marsh migration upon request		All MORIS data are downloadable although there are limits on file size, both vector and raster.	Sea Level Ris 1-6 feet; FIRM; SLOSH; critical facilities; census demographic data	n/a	n/a
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Does tool use other map services? Yes/No. Does the tool consume other map services from other providers as a part of the tool? If so, which ones. (please specify)	No	Yes, ESRI Basemaps	Yes, ESRI Basemaps, Esri Population Change Projections 2012-2017	Yes, Google, Bing, and OpenStreet Maps as basemap options. While MORIS can accept WMS feeds, the service must be properly configured on the server side. We've had mixed luck and largely given up trying to add external data sources. A shame.	Esri base maps	Yes, ESRI Basemaps	Leaflet
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Additional Software Needed Yes/No. Does the user require additional software in order to use the tool?	No	No	No	None	No	No	No
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Cross Platform Yes/No. Is the tool platform and operating system independent? (i.e. can it operate on all computer platforms equally well)	Yes (modern browsers)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No, needs Flash	Yes
50	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	Mobile Compatible Yes/No. Will the tool operate on any mobile platform (e.g. iPad, iPhone, Android)?	On modern tablets/phones	Yes, but not phones	Yes	No.	Yes	No, needs Flash	Haven’t fully tested it yet.
60	OTHER	Training Requirements Does the tool require training before it can be used efficiently?	None but support available as needed.	None	None	None but support available as needed.	None	None	No
60	OTHER	Documentation, Training & Technical Resources Describe the types of documentation on tool methods and training resources available.	Research papers for each state, FAQs, methodologies, tutorials	FAQs, methodologies, and related technical documents; brief "First Time Tips" video; 56-minute recorded webinar, In-person or online training available upon request	FAQs, data documentation, new training link to the tool that includes a pre-recorded detailed demonstration	Very thorough documentation in the Help Section. Code is open source and available for download.	None	n/a	Still a work in progress
60	OTHER	Is the tool based on, or featured in, any peer-reviewed publication(s)? If so, please list. (INCLUDE LINKS IF AVAILABLE) Please list the peer-reviewed publications that the tool, or underlying model, has discussed and/or featured the tool.	Based on Strauss et al 2012 and Tebaldi et al 2012, Environmental Research Letters. Featured in Wong-Parodi G, Fischhoff B, and Strauss BH (2014) Climatic Change, 1-9, Stephens et al 2014 Science Communication, and the Science of Science Communication II Sackler Colloquium PNAS 2014.	Marcy, et al., 2011. “New Mapping Tool and Techniques for Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, June 26 to June 29, 2011, edited by Louise A. Wallendorf, Chris Jones, Lesley Ewing, and Bob Battalio, 474–90. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.	None	No.	Based on the NOAA digitical coast model.	No peer-reviewed publications	No
60	OTHER	Costs Are there costs involved in using this tool? Does the user community bear any of the development cost directly?	None	None	None	No.	None	None	None
60	OTHER	Are Future Versions Planned? Please describe if there are plans for future improvements to the tool.	Yes	Version 3.0 released in 2017	Future updates anticipated	No. A trickle of money funds bug fixes largely related to browser version and changes in basemap licensing/configuration.	Improve sharing, combine SLR with SLOSH, increase effected infrastructure.	Unlikely	Yes