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Repo for tracking issues with Oregon SeaSketch
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Sea Level Rise Report - numbers not intuitive #10

Closed mmosesOCMP closed 4 years ago

mmosesOCMP commented 4 years ago

The numbers displayed for each increasing scenario are not cumulative, but rather show the additional acreage lost versus the previous scenario - it would be less confusing if they were additive.

tchaddad commented 4 years ago

This is incorrect interpretation of what the scenarios are.

The scenarios are not additive, each stands alone. Each is inclusive of all change from the present day scenario under the specified amount of sea level rise.

For example - the 1.5m scenario is measured against the present day scenario, and shows what sea levels would look like if we had 1.5m of sea level rise.

mmosesOCMP commented 4 years ago

We interpret the Lost Intertidal Habitat (in Acres) column actually reflects remaining acres of intertidal habitat in the unclipped polygon, subtracted from the Present Day Intertidal Area. If so:

danyocum commented 4 years ago

Updated SLR report looks like: image

mmosesOCMP commented 4 years ago

looks good