Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: North
Carolina: WETLANDS (Wetland Polygons)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration
(OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington.
- Originator:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4:
Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Originator:
- Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard,
Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, Washington, D.C.
- Publication_Date:
- 201107
- Title:
- Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife
to Spilled Oil: North Carolina: WETLANDS (Wetland Polygons)
- Edition:
- Second
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name:
- None
- Issue_Identification:
- North Carolina
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Seattle, Washington
- Publisher:
- NOAA's Ocean Service, Office of Response and
Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD).
- Other_Citation_Details:
- Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia,
South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration,
Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington.
- Online_Linkage:
- http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
- Description:
- Abstract:
- This data set contains vector polygons representing
the coastal wetlands for North Carolina. This data set comprises a portion
of the ESI data for North Carolina. ESI data characterize the marine and
coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The
ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline
habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See
also the ESI data layer, part of the larger North Carolina ESI database,
for additional ESI information.
- Purpose:
- The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized
to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The
Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires
response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive
resources.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 2003
- Currentness_Reference:
- The data were compiled during 2010-2011. The
currentness date for the data is 2003 and is documented in the Lineage
section.
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Scheduled
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -78.62500
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -75.39900
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 36.62500
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 33.75000
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- biota
- Theme_Keyword:
- environment
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- Environmental Monitoring
- Theme_Keyword:
- ESI
- Theme_Keyword:
- Sensitivity maps
- Theme_Keyword:
- Coastal resources
- Theme_Keyword:
- Oil spill planning
- Theme_Keyword:
- Coastal Zone Management
- Theme_Keyword:
- Wildlife
- Theme_Keyword:
- Shoreline types
- Theme_Keyword:
- Wetlands
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- Environmental Monitoring
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- North Carolina
- Access_Constraints:
- None
- Use_Constraints:
- DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Besides the
above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI
database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or
information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations.
Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of
consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource
agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information
contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or
occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not
necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or
resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering
potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species,
wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors,
and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- datafig.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Depicts the relationships between spatial data
layers and attribute data tables for the North Carolina ESI data.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- JPEG
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- datafig2.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Depicts the relationships between spatial data
layers and desktop data tables for the North Carolina ESI data.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- JPEG
- Data_Set_Credit:
- This project was supported by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of
Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD),
Seattle, Washington; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4:
Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Coast Guard, Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, Washington,
D.C.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- The software packages used to develop the atlas are
Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(R) (version 9.3) and SQL
SERVER(R) (version 2000). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows
Operating System (2000/XP/2003). The Spatial_Data_Organization Information
section refers only to the source files in the ARC export format. The
following files are included in the data set: birds.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00,
habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, mgt.e00,
nests.e00, reptiles.e00, socecon.e00, t_mammal.e00, and wetlands.e00.
Associated relational and desktop data tables provided in Arc export and
text format are bio_lut.e00, biofile.e00, biores.e00, breed.e00,
breed_dt.e00, seasonal.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, sources.e00,
species.e00, and status.e00.
- Program_Affiliation:
- Program_Name:
- National Ocean Service Data Explorer
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- A multi-stage error checking process is used to
verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data
production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology,
hardcopy data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple
automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as
densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource
experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute
accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile
such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute
accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- A multi-stage error checking process, described in
the above Attribute_Accuracy_Report, is used to verify both attribute
accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process
includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files
for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological
consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and SQL
SERVER(R) to ARC/INFO(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS
manager, where the data are written to CD/DVD and the metadata are
written. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to
a number of quality and consistency checks.
- Completeness_Report:
- These data represent wetlands-related coastal
shorelines and habitats (e.g., marshes, swamps) classified according to
the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. See also
the ESI data layer, part of the larger North Carolina ESI database, for
additional ESI information.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The WETLANDS data set was developed from
pre-existing digital sources and reflects the positional accuracy of
these original data. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections
for more information on the original source data and how these data
were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set.
- Lineage:
- Source_Information:
- Source_Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF COASTAL
MANAGEMENT
- Publication_Date:
- 20031230
- Title:
- WETLAND TYPES - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL AREA
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- RALEIGH, NC
- Publisher:
- NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
- Online_Linkage:
- http://dcm2.enr.state.nc.us/Wetlands/download.htm
- Source_Scale_Denominator:
- 24000
- Type_of_Source_Media:
- online
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20030801
- Source_Currentness_Reference:
- DATE OF PUBLICATION
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- NC DCM 2003
- Source_Contribution:
- WETLANDS INFORMATION
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Polygonal wetlands from the 2003 North Carolina
Division of Coastal Management data were classified according to the
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system and
clipped with the ESI HYDRO layer. Additional minor spatial and
attribute edits were made to better integrate the data layer with the
ESI layer and the overflight classifications.
- Process_Date:
- 201107
- Process_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Person:
- Jill Petersen
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- Physical address
- Address:
- 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E.
- City:
- Seattle
- State_or_Province:
- Washington
- Postal_Code:
- 98115-6349
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6944
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6329
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Jill.Petersen@noaa.gov
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- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
- Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 19983
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Area point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 19984
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Complete chain
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 28626
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Link
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 2670450
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Node,planar graph
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 24143
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- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
- Geographic:
- Latitude_Resolution:
- 0.0000001
- Longitude_Resolution:
- 0.0000001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units:
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name:
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name:
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis:
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 298.257222
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- ESI.PAT
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- The WETLANDS.PAT table contains attribute
information for the vector polygons representing polygonal features
with ESI classification.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ESI
- Attribute_Definition:
- The item ESI contains values representing the
ESI polygon type.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10A
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Salt- and Brackish-water Marshes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10B
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Freshwater Marshes
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10C
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Swamps
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10D
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Scrub-shrub Wetlands
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- WATER_CODE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Specifies a polygon as either water or land.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- L
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Land
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Water
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ENVIR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Type of regional environment.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- E
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Estuarine
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Unclassified
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ESI_SOURCE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Source identifier that links to the SOURCES data
table. This identifier indicates the source of the ESI classification
of a polygon. Polygon features that do not have an associated ESI
value are given an ESI_SOURCE value of -1.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- -1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- N
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- SOURCES
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- The data table SOURCES contains the primary
sources used to create the ESI data set. See the Browse_Graphic
section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes
the way this table relates to other attribute tables in the ESI data
structure.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SOURCE_ID
- Attribute_Definition:
- Source identifier that links records in the
SOURCES data table to the items G_SOURCE and A_SOURCE in the SOC_DAT
table; G_SOURCE and S_SOURCE in the BIORES table; and SOURCE_ID and
ESI_SOURCE in the ESI, WETLANDS, and HYDRO data layers.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- N
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ORIGINATOR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Author or developer of source material or data
set.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DATE_PUB
- Attribute_Definition:
- Date of source material, publication, or date of
personal communication with expert source.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- YYYYMM
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- YYYY for year and optionally MM for month
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TITLE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Title of source material or data.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DATA_FORMAT
- Attribute_Definition:
- The format of the source material.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PUB_PLACE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Publication place.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PUBLISHER
- Attribute_Definition:
- Publisher.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- PUBLICATION
- Attribute_Definition:
- Additional citation information.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ONLINE_LINK
- Attribute_Definition:
- Online computer resource URL.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SCALE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Description of the source scale.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TIME_PERIOD
- Attribute_Definition:
- Date(s) of data collection that the source
material is based upon.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- NOAA ESI Guidelines
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas.
- Overview_Description:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- In addition to the geographic data layers, the
relational attribute or data table, SOURCES, is used to store the source
data information in the ESI data structure. The geographic data layer
containing resource information (in this case, WETLANDS) is linked to
the SOURCES table using the SOURCE_ID. See the Browse_Graphic section
for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the
relationships between attribute tables in the ESI data structure.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- A complete description of entity types,
attributes, and attribute values for ESI atlases can be found in the
NOAA ESI Guidelines
(http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines).
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person:
- John Kaperick
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- Physical Address
- Address:
- 7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
- City:
- Seattle
- State_or_Province:
- Washington
- Postal_Code:
- 98115-6349
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6329
- Resource_Description:
- Downloadable Data
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully
on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA
regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act
of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery
of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement
copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer
input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged
condition.
- Custom_Order_Process:
- Contact NOAA for distribution options (see
Distributor). ESI data are processed into multiple formats to make them
useful to the widest community of GIS/mapping users. Distribution formats
include Geodatabase; ARC export, MOSS, and Shape files; and MARPLOT map
folders. An ArcMap .mxd file, an ArcView 3.x ESI project, and an
ESI_Viewer product for use with the MARPLOT data are also included on the
distribution CDs/DVDs for ease of use of the ESI data. The database files
are distributed both in the NOAA standard relational database format (see
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 115) and in a simplified desktop flat
file format. This metadata document includes information on both of these
database formats.
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20111015
- Metadata_Review_Date:
- 20111015
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person:
- Jill Petersen
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Position:
- GIS Manager
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- Physical Address
- Address:
- 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E.
- City:
- Seattle
- State_or_Province:
- Washington
- Postal_Code:
- 98115-6349
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6944
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (206) 526-6329
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Jill.Petersen@noaa.gov
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Extensions:
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/documents/ncddcmdprofile_v2.pdf
- Profile_Name:
- Content Specification for Metadata in the National
Coastal Data Development Center's Data Catalog Version 2.0
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