Prince William Sound, Alaska ESI: ESI (Environmental Sensitivity
Index Shoreline Types)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and
Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division,
Seattle, Washington; State of Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council; United States Coast Guard; Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council; and
Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
- Publication_Date: 200011
- Title: Prince William Sound, Alaska ESI: ESI
(Environmental Sensitivity Index Shoreline Types)
- Edition: Second
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas
- Series_Information:
-
- Series_Name: None
- Issue_Identification: Prince William
Sound, Alaska
- Publication_Information:
-
- Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington
- Publisher:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and
Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division,
Seattle, Washington
- 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, Hazardous Materials Response
Division, Seattle, Washington; State of Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council; United States Coast Guard; Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council; and
Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
- Description:
-
- Abstract:
- This data set comprises the Environmental Sensitivity
Index (ESI) data for Prince William Sound, Alaska. ESI data
characterize estuarine 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. This data set
contains the Environmental Sensitivity Index shoreline data.
- 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:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 1997
- Ending_Date: 1999
- Currentness_Reference: Project time span
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None
Scheduled
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -148.875
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -144.000
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.292
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.393
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Sensitivity maps
- Theme_Keyword: ESI
- Theme_Keyword: Coastal resources
- Theme_Keyword: Oil spill planning
- Theme_Keyword: Coastal zone management
- Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Prince William Sound
- Place_Keyword: Alaska
- Place_Keyword: Copper River Delta
- Place_Keyword: Blying Sound
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
- DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Besides the
above warning, there are no use constraints on these data.
Acknowledgment of the publishers and contributing sources
listed in Data_Set_Credit (below) would be appreciated in
products derived from these data.
- Browse_Graphic:
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- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
pwsdatafig.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Relationships between the biology data layers and the
attribute files for the Prince William Sound data.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
- Data_Set_Credit:
- This project was supported by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service,
Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials
Response Division, Seattle, Washington; State of Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation; Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council; United States Coast Guard; Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council; and Prince
William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- The software packages used to develop the atlas are
Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(r) (version
8.0.2) and ORACLE(r) RDBMS (version 8.0.5.0.0). The hardware
configuration is Hewlett Packard workstations (models 715/50
and 712/80i with 4 X-terminals) with UNIX operating system
(HP-UX Release A.10.20). The following files are included in
the data set: bio_lut.e00, biofile.e00, biores.e00, birds.e00,
breed.e00, breed_dt.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, fishl.e00,
hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, m_mampt.e00,
nests.e00, seasonal.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, socecon.e00,
sources.e00, species.e00, status.e00.
- Data_Quality_Information:
-
- Attribute_Accuracy:
-
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- The attribute accuracy is estimated to be "good" given
the years of ESI experience, the data-input methodology, the
quality control review sessions, and the digital logical
consistency checks.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- The digitization of shoreline types, biological resources,
and human-use resources is a complex and highly
quality-controlled process. Existing digital shoreline data are
integrated into a study-wide basemap. In order to facilitate
digitizing, the entire study area is split into individual
quadrangles using the INDEX data layer. The first layer of
information digitized is the ESI shoreline classification. The
ESI habitat ranking is compiled onto 1:63,360 USGS topographic
quadrangles by a geomorphologist. The hardcopy maps are then
digitized and checked using both on-screen and hardcopy
reviews. The edited maps are updated, checked once again for
completeness and topological and logical consistency. Any
errors in the shoreline classification are updated prior to
digitization of the biological and human-use layers. All layers
use the shoreline as the geographic reference so that there are
no slivers in the geographic coordinates. The hardcopy
biological information is compiled onto 1:250,000 USGS
topographic quadrangles by a biological expert using data from
regional specialists in the form of maps, tables, charts,
written descriptions of wildlife distributions, and personal
interviews. Concurrently, digital data sources are imported,
projected, checked for quality control, and integrated into the
data structure. The hardcopy data are digitized, checked using
both digital and on-screen procedures, integrated with existing
data, plotted, and sent out for review by the regional
specialists. The edited maps are updated, checked once again,
and the final product plotted (at approximately 1:87,000
scale). A team of specialists reviews the entire series of
maps, checks all data, and makes final edits. The data are then
merged to form the study-wide layers. The data merging includes
a final quality control check where labels, chains, and
polygons are checked for attribute accuracy. To finalize the
data checking process, each coverage is checked using a
standardized form by two GIS personnel (a technician and the
GIS manager), and each attribute database is checked using
several programs that test the files for missing or duplicate
data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies
(such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and ORACLE(r) to
ARC/INFO(r) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS
manager, where the data are written to tape and the metadata
are written. ESI data are processed into multiple formats to
make them useful to a wider community of GIS/mapping users.
Distribution formats include ARC export, MOSS and Shape files,
and MARPLOT map folders. An ArcView ESI project and ESI_Viewer
product are also included on the CDs 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. The section
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information refers to the source
files in ARC export format only.
- Completeness_Report:
- The intertidal habitats of Prince William Sound were
originally mapped in 1982. The intertidal habitats of Prince
William Sound and the Copper River Delta were remapped using
two sources. For Port Valdez, Knowles Head, Hinchinbrook
Island, and Montague Island, ESI classifications were derived
from a database provided by SERVS, Alyeska Pipeline Service
Company and generated by Owens and Reimer (1999), based on
videotape surveys conducted from 1995 through 1998. For the
rest of the study area, ESI classifications were made during
overflights conducted by an experienced coastal geologist
during 14-19 May 1999. The shoreline classifications were
denoted onto 1:63,360 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic
maps. The shoreline classifications were then transferred onto
maps on which the shorelines derived from both National
Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data and USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG)
were plotted. The DLG shoreline was used in most cases; the NWI
shoreline and polygons for tidal flats and marshes were used
when they best represented the current shoreline conditions,
especially in the Copper River Delta and other areas of
extensive flats and marshes.
- Positional_Accuracy:
-
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
-
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The ESI data use USGS 1:63,3600 topographic
quadrangles as the basemap. It is estimated that the ESI
shoreline classification has a minimum mapping unit of
100 feet.
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: BP Exploration
- Publication_Date: Unpublished material
- Title: Digital Shoreline
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
Vector digital data
- Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 1998
- Ending_Date: 1999
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of
completion
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI Shoreline
description
- Source_Information:
-
- Source_Citation:
-
- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Jacqui Michel
- Publication_Date: Unpublished material
- Title: ESI Overflight
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360
- Type_of_Source_Media: Paper
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
-
- Time_Period_Information:
-
- Single_Date/Time:
-
- Calendar_Date: 1999
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of
Overflight
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI shoreline
- Source_Information:
-
- Source_Citation:
-
- Citation_Information:
-
- Originator: National Wetlands
Inventory
- Publication_Date: Unpublished material
- Title: National Wetlands Inventory
Digital Data
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
Vector digital data
- Type_of_Source_Media: Online
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
-
- Time_Period_Information:
-
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
-
- Beginning_Date: 197808
- Ending_Date: 198408
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Survey date
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI shoreline
- Source_Information:
-
- Source_Citation:
-
- Citation_Information:
-
- Originator: Ed Owens
- Publication_Date: Unpublished material
- Title: Digital shoreline
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
Vector digital data
- Type_of_Source_Media: Electronic bulletin
board
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
-
- Time_Period_Information:
-
- Single_Date/Time:
-
- Calendar_Date: 1997
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of
overflight
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: Digital shoreline
- Process_Step:
-
- Process_Description:
- All the digital data were checked using both digital
and on-screen procedures, plotted, checked by the
biological expert, edited to remove any errors, and
plotted for review by the regional specialists. The
reviewed maps were updated on the computer, checked once
again, and plotted at final map scale. A team of
specialists reviewed the entire series of maps, checked
all data, and made final edits. The data were merged to
form the study-wide layers that are described in the
document. The data merging included a final quality
control check where topological consistency, rules for
geography, and database to geography were checked and
validated for all relationships.
- Process_Date: 20000824
- 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@hazmat.noaa.gov.us
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
-
- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
GT-polygon composed of rings
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1606
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Area
point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1606
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
-
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete
chain
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14382
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
-
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Link
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 296061
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Node,
planar graph
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14015
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
-
- Latitude_Resolution: 0.00005
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.00005
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
-
- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum
of 1927
- Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
-
- Detailed_Description:
-
- Entity_Type:
-
- Entity_Type_Label: Complete Chain
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- The data layer ESI contains arc (Complete Chain)
features for the ESI shoreline classification and is
based on Environmental Sensitivity Index Guidelines,
Version 2.0 (Halls, J., J. Michel, S. Zengel, J. Dahlin,
and J. Petersen, 1997, Hazardous Materials Response and
Assessment Division, NOAA). The ESI classification was
performed in February 1997.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Research
Planning, Inc.
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ESI
- Attribute_Definition:
- The intertidal habitats of Prince William Sound and
the Copper River Delta were mapped during overflights
conducted by an experienced coastal geologist during
14-19 May 1999. The shoreline classifications were
denoted onto 1:63,360 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
topographic maps. The shoreline classifications were then
transferred onto maps on which the shorelines derived
from both National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data and USGS
Digital Line Graph (DLG) were plotted. The DLG shoreline
was used in most cases; the NWI shoreline and polygons
for tidal flats and marshes were used when they best
represented the current shoreline conditions, especially
in the Copper River Delta and other areas of extensive
flats and marshes. Prediction of the behavior and
persistence of oil on intertidal habitats is based on an
understanding of the dynamics of the coastal
environments, not just the substrate type and grain size.
The sensitivity of a particular intertidal habitat is an
integration of the following factors: 1) Shoreline type
(substrate, grain size, tidal elevation, origin); 2)
Exposure to wave and tidal energy; 3) Biological
productivity and sensitivity; 4) Ease of cleanup. All of
these factors are used to determine the relative
sensitivity of intertidal habitats. Key to the
sensitivity ranking is an understanding of the
relationships between: physical processes; substrate;
shoreline type; product type; fate and effect; and
sediment transport patterns. The intensity of energy
expended upon a shoreline by wave action, tidal currents,
and river currents directly affects the persistence of
stranded oil. The need for shoreline cleanup activities
is determined, in part, by the slowness of natural
processes in removal of oil stranded on the shoreline.
These concepts have been used in the development of the
ESI, which ranks shoreline environments as to their
relative sensitivity to oil spills, potential biological
injury, and ease of cleanup. Generally speaking, areas
exposed to high levels of physical energy, such as wave
action and tidal currents, and low biological activity
rank low on the scale, whereas sheltered areas with
associated high biological activity have the highest
ranking. A comprehensive shoreline habitat ranking system
has been developed for the entire United States. The
shoreline habitats delineated in Prince William Sound and
the Copper River Delta are listed below in order of
increasing sensitivity to spilled oil: 1A) Exposed Rocky
Shores; 1B) Exposed, solid man-made materials; 2A)
Exposed Wave-Cut Platforms in Bedrock, Mud, or Clay; 3A)
Fine- to Medium-Grained Sand Beaches; 4) Coarse-Grained
Sand Beaches; 5) Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches; 6A)
Gravel Beaches; 6B) Riprap; 7) Exposed Tidal Flats; 8A)
Sheltered Rocky Shores and Sheltered Scarps in Bedrock,
Mud or Clay; 8B) Sheltered, Solid Man-Made Structures;
8C) Sheltered Riprap; 8D) Vegetated, Steeply-Sloping
Bluffs; 9A) Sheltered Tidal Flats; 10A) Salt- and
Brackish-Water Marshes. In many cases, the shorelines are
also ranked with multiple codes, such as 6A/7. The first
number is the most landward shoreline type (6A=gravel
beach), with exposed tidal flats (7) being the shoreline
type closest to the water.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research
Planning, Inc.
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1B
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
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flats
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2A
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Research Planning, Inc.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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clay/Sheltered tidal flats
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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-
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Research Planning, Inc.
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Research Planning, Inc.
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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-
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Coarse-grained sand beaches
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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Mixed sand and gravel beaches/Exposed tidal flats
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5/8A
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Mixed sand and gravel beaches/Sheltered tidal flats
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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-
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Gravel beaches
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
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-
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Gravel beaches/Exposed wave-cut platforms in
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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- Gravel beaches/Exposed wave-cut platforms in
bedrock, mud, or clay/Exposed tidal flats
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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Gravel beaches/Exposed tidal flats
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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- Gravel beaches/Sheltered, rocky shores and
sheltered scarps in bedrock, mud or clay
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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- Gravel beaches/Sheltered, rocky shores and
sheltered scarps in bedrock, mud or clay/Exposed
tidal flats
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
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-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
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- Gravel beaches/Sheltered, rocky shores and
sheltered scarps in bedrock, mud or clay/Sheltered
tidal flats
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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-
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flats
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6A/10A
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Gravel beaches/Salt- and brackish- water marshes
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Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Riprap
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Research Planning, Inc.
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-
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features, as well as linear features for rivers and
streams. The ESI data layer contains all annotation used
in producing the atlas. The annotation features are
categorized into three subclasses in order to simplify
the mapping and quality control procedures: geog or
geographic features, soc or socioeconomic features, and
hydro or water features.
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-
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- 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: ESI Atlas for Prince William
Sound, Alaska
- 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
Distribution_Information).
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- Metadata_Review_Date: 200011
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- 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@hazmat.noaa.gov.us
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