U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands ESI: ESI (Environmental Sensitivity Index Shoreline Types)
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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; United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Coast Guard; U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources; British Virgin Islands Conservation and Fisheries Department; and United States Department of the Interior.
- Publication_Date: 200108
- Title:
- U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands ESI: ESI (Environmental Sensitivity Index Shoreline Types)
- Edition: First
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: None
- Issue_Identification: United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands
- Publication_Information:
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- 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; United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Coast Guard; U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources; British Virgin Islands Conservation and Fisheries Department; and United States Department of the Interior.
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- This data set comprises the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for the Virgin Islands. 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:
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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.
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 199807
- Ending_Date: 200107
- 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: -65.167
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.065
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.943
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.467
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: ESI
- Theme_Keyword: Sensitivity maps
- 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: US Virgin Islands
- Place_Keyword: British Virgin Islands
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
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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.
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- Browse_Graphic_File_Name: datafig.jpg
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Relationships between spatial data layers and attribute data tables for the Virgin Islands data.
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- 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; United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Coast Guard; U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources; British Virgin Islands Conservation and Fisheries Department; and United States Department of the Interior.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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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: benthic.e00, birds.e00, bio_lut.e00, biofile.e00, biores.e00, breed.e00, breed_dt.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, fishl.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, invertl.e00, mgt.e00, m_mammal.e00, reptiles.e00, seasonal.e00, shelfbnd.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, socecon.e00, sources.e00, species.e00, status.e00, t_mammal.e00, wetlands.e00.
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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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 1:24,000 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 and 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 1:24,000 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 1:55,000 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 data layer 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 CD-ROM 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 shoreline habitats of the U.S. Virgin Islands were previously mapped during overflights and ground surveys conducted for the Virgin Islands Resource Management Cooperative and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), published in 1986. For the current project, the original ESI maps were re-examined and fully updated using the sources and methods described below. As a first step, vertical aerial photographs were examined at the offices of the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) in St. Thomas and the offices of the BVI Conservation and Fisheries Department (CFD) on Tortola. The initial aerial photograph classification was followed by overflight surveys of the entire study area, flying at elevations of 400-600 feet and slow air speed. Overflights were conducted using U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopters, pilots, and support crew. During this work, an experienced coastal geologist delineated the intertidal shoreline habitats directly onto 1:24,000-scale USGS or 1:25,000-scale UKDOS topographic maps. Where appropriate, multiple habitats were described for each shoreline segment. Data from the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) for the USVI, published in draft form in 1989 (based on 1:40,000 1983 CIR and 1985 B-W photography), were also used as a supplementary data source, particularly for mangrove areas and tidal flats. In many cases, the depiction of mangroves was modified substantially from the original NWI data, based on the more recent aerial photography and overflights, as well as information provided by expert reviewers. Mangrove polygons for the BVIs were based primarily on digital data from the 1993 Coastal Resource Atlas of the British Virgin Islands produced by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Overseas Development Administration (source scale 1:10,000). Mangrove polygons from the NRI data set were generally not altered, although in some cases mangrove areas identified during the overflights and by expert reviewers may have been added or changed slightly.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The ESI data use USGS 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles as the basemap. It is estimated that the ESI shoreline classification has a minimum mapping unit of 50 feet.
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- Source_Information:
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- Originator: Research Planning, Inc.
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Overflight maps
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1998
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of survey
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI information from overflight
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Wetlands Inventory
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: National Wetlands Inventory
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- Type_of_Source_Media: Online
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- Calendar_Date: 1998
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of survey
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI information
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: USGS
- Publication_Date: Unknown
- Title: DLG's
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- Type_of_Source_Media: Online and CD-ROM
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 2000
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date data were received
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI shoreline data
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: NOAA, NOS
- Publication_Date: Unknown
- Title: Digital NOS T-sheets
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- Calendar_Date: 2000
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date data were reviewed
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
- Source_Contribution: ESI shoreline information
- Process_Step:
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- 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: 200108
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Person: Jill Petersen
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- 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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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.00005
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
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- Entity_Type_Label: Complete Chain
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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 July 1998 for US Virgin Islands and June 1999 for British Virgin Islands.
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- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ESI
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- To determine the sensitivity of a particular intertidal shoreline habitat, the following factors are integrated: 1) Shoreline type (substrate, grain size, tidal elevation, origin); 2) Exposure to wave and tidal energy; 3) Biological productivity and sensitivity; and 4) Ease of cleanup. Prediction of the behavior and persistence of oil in intertidal habitats is based on an understanding of the dynamics of the coastal environments, not just the substrate type and grain size. 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. The potential for biological injury, and ease of cleanup of spilled oil are also important factors in the ESI ranking. 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. The list below includes the shoreline habitats delineated for the Virgin Islands, presented in order of increasing sensitivity to spilled oil: 1A) Exposed Rocky Cliffs; 1B) Exposed, Solid Man-made Structures; 2A) Exposed Wave-cut Platforms in Bedrock; 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; 8B) Sheltered, Solid Man-made Structures; 8C) Sheltered Riprap; 9A) Sheltered Tidal Flats; 9B) Sheltered, Vegetated Low Banks; 10D) Mangroves. 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.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: B
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Breakwater
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: F
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Flat
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: H
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hydrography
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marsh
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shoreline
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SOURCE_ID
- Attribute_Definition: Data source of the ESI arcs
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Original digital information (from NOAA, NOS T-sheets)
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low-altitude overflight
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Digitized from scanned 1:24,000 USGS topographic quadrangle
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: National Wetland Inventory
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Research Planning Inc. Index
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS Digital Line Graph data
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Digital data from the Natural Resource Institute (BVI)
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural Resource Institute (BVI) Lagoons data
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Digitized from scanned BVI topographic quadrangle
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ENVIR
- Attribute_Definition: Regional environment
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: E
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Estuarine
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unranked
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- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: GT-Polygon
- Entity_Type_Definition:
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The data layer ESI contains polygonal (GT-Polygon) 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 July 1998 for US Virgin Islands and June 1999 for the British Virgin Islands.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ESI
- Attribute_Definition:
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The character item ESI contains values according to the ESI ranking of the polygons. The ESI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. The ESI rankings of polygons are similar to the ESI rankings of shorelines (see line attribute ESI).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2A
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Exposed Wave-cut Platforms in Bedrock
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Exposed Tidal Flats
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9A
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheltered Tidal Flats
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- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10D
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mangroves
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unranked
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: WATER_CODE
- Attribute_Definition: Specifies a polygon as either water or land
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: L
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Land
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ENVIR
- Attribute_Definition: Regional environment
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: E
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Estuarine
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Research Planning, Inc.
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unranked
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- Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 199807
- Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 200101
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: John Kaperick
- Contact_Organization: NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Address:
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- 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 Virgin Islands
- 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:
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Contact NOAA for distribution options (see Distribution_Information).
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 200108
- Metadata_Review_Date: 200108
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Jill Petersen
- Contact_Organization: NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration
- Contact_Position: GIS Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- 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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- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998