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Shoreline Assessment Job Aid
NOAA's Shoreline Assessment Manual (download available at right) outlines methods you can use to plan and conduct shoreline assessment after an oil spill. You can incorporate your assessment results into your decision-making process for shoreline cleanup. This job aid is a supplement to the manual. It contains visual examples of many of the terms you would use during shoreline assessments.
Use the links at page bottom to learn about these aspects of shoreline assessment:
- Introduction A basic overview of shoreline assessment.
- Beach Profiles for sand and gravel beaches.
- Charts for visually estimating the percent coverage of spilled oil.
- Photos showing examples in the following categories:
- Surface Oil Distribution - Percent Cover
- Surface Oiling Descriptors - Thickness
- Surface Oiling Descriptors - Type
- Subsurface Oiling Descriptors - Type
- Sediment Types
- Shoreline Types (by ESI Rank)
- Cleanup Methods
Photographs in this job aid and its related photo galleries were contributed by Miles O. Hayes and Jacqueline Michel of Research Planning, Inc.
Photo Galleries
These links will take you to our Photo Gallery section, where you'll find photo collections showing examples in the following categories. Use your browser's Back button to return, or bookmark this page before leaving. |
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