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Title: ESI.AAT
Short Name: ESI.AAT
Status: Completed
Abstract:

The ESI.AAT table contains attribute information for the vector lines representing linear shoreline features with ESI classification. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
ESI VARCHAR The item ESI contains values representing the ESI shoreline type. In many cases shorelines are ranked with multiple codes, such as "6B/3A" (listed landward to seaward from left to right). The first code, "6B", is the most landward shoreline type and the second code, "3A", is the shoreline type closest to the water. Singular shoreline types are listed below. No multiple codes are listed, but all multiple codes included in the data set can be assembled from the codes described.The ESI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. 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; 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. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
100
LINE VARCHAR Type of geographic feature. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
100
SOURCE_ID VARCHAR Data source of the ESI arcs | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
100
ENVIR VARCHAR Type of regional environment | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Attribute Details

ESI

CC ID: 555228
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The item ESI contains values representing the ESI shoreline type. In many cases shorelines are ranked with multiple codes, such as "6B/3A" (listed landward to seaward from left to right). The first code, "6B", is the most landward shoreline type and the second code, "3A", is the shoreline type closest to the water. Singular shoreline types are listed below. No multiple codes are listed, but all multiple codes included in the data set can be assembled from the codes described.The ESI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. 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; 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. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Allowed Values: 1A: Exposed Rocky Shores | 1B: Exposed, Solid Man-made Structures | 2A: Exposed, Wave-cut Platforms in Bedrock, Mud, or Clay | 2B: Exposed Scarps and Steep Slopes in Clay | 3A: Fine- to Medium-grained Sand Beaches | 3B: Scarps and Steep Slopes in Sand | 3C: Tundra Cliffs | 4: Coarse-Grained Sand Beaches | 5: Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches | 6A: Gravel Beaches | 6B: Riprap | 7: Exposed Tidal Flats | 8A: Sheltered Rocky Shoresand Sheltered Scarps in Bedrock, Mud, or Clay | 8B: Sheltered, Solid Man-made Structures | 8C: Sheltered Riprap | 8E: Peat Shorelines | 9A: Sheltered Tidal Flats | 9B: Vegetated Low Banks | 10A: Salt- and Brackish-water Marsh | 10D: Scrub-shrub Wetlands | 10E: Inundated Low-Lying Tundra | U: Unranked |

LINE

CC ID: 555229
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of geographic feature. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Allowed Values: F: Flat | H: Hydrography | M: Marsh | S: Shoreline |

SOURCE_ID

CC ID: 555230
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Data source of the ESI arcs | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Allowed Values: 1: Original digital data (USGS DLG) | 2: Low-altitude overflights by Research Planning, Inc. | 5: Digitized from 1:63,360-USGS Digital Raster Graphics | 8: Digitized from scanned Norton Sound, Alaska ESI Atlas, published in 1983 |

ENVIR

CC ID: 555231
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of regional environment | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Allowed Values: E: Estuarine | U: Unranked |

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 44519
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:44519
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-06 11:41+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-08-07
Owner Org: ORR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-08-07
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-08-07