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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Commercial Vessel Density October 2009-2010 AIS National, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48862.
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Abstract

These data were generated to provide insight into traffic patterns on a macro scale so they could be analyzed across the coastal waters of the Continental United States. For this dataset, a transit is counted for every unique vessel intersecting a 1 kilometer square grid cell each day. This data represents the total number of vessel transits from October 2009 - October 2010. There were some grid cells which were unable to be processed, but it is not perceived that this interferes with the integrity of these data.

Please note multiple connection errors occurred during the time frame of this study. In most cases, data gaps were filled by making subsequent requests to the Coast Guard or other groups receiving the same data feed. However, due to resource constraints, uninterrupted coverage was not obtained. Overall data outages were minimal, on the order of less than a day per month. Because outages were random and affect all areas uniformly, they do not have a significant effect on the integrity of the data. As stated on the USCG NAIS website, AIS data are not representative of all vessel traffic and USCG NAIS receivers do not fully cover the entire extent of this study area. Please take time to understand both of these limitations.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans, transportation

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-126.142653° W, -65.565865° E, 49.228432° N, 22.65559° S

Time Frame 1
2010

Item Identification

Title: Commercial Vessel Density October 2009-2010 AIS National
Short Name: CommercialVesselDensityOctober2009-2010National
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2012-09
Abstract:

These data were generated to provide insight into traffic patterns on a macro scale so they could be analyzed across the coastal waters of the Continental United States. For this dataset, a transit is counted for every unique vessel intersecting a 1 kilometer square grid cell each day. This data represents the total number of vessel transits from October 2009 - October 2010. There were some grid cells which were unable to be processed, but it is not perceived that this interferes with the integrity of these data.

Please note multiple connection errors occurred during the time frame of this study. In most cases, data gaps were filled by making subsequent requests to the Coast Guard or other groups receiving the same data feed. However, due to resource constraints, uninterrupted coverage was not obtained. Overall data outages were minimal, on the order of less than a day per month. Because outages were random and affect all areas uniformly, they do not have a significant effect on the integrity of the data. As stated on the USCG NAIS website, AIS data are not representative of all vessel traffic and USCG NAIS receivers do not fully cover the entire extent of this study area. Please take time to understand both of these limitations.

Purpose:

To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.

Notes:

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Supplemental Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
transportation
UNCONTROLLED
None AIS
None ship counts
None vessel traffic

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None National
None United States

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Distribution Liability:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 651789
Date Effective From: 2012-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 651791
Date Effective From: 2012-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 651792
Date Effective From: 2012-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 651790
Date Effective From: 2012-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 651795
W° Bound: -126.142653
E° Bound: -65.565865
N° Bound: 49.228432
S° Bound: 22.65559

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 651794
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2010

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121574
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 651806
Activity Date/Time: 2016-07-13
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 651805
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 717275
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000.

Completeness Report:

Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness.

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean.

Lineage

Sources

AIS Vessel Count - 2010

CC ID: 651779
Contact Name: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Publish Date: 2012-07-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2009-10
Extent End Date/Time: 2010-10
Source Contribution:

2010 AIS Vessel Count data for UTM Zones 10N, 10S, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 which provided information regarding vessel counts derived from AIS data at 1 kilometer square grids. | Type of Source Media: electronic mail system

NATIONWIDE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

CC ID: 651780
Contact Name: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Navigation Center
Publish Date: 2010-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2009-10
Extent End Date/Time: 2010-10
Citation URL: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=NAISmain
Source Contribution:

NATIONWIDE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 651781
Description:

Source data derived from the raw AIS data processing is as follows:

The USCG maintains a network of AIS receivers that collects AIS messages from passing ships. These data are transmitted to USCG data center that compiles the data and provides data feeds to other government agencies. In accordance with the USCG COMDTINST 5230.80, the USCG provided OCS with a "Level A" data feed. Level A is unfiltered real-time data that is less than 96 hours from initial time of transmission. OCS has subscribed to this data since 2008. To limit data storage requirements the data feed was filtered by the USCG to only send one position message per ship per minute and all duplicate messages (i.e. ship broadcasts received by more than one NAIS station) were removed. This real time feed was archived at OCS. A specialized software NOAADATA.py (K. Schwehr. The noaadata-py Software Tool-set, v0.42, 2009. http://vislab-ccom.-unh.edu/schwehr/software/noaadata) is used to create daily files and and load the data into an Oracle Spatial database.

Despite receiving this filtered feed, a great deal of conditioning needs to take place to prepare this data to be analyzed. The AIS system was not intended or designed for subsequent analysis; however Calder and Schwehr ably proved, given the proper conditioning, AIS data can be used for traffic analysis. ( B. R. Calder., K. Schwehr. Traffic Analysis for the Calibration of Risk Assessment Methods. Proceedings: US Hydrographic Conference 2009, Norfolk, VA, 11-14 May 2009, http://www.thsoa.org/us09papers.htm) Based on their research, we filtered out AIS messages with non-unique user IDs and vessels with erroneous dimensions. We also separated messages by speed, separating those reporting a speed of less than 0.4 knots into a separate anchored table.

The accuracy and abundance of the AIS data support high resolution analysis specifically within port areas. This study however was interested in traffic patterns on a macro scale so patterns could be analyzed across the coastal waters of the Continental United States. To limit the processing time and the overall file size for each region a grid cell size of 1 kilometer was chosen.

For this dataset a transits is counted for every unique vessel intersecting a grid cell each day. Multiple trips into a grid cell on a given day by the same vessel are only counted as one transit. Instead of calculating transits based on the coordinates within the AIS message transit lines were created by connecting all the vessels reports each day. Traffic counts were then calculated by summing the number of lines within each cell. Although this dataset only contains the total traffic count "TRNSTS_TTL" the original dataset has transits by AIS vessel type and many other attributes as well. Processed from May - July 2012.

Process Date/Time: 2012-07-01 00:00:00
Source: NATIONWIDE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Process Step 2

CC ID: 651782
Description:

Further data development processing followed to obtain this feature class:

Acquire original source data and maintain a copy on the D-tier (data01_d), \\csc-s-san1b\marinsp\MarineCadastre\original\2012\OCS AIS GRIDS. Created a geodatabase in a person workspace and imported the original shapefiles into this file geodatabase format. Added a field in each of the feature classes to base classification ranges on, deleted all values of 0 in each of the data sets. Using the field calculator populated the new classification field values based on selecting the values of 'TRNSTS_TTL' field - performed this on each UTM zone feature class. Then performed a dissolve on each of the individual UTM zones datasets based on the classification field. Created a new feature classes with NAD 83 projection, added a field for the classification code, and loaded the data from the classified dissolved dataset the new NAD 83 dataset. Validate the feature classes' geometry (Data Management > Features > Repair Geometry). Added field in each of the three new data sets called 'vesselCountRange', populated this new field using field calculator to display the actual range of values within that classification code. If necessary, open ArcMap and in a new MXD click File > Map Document Properties and check the box "Store relative path names to data sources". Click OK. Added in the Oceans Basemap in the working MXD to work up the color scheme for the data. Select the fields that will be visible (chose to hide Classification Code and show Vessel Count Range). Symbolize the layer by Classification Code field to represent the Vessel Count Ranges. Develop a layer file containing symbology from each feature class. Include Layer Name, Description, Credits, and Scale Ranges (if applicable) within the layer file and its source. Arrange quality process review by peers. Review quality process feedback, determine applicability, and make adjustments to data to meet process specifications. Place a copy of the feature class/es within SDE. Project the symbolized layer into Web Mercator and place within the viewer's MXD. Work with the MXD steward to determine where and how the layer fits within the MXD. Acquire, create and update metadata from providers (as needed). Annually evaluate source data to determine requirement for replacement.

Process Date/Time: 2012-08-01 00:00:00
Source: AIS Vessel Count - 2010

Child Items

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Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Commercial Vessel Density October 2009-2010 AIS National

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 48862
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48862
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 15:55+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Jesse Brass
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-21 15:19+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2020-02-06
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2020-02-06
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2021-02-06