Weather Radar Impact Zones
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 57239 | Published / External
Item Identification
| Title: | Weather Radar Impact Zones |
|---|---|
| Status: | Completed |
| Publication Date: | 2015-09-01 |
| Abstract: |
These data represent an inventory of the national impacts of wind turbine interference with NEXRAD radar stations. This inventory was developed by the NOAA Radar Operations Center (ROC) to establish variable zones that delineate the possible impacts that wind turbines may have on radar operations. The inventory scheme includes four zones that take in to account terrain, distance, and the number of elevation angles impacted. ROC requests various degrees of consultation with the developer depending on the zone. No Build - No wind turbines permitted Mitigation Zone - Significant impacts likely Consultation Zone - Significant impacts possible Notification Zone - Impacts not likely |
| 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. |
| Supplemental Information: |
The native coordinate system for this layer is NAD 1983 (ESPG: 4269). Please note: all MarineCadastre.gov data served by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and hosted through Esri REST services are in the WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (EPSG: 3857) projection. |
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 | oceans |
| ISO 19115 Topic Category | planningCadastre |
| None | consultation |
| None | Doppler |
| None | impact |
| None | mitigation |
| None | no build |
| None | notification |
| None | weather radar |
| None | wind energy planning |
| None | wind turbine |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
| None | National |
| None | United States |
Physical Location
| City: | Charleston |
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| State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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| Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
| Distribution Liability: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
| Data Set Credit: | ORIGINATORS: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM); NOAA's Ocean Service, Office for Coastal Management (OCM); NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; |
Support Roles
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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| 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: | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -166.234711 | |
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| E° Bound: | 145.033035 | |
| N° Bound: | 65.807668 | |
| S° Bound: | 13.231009 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
|---|---|
| Start: | 2015-09-01 |
| Description: |
publication date |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
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| Data Use Constraints: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | http://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MarineCadastre/PhysicalOceanographicAndMarineHabitat/MapServer |
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| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Data access URL |
Distribution 2
| Download URL: | http://www.coast.noaa.gov/ |
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| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Data access URL |
Distribution 3
| Download URL: | http://www.marinecadastre.gov/data/ |
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| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Data access URL |
Distribution 4
| Download URL: | https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/ |
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| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Data access URL |
URLs
URL 1
| URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/data |
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| Name: | MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry |
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
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| Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
URL 2
| URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/nationalviewer |
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| Name: | MarineCadastre.gov National Viewer |
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
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| Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
URL 3
| URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data |
|---|---|
| Name: | Digital Coast Data section |
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
|
| Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
Data Quality
| Accuracy: |
The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. |
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| 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
Radar Impact Zones
| Contact Role Type: | Originator |
|---|---|
| Contact Type: | Organization |
| Contact Name: | NEXRAD Radar Operations Center |
| Extent Type: | Discrete |
| Extent Start Date/Time: | 2015-07-01 |
| Citation URL: | https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/ |
| Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
| Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
| Source Contribution: |
Original shapefiles were provided by ROC, and were combined and condensed by NOAA OCM. |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
• Original source data was provided by NOAA Radar Operations Center • Import 4 shapefiles into a file geodatabase • Project 4 feature classes into NAD83 • Update attribute names to siteID and siteName • Add impactZone field to each feature class • Populate the fields so that GREEN = Notification Zone, YELLOW = Consultation Zone, ORANGE = Mitigation Zone and RED = No Build Zone • Dissolve each feature class based on siteID, siteName, and impactZone, unselecting multi-part features • Integrate each feature class at 1 foot tolerance to clean up most of the slivers in the data • Dissolve each feature class again based on siteID, siteName, and impactZone, unselecting multi-part features • Erase RED from ORANGE and Merge the new hollow ORANGE with RED • Union this new ORANGE-RED, and split and merge overlaps in the Mitigation Zone only • Erase the new ORANGE-RED from YELLOW and Merge the new hollow YELLOW with ORANGE-RED • Union this new YELLOW-ORANGE-RED, and split and merge overlaps in the Consultation Zone only • Erase the new YELLOW-ORANGE-RED from GREEN and Merge the new hollow GREEN with YELLOW-ORANGE-RED • Union this new GREEN-YELLOW-ORANGE-RED, and split and merge overlaps in the Notification Zone only • Delete from the No Build Zone features: Camp Humphreys, Kadena AB, Kunsan AB, Lajes AB and Langley Hill • Select by Attributes where siteID = 'PAHG', and populate so that all features have siteName = 'Kenai FAA (RDA1)' • Integrate new feature class at 20 feet tolerance to further clean up data slivers • Check geometry and project data into WGS 1984 Auxiliary Sphere |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 57239 |
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| Metadata Record Created By: | Jesse Brass |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2019-08-20 09:40+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Jesse Brass |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2020-12-10 21:11+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2019-08-20 |
| Owner Org: | OCM |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2020-08-20 |
