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Attributes for all species

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:63320 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

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Item Identification

Entity Info

Data Attributes

Catalog Details

Description

Approximately 9km x 9km cells representing the density of species; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Entity Type
GIS File

Data Attribute / Type	Description
OBJECTID n/a	Internal feature number.; Source: Esri
SHAPE n/a	Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
UID n/a	Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, not used.; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
SPECIES n/a	Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
SPECIES_2 n/a	Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
MONTH_NUMB n/a	Month number 01-12 Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
MONTH_NAME n/a	Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
STUDY n/a	Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
STRATUM n/a	Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
MODEL_TYPE n/a	Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density. ; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
DENSITY n/a	Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model
UNCERTAINTY n/a	Numerical uncertainty value (CV). When the models for a species/guild do not have dynamic predictors, uncertainty info is not available. In this case the field has a value of -99999.; Source: From model
UNCER_QUAL n/a	Qualitative uncertainty value (description of uncertainty when numerical value is not present or to describe additional qualitative information. Duke used this column to further define the type of model that was used which called back to other documentation that described how the model was run and how it performed) Elizabeth Becker should be providing this info; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
MODEL_VERS n/a	Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies
NAEMO_VERS n/a	Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Not used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
SEASON n/a	To be populated to capture season information. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. For data that span multiple seasons Summer-Fall or Winter-Spring may be used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
AREA_SQKM n/a	Area in square kilometers. Features must be projected, calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. Projection must be documented in metadata; Source: Calculated from shapefile
ABUNDANCE n/a	Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated
Shape_Length n/a	Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
Shape_Area n/a	Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri

Data Attribute / Type

Description

OBJECTID
n/a

Internal feature number.; Source: Esri

SHAPE
n/a

Feature geometry.; Source: Esri

UID
n/a

Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, not used.; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

SPECIES
n/a

Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

SPECIES_2
n/a

Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

MONTH_NUMB
n/a

Month number 01-12 Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

MONTH_NAME
n/a

Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

STUDY
n/a

Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

STRATUM
n/a

Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

MODEL_TYPE
n/a

Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density. ; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

DENSITY
n/a

Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model

UNCERTAINTY
n/a

Numerical uncertainty value (CV). When the models for a species/guild do not have dynamic predictors, uncertainty info is not available. In this case the field has a value of -99999.; Source: From model

UNCER_QUAL
n/a

Qualitative uncertainty value (description of uncertainty when numerical value is not present or to describe additional qualitative information. Duke used this column to further define the type of model that was used which called back to other documentation that described how the model was run and how it performed) Elizabeth Becker should be providing this info; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

MODEL_VERS
n/a

Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies

NAEMO_VERS
n/a

Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Not used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

SEASON
n/a

To be populated to capture season information. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. For data that span multiple seasons Summer-Fall or Winter-Spring may be used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

AREA_SQKM
n/a

Area in square kilometers. Features must be projected, calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. Projection must be documented in metadata; Source: Calculated from shapefile

ABUNDANCE
n/a

Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated

Shape_Length
n/a

Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri

Shape_Area
n/a

Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri

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Title:	Attributes for all species

Entity Type:	GIS File
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	Approximately 9km x 9km cells representing the density of species; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
N/A	OBJECTID	n/a	Internal feature number.; Source: Esri
N/A	SHAPE	n/a	Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
N/A	UID	n/a	Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, not used.; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	SPECIES	n/a	Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	SPECIES_2	n/a	Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	MONTH_NUMB	n/a	Month number 01-12 Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	MONTH_NAME	n/a	Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	STUDY	n/a	Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	STRATUM	n/a	Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	MODEL_TYPE	n/a	Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density. ; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	DENSITY	n/a	Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model
N/A	UNCERTAINTY	n/a	Numerical uncertainty value (CV). When the models for a species/guild do not have dynamic predictors, uncertainty info is not available. In this case the field has a value of -99999.; Source: From model
N/A	UNCER_QUAL	n/a	Qualitative uncertainty value (description of uncertainty when numerical value is not present or to describe additional qualitative information. Duke used this column to further define the type of model that was used which called back to other documentation that described how the model was run and how it performed) Elizabeth Becker should be providing this info; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	MODEL_VERS	n/a	Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies
N/A	NAEMO_VERS	n/a	Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Not used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	SEASON	n/a	To be populated to capture season information. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. For data that span multiple seasons Summer-Fall or Winter-Spring may be used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
N/A	AREA_SQKM	n/a	Area in square kilometers. Features must be projected, calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. Projection must be documented in metadata; Source: Calculated from shapefile
N/A	ABUNDANCE	n/a	Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated
N/A	Shape_Length	n/a	Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
N/A	Shape_Area	n/a	Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri

Name

Type

Description

N/A

OBJECTID

n/a

Internal feature number.; Source: Esri

N/A

SHAPE

n/a

Feature geometry.; Source: Esri

N/A

UID

n/a

Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, not used.; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

SPECIES

n/a

Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

SPECIES_2

n/a

Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

MONTH_NUMB

n/a

Month number 01-12 Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

MONTH_NAME

n/a

Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

STUDY

n/a

Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

STRATUM

n/a

Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

MODEL_TYPE

n/a

Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density. ; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

DENSITY

n/a

Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model

N/A

UNCERTAINTY

n/a

N/A

UNCER_QUAL

n/a

N/A

MODEL_VERS

n/a

Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies

N/A

NAEMO_VERS

n/a

Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Not used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

N/A

SEASON

n/a

N/A

AREA_SQKM

n/a

Area in square kilometers. Features must be projected, calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. Projection must be documented in metadata; Source: Calculated from shapefile

N/A

ABUNDANCE

n/a

Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated

N/A

Shape_Length

n/a

Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri

N/A

Shape_Area

n/a

Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

CC ID: 998873

Seq. Order:	1
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Internal feature number.; Source: Esri
Allowed Values:	Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

SHAPE

CC ID: 998874

Seq. Order:	2
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
Allowed Values:	Coordinates defining the features.

UID

CC ID: 998875

Seq. Order:	3
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, not used.; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Not used

SPECIES

CC ID: 998876

Seq. Order:	4
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Value assigned by staff

SPECIES_2

CC ID: 998877

Seq. Order:	5
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Value assigned by staff

MONTH_NUMB

CC ID: 998878

Seq. Order:	6
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Month number 01-12 Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Value of NULL; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.

MONTH_NAME

CC ID: 998879

Seq. Order:	7
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over multiple months.

STUDY

CC ID: 998880

Seq. Order:	8
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Single value

STRATUM

CC ID: 998881

Seq. Order:	9
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series

MODEL_TYPE

CC ID: 998882

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density. ; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Can be "habitat-based density model," "HBDM pro rated by ratio of win spr to sum fall" (Humpback whale winter spring), or "Telemetry based habitat model" (Blue whale winter spring)

DENSITY

CC ID: 998883

Seq. Order:	11
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model
Allowed Values:	0 to 9999

UNCERTAINTY

CC ID: 998884

Seq. Order:	12
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Numerical uncertainty value (CV). When the models for a species/guild do not have dynamic predictors, uncertainty info is not available. In this case the field has a value of -99999.; Source: From model
Allowed Values:	0 to 9999

UNCER_QUAL

CC ID: 998885

Seq. Order:	13
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Qualitative uncertainty value (description of uncertainty when numerical value is not present or to describe additional qualitative information. Duke used this column to further define the type of model that was used which called back to other documentation that described how the model was run and how it performed) Elizabeth Becker should be providing this info; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Not used; value always empty

MODEL_VERS

CC ID: 998886

Seq. Order:	14
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies
Allowed Values:	Not used; value always NULL.

NAEMO_VERS

CC ID: 998887

Seq. Order:	15
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Not used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Not used. Allways NULL.

SEASON

CC ID: 998888

Seq. Order:	16
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	To be populated to capture season information. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. For data that span multiple seasons Summer-Fall or Winter-Spring may be used.; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Allowed Values:	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter or Summer-Fall, Winter-Spring

AREA_SQKM

CC ID: 998889

Seq. Order:	17
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Area in square kilometers. Features must be projected, calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. Projection must be documented in metadata; Source: Calculated from shapefile
Allowed Values:	0.000002 to 100

ABUNDANCE

CC ID: 998890

Seq. Order:	18
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated
Allowed Values:	0 to 400

Shape_Length

CC ID: 998891

Seq. Order:	19
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
Allowed Values:	Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Shape_Area

CC ID: 998892

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	n/a
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri
Allowed Values:	Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Catalog Item ID:	63320
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:63320
Metadata Record Created By:	Timothy J Haverland
Metadata Record Created:	2020-12-15 21:20+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2020-12-22
Owner Org:	OST
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2020-12-22
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2021-12-22

Attributes for all species

Summary

Entity Information

Child Items

Contact Information

Item Identification

Entity Information

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

SHAPE

UID

SPECIES

SPECIES_2

MONTH_NUMB

MONTH_NAME

STUDY

STRATUM

MODEL_TYPE

DENSITY

UNCERTAINTY

UNCER_QUAL

MODEL_VERS

NAEMO_VERS

SEASON

AREA_SQKM

ABUNDANCE

Shape_Length

Shape_Area

Catalog Details