Commercial Vessel Density October 2009-2010 AIS UTM 10S
CommercialVesselDensityOctober2009-2010UTM10S
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Dataset
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
oceans
transportation
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AIS
ship counts
vessel traffic
United States
These data were generated to provide insight into marine traffic patterns on a macro scale so they could be analyzed across the coastal waters of the Continental United States, this data set is for the UTM Zone 10S. 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. Some grid cells were unable to be processed, but this does not interfere with the integrity of this dataset.
Please note multiple connection errors occurred during the time frame of this study. In most cases data gaps were filled by making subsequent request to the coastguard 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 less than a day per month and because random and affect all areas uniformly do not has a significant effect on the integrity of the data. Also as stated on the USCG NAIS website AIS data is 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.
Office for Coastal Management
Office for Coastal Management
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48864
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55360
northlimit=38.344899;
eastlimit=-119.669081;
southlimit=30.517787;
westlimit=-126.129988;
2010
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2012-10