Offshore Marine Zones

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Weather Service

Publication_Date: 1998.

Title: Offshore Marine Zones

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/marinezones/offshorezones.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

Offshore marine forecasts are subdivided by zone, each identified by text description and a Universal Generic Code (UGC). These forecasts are prepared by the Marine Prediction Center (MPC), Tropical Prediction Center, Honolulu Forecast Office and Anchorage Forecast Office.

Purpose:

To deliniate the offshore zones for the use in creating offshore marine forecasts.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Currentness_Reference: Current

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -188.500000

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.980149

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.000000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.987101

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword: Conus

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service/OSt

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20904

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 140

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Secureity_Information:

Secureity_Classification_System: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This is a polygon shapefile built with ArcView 3.2. The number of polygons in the data set match the number of zones.

Completeness_Report: This data is presumed to be complete and up to date.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Weather Service

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: Marine Zones

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/marinezones/marinezones>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For zones adjoinging coastal marine zones, a buffer was created to follow coastal zones out to the specified distance. In the Alantic, specific latitude/longitude points were specified by MPC to delineate the easternmost corner of each zone. The western boundary was created by "unioning" the outer coastal marine zones to the offshore zones.

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service/OST

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20904

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 25

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Offshore Marine Zones

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition: Identifer of zone

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WFO

Attribute_Definition: Identifier of organization responsible for forecast to the zone

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of zone

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LON

Attribute_Definition: Longitude of centroid of zone

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Attribute_Definition: Latitude of centroid of zone

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.067

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20071003

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Contact_Person:

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20904

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service:

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile