COASTAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CAF) DRAINAGE AREAS IN FLORIDA - 2011

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication_Date: 20120105

Title:

COASTAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CAF) DRAINAGE AREAS IN FLORIDA - 2011

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD

Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://coastalsocioeconomics.noaa.gov/download/download2.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains the Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) Drainage Areas produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The CAF is a digital spatial framework developed using geographic information system (GIS) technology, which allows resource managers and analysts to organize and present information on the nation's coastal and marine resources. The CAF provides a consistently derived, watershed-based digital spatial framework for managers and analysts to organize and present information on the nation's coastal, near-ocean, and Great Lakes' resources. This dataset is an update to the CAFFL_2010 layer.

Purpose:

To organize and present information on the nation's coastal and marine resources.

Supplemental_Information:

Coastal Assessments Framework
The Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) is a digital spatial framework developed using geographic information system (GIS) technology, which allows resource managers and analysts to organize and present information on the nation's coastal and marine resources. The CAF provides a consistently derived, watershed-based digital spatial framework for managers and analysts to organize and present information on the nation's coastal, near-ocean, and Great Lakes' resources. The Framework is composed of 150 Estuarine (and sub-estuarine) Drainage Areas (EDAs), 54 Fluvial Drainage Areas (FDAs), 324 Coastal Drainage Areas (CDAs), 12 Fluvial components of Coastal Drainage Areas (FCDAs), 11 interior watershed areas (self-contained, groundwater-contributing only, or watersheds draining to outside the U.S.). The CAF encompasses 100 percent of the land area within the coterminous United States of America. The complete CAF geography contains both land and water (near-ocean) components and is available in a variety of compositions as outlined below.
CAF - Coastal (Estuarine) Watersheds - Land only This geography contains the land portions of the Coastal Assessment Framework's 150 Estuarine (and sub-estuarine) Drainage Areas (EDAs) and 324 Coastal Drainage Areas (CDAs). <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_edas.jpg>
CAF - Upstream (Fluvial) Watersheds - Land only This geography contains the land portions of the Coastal Assessment Framework's 54 Fluvial Drainage Areas (FDAs) and 12 Fluvial components of Coastal Drainage Areas (FCDAs). <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_fdas.jpg>
CAF - Interior Watersheds - Land only This geography contains the land portions of the Coastal Assessment Framework's 11 Interior (self-contained, groundwater-contributing only, or watersheds draining to outside the U.S.) Watersheds. <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_interiors.jpg>
CAF - National Coastal Assessment Framework - Land only This geography contains the land portions of the Coastal Assessment Framework (Coastal, Upstream, and Interior components). <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_all.jpg>
CAF - Total Watersheds - Land only This geography contains the land portions of the Coastal Assessment Framework (Coastal, Upstream, and Interior components) dissolved to the whole watershed level (no Coastal nor Upstream delineations remain) as described above. <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_watersheds.jpg>
CAF - Complete Coastal Assessment Framework - Land and Water The complete Coastal Assessment Framework (Coastal, Upstream, Interior, and portions of U.S. Watersheds located outside the U.S.), including both land and water components at the hydrologic cataloging unit level. It is the CAF in its more elemental form. <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/images/caf_original.jpg>
This dataset is maintained by the NOAA Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics Team and is available via the Spatial Trends in Coastal Socioeconomics website <http://marineeconomics.noaa.gov/socioeconomics/download/download2.html>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20120105

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.943895

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.720696

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.826943

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.413243

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: Resource

Theme_Keyword: Economics

Theme_Keyword: Coastal

Theme_Keyword: CAF

Theme_Keyword: Drainage Area

Theme_Keyword: Coastal Assessment Framework

Theme_Keyword: Watershed

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Place:

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: NONE

Use_Constraints: NONE

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA's Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics

Contact_Person: Percy Pacheco

Contact_Position: Project Leader

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1305 East-West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3000 x155

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-4384

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Percy.Pacheco@noaa.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

NOAA's Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics team / NOAA's Spatial Trends in Coastal Socioeconomics Team

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Coastal Assessments Framework <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/back_gis.html>
NOAA's Spatial Trends in Coastal Socioeconomics <http://coastalsocioeconomics.noaa.gov/download/download2.html>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

Completeness_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The GeoPlan Center downloaded the dataset from the following NOAA Website in January 2012; Spatial Trends in Coastal Socioeconomics Website <http://coastalsocioeconomics.noaa.gov/download/download2.html>. The original layer (caf_drainage_areas_wgs84.shp) was in the following projection: GCS_WGS_1984.
GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: - Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). - Selected data that intersected the State of Florida. - Added a DRAINAGE field and populated it based in the DR_CODE field. - Added DESCRIPT item added based on SUB_NAME. - Added and populated an ACRES field - Upcased all character records.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20120105

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: 54

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.010000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.010000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CAFFL_2011

Entity_Type_Definition: CAFFL_2011.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NOAA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: SUB_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

For Fluvial Drainage and Estuarine Drainage Areas the name of major watershed the drainage area belongs to. For Coastal Drainge Areas, a combination of edacda code plus USGS cataloging unit name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DR_CODE

Attribute_Definition: Drainage code.

Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: C

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Coastal Drainage Area - component of an entire watershed that meets the following three criteria: 1) it is not part of any EDA; 2) it drains directly into an ocean, an estuary, or the Great Lakes; and 3) it is composed only of the downstream-most HUC in which the head-of-tide is found.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: E

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Estuarine Drainage Area -component of an estuary's entire watershed that empties directly into the estuary and is affected by tides. EDAs may be composed of all or part of a single or several USGS hydrologic units and include all or part of the USGS cataloging unit containing the most upstream extent of tidal influence (head-of-tide).

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: F

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Fluvial Drainage Area - component of an estuary's entire watershed upstream of the EDA boundary. FDAs have land components only. The huge 1,131,700 square mile Mississippi River FDA dwarfs all others, and makes up over half of the total drainage area covered by the entire CAF.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EDASUBEDA

Attribute_Definition: EDA/CDA/FDA Watershed Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: spatlink

Attribute_Definition: Concantenation of EDASUBED and Drainage Type.

Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: region

Attribute_Definition: The geograhical region code of the drainage area.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: South Atlantic region

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: G

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gulf of Mexico region

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: regionnm

Attribute_Definition: The geograhical region of the drainage area.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DRAINAGE

Attribute_Definition: DR_CODE Description.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute_Definition: Acres calculated in GIS

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Based on the field SUB_NAME.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: Date GeoPlan acquired the data from the Source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

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Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

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City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

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Country: United States

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Technical_Prerequisites:

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120217

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA's Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics / STICS Team

Contact_Person: Percy Pacheco

Contact_Position: Project Leader

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1305 East-West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3000 x155

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-4384

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Percy.Pacheco@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions:

<http://marineeconomics.noaa.gov/socioeconomics/siteinfo/contact.html>

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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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