Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies for Oil-Spill Response

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 20111031

Title: Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies for Oil-Spill Response

Edition: 1st

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

This includes potential protection strategies for 84 tidal inlets in USCG Sectors Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, and St. Petersburg. The proposed strategies emphasize flood-tidal conditions, because the basic assumption is that the strategy be designed to deal with spilled oil coming to the inlet from the open ocean. These proposed potential strategies are based on the information at hand on waves and tidal currents. Where such data are missing, inferences based on the geomorphology were used.

Purpose:

The goal of this project is to present potential protection strategies (in the event of a large oil spill) for each major tidal inlet that occurs along the shores of USCG Sectors Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, and St. Petersburg. This update relied on in-house study of much-improved vertical imagery (Microsoft Bing, Google Earth, etc.), as well as an abundance of oblique aerial photos (Microsoft Bing Pictometry, Google Street View, etc.).

Status:

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.868769

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.882327

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.743304

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.512791

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: RPI

Theme_Keyword: TIPS, Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, St. Petersburg

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These proposed protection strategies are based on our best professional judgment of what would work under average wave and tide conditions. The diagrams that accompany the proposed protection strategies are schematic representations of boom placement, collection points, anchor points, and skimmer locations. The symbols used to depict boom configurations and lengths are not necessarily shown to true scale. The actual length of boom segments will be determined by local conditions at the time of the spill. The proposed strategies should not be interpreted as the only workable protection scheme. Each spill will be time, place, and circumstance specific. Therefore, the strategy finally used to protect the inlet will have to be chosen at the time of the spill.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Research Planning, Inc.

Contact_Person: Jeffrey Dahlin

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: P.O. Box 328

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: South Carolina

Postal_Code: 29202

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 803-256-7322

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 803-254-6445

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdahlin@researchplanning.com

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Research Planning, Inc.

Contact_Person: Jeffrey Dahlin

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: P.O. Box 328

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: South Carolina

Postal_Code: 29202

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 803-256-7322

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 803-254-6445

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdahlin@researchplanning.com

Data_Set_Credit:

Prepared by Miles O. Hayes, Jeffrey Dahlin, and Joseph Holmes, Research Planning, Inc.
This project was funded under a contract with the United States Coast Guard [CO, CG, BSU Miami (fp); Felicia R. Anderson. Contracting Officer]. Regional Response Team IV & Caribbean RRT Coordinator Earle McFarlane was the contract coordinator and his overview and constant assistance throughout the project is gratefully acknowledged. Brad Benggio, the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator, with offices in Miami, also contributed to the success of the project in a number of ways.
The original field survey in 1994 was sponsored by the Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC), with Anita Wooldridge as contract monitor, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, with Bill Keenan as contract monitor. All of the protection strategies presented in the original publication document (Marine Spill Response Corporation/Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 1994a) were arrived at collectively by a field team consisting of Miles O. Hayes and Todd Montello of RPI; Anita Wooldridge, Bob Ireland and Fernando Martinez of MSRC; and a representative of the State of Florida, either Kent Reetz, Kathy Patterson, or Al McGough.
At RPI, Jacqui Michel is acknowledged for serving as project manager of the present activity, and Wendy Early and Jack Moore are acknowledged for sharing the responsibility of producing the final product.

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Source_Information:

Type_of_Source_Media: hardcopy

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Points were either digitized from scanned sketches of inlet protection strategies produced in 1994 or digitized directly using Bing imagery as a background image to detemine were to locate the point.

Process_Date: 20111031

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

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Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

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Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

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Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

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Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.TIPS_Response_Tactics_fl_point

Entity_Type_Definition:

All the point features used in creating the protection strategies

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: RPI

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: Collection point ID number

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Collection points are number starting at 1 for each inlet.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Feature

Attribute_Definition: Type of feature being represented

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Collection Point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The suggested location for collecting the oil.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Skimmer

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Suggested relatively fixed location of skimmer for collecting oil being deflected by boom.

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Open Water Collection

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Free ranging open water skimmer used for collecting oil but not associated with any booming.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anchor Point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Suggested key anchor points, usually at the ends of booms and sharp changes in boom directions.

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Indicates location and direction of the oil flow, based on the booming strategy shown.

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Rotation

Attribute_Definition:

Angle in degrees from north used to orient the icons representing Skimmers, Open Water Collection, and Path of Oil.

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 360

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Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

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Attribute_Label: Inlet

Attribute_Definition: Name of the inlet

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Free text name of the inlet that the feature is associated with.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition:

Latitude in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds of the collection points. This was used only for collection points.

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition:

Longitude in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds of the collection points. This was used only for collection points.

Attribute_Definition_Source: RPI

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Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Level_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LatDD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LonDD

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20111221

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Research Planning, Inc.

Contact_Person: Jeffrey Dahlin

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: P.O. Box 328

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: South Carolina

Postal_Code: 29202

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 803-256-7322

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 803-254-6445

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdahlin@researchplanning.com

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