NCCOS Final Suitability - Gulf of Maine 2023

Type  File Geodatabase Feature Class

Tags  offshore wind, NCCOS, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, suitability modeling, Gulf of Maine, call area, wind energy area, WEA, BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Summary

These data depict the relative suitability modeling results for BOEM’s Gulf of Maine Call Area. This layer only covers the BOEM Call Area.

Description

The geometric mean of the four submodels (i.e., industry and operations, natural resources, fisheries, and wind) was used to calculate an overall suitability score. The geometric mean was chosen because it grants equal importance to each variable and provides a non-biased weighting of each submodel as they interact with each other (Bovee 1986; Longdill et al. 2008; Silva et al. 2011; Muñoz-Mas et al. 2012). Furthermore, all data layers and submodels had equal weight within the suitability model. The resulting suitability score is reflective of the planning objective to identify Wind Energy Areas. In the Gulf of Maine region, different wind energy opportunities may exist under different objectives or at different scales than considered in this analysis.

Credits

NOAA, NCCOS, BOEM

Use limitations

Extent

West  -70.001476     East -67.278986
North  44.249886     South 41.503574

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

Topics and Keywords  ▼►

Themes or categories of the resource Economy, Environment, Oceans, Planning & Cadastral

Content type ⇔ Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Citation  ▼►

Title NCCOS Final Suitability - Gulf of Maine 2023
Publication date 2023-10-27 00:00:00

Presentation formats ⇔ digital map

Citation Contacts  ▼►

Responsible party - resource provider 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Program
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address renewableenergy@boem.gov

Resource Details  ▼►

Dataset languages ⇔ English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type ⇔ vector

Processing environment ⇔  Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362

Credits 
NOAA, NCCOS, BOEM

ArcGIS item properties 
Name ⇔ ENV_SM_FINAL_SUITABILITY_GOMAINE_2023_NCCOS
Size ⇔ 0.000
Location ⇔
Access protocol ⇔ ArcSDE Connection

Extents  ▼►

Extent 
Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
Extent type 
Extent used for searching
West longitude ⇔ -70.001476
East longitude ⇔ -67.278986
North latitude ⇔ 44.249886
South latitude ⇔ 41.503574
Extent contains the resource ⇔ Yes

Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
West longitude -70.001476
East longitude -67.278986
South latitude 41.503574
North latitude 44.249886

Extent in the item's coordinate system 
westBL ⇔ -70.001476
eastBL ⇔ -67.278986
southBL ⇔ 41.503574
northBL ⇔ 44.249886
exTypeCode ⇔ Yes

Resource Points of Contact  ▼►

Point of contact - resource provider 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Program
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address renewableenergy@boem.gov

Resource Maintenance  ▼►

Resource maintenance 
Update frequency as needed

Spatial Reference  ▼►

ArcGIS coordinate system 
Type ⇔ Geographic
Geographic coordinate reference ⇔ GCS_WGS_1984
Coordinate reference details ⇔ 
GeographicCoordinateSystem 
WKID 4326
XOrigin -400
YOrigin -400
XYScale 999999999.99999988
ZOrigin -100000
ZScale 10000
MOrigin -100000
MScale 10000
XYTolerance 8.983152841195215e-09
ZTolerance 0.001
MTolerance 0.001
HighPrecision true
LeftLongitude -180
LatestWKID 4326
WKT GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier 
Dimension horizontal
Value ⇔ 4326
Codespace ⇔ EPSG
Version 6.2(3.0.1)


Spatial Data Properties  ▼►

Vector ▼►
Level of topology for this dataset ⇔ geometry only

Geometric objects 
Feature class name ENV_SM_FINAL_SUITABILITY_GOMAINE_2023_NCCOS
Object type ⇔ composite
Object count ⇔ 10
ArcGIS Feature Class Properties ▼►
Feature class name ENV_SM_FINAL_SUITABILITY_GOMAINE_2023_NCCOS
Feature type ⇔ Simple
Geometry type ⇔ Polygon
Has topology ⇔ FALSE
Feature count ⇔ 10
Spatial index ⇔ TRUE
Linear referencing ⇔ FALSE

Data Quality  ▼►

Scope of quality information ▼►
Resource level dataset

Lineage  ▼►

Lineage statement 
Created by NCCOS for BOEM

Distribution  ▼►

Distribution format 
Name ⇔ File Geodatabase Feature Class
Version Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.1

Transfer options 
Transfer size ⇔ 0.000

Fields  ▼►

Details for object ENV_SM_FINAL_SUITABILITY_GOMAINE_2023_NCCOS ▼►
Type ⇔ Feature Class
Row count ⇔ 10
Definition 
A unitless value from 0 to 1 representing the relative suitability score. Scores closer to zero are relatively less suitable for wind energy, and scores closer to one are relatively more suitable for wind energy.

Definition source 
NCCOS

Field OBJECTID ▼►
Alias ⇔ OBJECTID
Data type ⇔ OID
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Internal feature number.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape
Data type ⇔ Geometry
Width ⇔ 0
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Feature geometry.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Coordinates defining the features.

Field QUANTILE ▼►
Alias Suitability Quantile
Data type ⇔ Integer
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
A unitless value from 0 to 1 representing the relative suitability score. Scores closer to zero are relatively less suitable for wind energy, and scores closer to one are relatively more suitable for wind energy.

Description source 
NCCOS

Description of values 
A unitless value from 0 to 1 representing the relative suitability score. Scores closer to zero are relatively less suitable for wind energy, and scores closer to one are relatively more suitable for wind energy.

Field Shape_Length ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape_Length
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Length of feature in internal units.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape_Area ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape_Area
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Area of feature in internal units squared.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Metadata Details  ▼►

Metadata language ⇔ English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set ⇔ utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Metadata identifier B033866A-4F11-4503-ACEE-E5F86601424A

Scope of the data described by the metadata ⇔ dataset
Scope name ⇔ dataset

Last update ⇔ 2023-10-25 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata NAP

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2023-10-25 15:43:34
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2023-10-25 17:24:49

Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2023-10-16 14:51:49

Metadata Contacts  ▼►

Metadata contact - resource provider 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Program
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address renewableenergy@boem.gov

Metadata Maintenance  ▼►

Maintenance 
Update frequency as needed