1999 West EMAP Stations
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
(SCCWRP)
- Publication_Date: 20040402
- Publication_Time: 20000402
- Title: 1999 West EMAP Stations
- Edition: 1.0
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Costa Mesa, California
- Publisher:
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Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
(SCCWRP)
- Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.sccwp.org/pub/download
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The Western Pilot-Coastal Monitoring is a
large-scale, comprehensive environmental
monitoring strategy designed to provide regional
characterization of estuarine conditions along the
Pacific Coast of the United States.
- Purpose:
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The purpose of this table is to contain all of the
station information including geographic location
label, position information (latitude/longitude),
and statistical information (hex size and strata).
- Supplemental_Information:
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OVERVIEW: In 1999 the US EPA contracted the states
of Washington, Oregon, and California to conduct a
West Coast Estuary survey. There were 210
stations in the sample design, 18 of which were
not able to be sampled for a total of 192
successful measurements. DATA TYPES: Grabs,
Trawls, and Water Quality casts were conducted at
each of the stations to yield Benthic infauna,
Sediment Toxicity, Sediment Chemistry, Trawl Fish,
Macro Invertebrate, Debris, water column
characterization at one meter increments from
surface to bottom, and sediment grain size data.
These data types can be aggregated using the
StationID variable in each table. These are the
selected station locations. These represent the
location that was supposed to be sampled.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19990701
- Ending_Date: 19990831
- Currentness_Reference: Sampling was conducted in the summer of 1999.
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Description_of_Geographic_Extent: The west coast of the continental United States
- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.70778
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.12895
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.31995
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.63867
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Strata
- Theme_Keyword: Position Latitude
- Theme_Keyword: Position Longitude
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Information Systems Manager
- Contact_Organization: SCCWRP
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110
- City: Costa Mesa
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 92626
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 714.755.3200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 714.438.1016
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: im_contact@sccwrp.org
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit: USEPA, Gulf Breeze
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Access Version 97
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Coordinates accurate to within 100 ft
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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These tables may all be joined using the StationID
field
- Completeness_Report:
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The following stations were abandoned:
Califonia:CA3019, CA3024, CA3027, CA3058, CA3066,
CA3072, CA3075,
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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The station locations were determined using a GPS
and are accurate with in a radius of 100 ft
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The depths expressed are accurate to 0.1 meters.
- Lineage:
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- Methodology:
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- Methodology_Type: Lab
- Methodology_Description:
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The overall design for the program is based on
EPA-EMAP's sampling approach that uses Geographic
Information System (GIS) technology to
probabilistically generate sampling locations
(Bourgeois et al, 1998). Base sites for the 1999
Coastal Monitoring (small estuaries/tidal rivers)
will be evenly distributed through the three
participating states of Washington, Oregon , and
California; each state will have 50 randomly
selected sites. In addition, two specific areas,
Tillamook Bay, OR and the small streams of
Northern California, have been designated for
special studies in which an intensified sampling
design of 30 sites/area will be utilized. There
are three phases to WPCM: field collection of
environmental data and samples, laboratory
analyses of samples, and data analysis and
assessment
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: QA Checks performed
- Process_Date: 20000801
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
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298.257
4.2.2.1 Depth Datum Name:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Description
- Attribute_Definition: the estuary represented by the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: the estuary represented by the station.
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: InclusionProbability
- Attribute_Definition: the recipricol of the area weight.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.08
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 28.9017341040
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SqKillometers
- Attribute_Definition: the actual area of the estuary.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0467
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 61.6428
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Lat
- Attribute_Definition: the latitude of the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 33
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 41
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Nominal Latitude
- Attribute_Definition: the latitde in decmial degrees.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Maximum: -117.128888888889
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Nominal Longitude
- Attribute_Definition: the longitude in decmial degrees.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 33.1430555555556
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 48.32
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Area weight
- Attribute_Definition: the statistical weight of the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Management Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0346
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 12.5
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: EMAP StationID
- Attribute_Definition: The EMAP Station identifier.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: The official West EMAP station identifier
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LatMin
- Attribute_Definition: the decimal minutes of the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Maximum: 57.6833333333
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Lon
- Attribute_Definition: the degrees longitude of the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 117
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 124
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LonMin
- Attribute_Definition: the decimal minutes of the station.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Lat
- Attribute_Definition: the latitude of the station in degrees.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 33
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 41
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: tblStations
- Entity_Type_Definition: Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Mangement Plan
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: StationID
- Attribute_Definition: A geographic location label.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: West EMAP Information Plan
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: A geographic location label.
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Information Systems Manager
- Contact_Organization: SCCWRP
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110
- City: Costa Mesa
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 92626
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 714.755.3200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 714.438.1016
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: im_contact@sccwrp.org
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
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