ESI-VI6, Eastern St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 2000 (Environmental Sensitivity Index Map)

Description

Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are an integral component in oil-spill contingency planning and assessment. They serve as a source of information in the event of an oil spill incident. ESI maps contain three types of information: shoreline habitats (classified according to their sensitivity to oiling), sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. Most often, this information is plotted on 7.5 minute USGS quadrangles, although in the Alaska ESI maps, USGS topographic maps at scales of 1:63,360 and 1:250,000 are used, and in other ESI maps, NOAA charts have been used as the base map. Collections of these maps, grouped by state or a logical geographic area, are published as ESI atlases. Digital data have been published for most of the U.S. shoreline, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nos/EnvironmentalSensitivityIndices/VirginIslands/ESI_DATA/HIRES
0 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
0 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nos/EnvironmentalSensitivityIndices/VirginIslands/ESI_DATA/HIRES
0 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download

Tags

  • map images
  • hydrography
  • united states of america
  • aquatic habitat
  • virgin islands
  • benthic habitat
  • st. thomas (18n064w0033)
  • cetaceans
  • biosphere
  • coastal habitat
  • usvi
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • wildlife
  • leeward islands
  • marine invertebrates
  • marine birds
  • caribbean sea
  • oil spill planning
  • marine reptiles
  • st. thomas
  • fish
  • atlantic ocean
  • earth science
  • esi
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • esi maps
  • marine mammals
  • oil and chemical spills
  • coastal zone management
  • coastal resources
  • esi atlas
  • pinnipeds
  • marine biology
  • natural hazards assessment
  • reef habitat
  • ocean basin
  • coral reef conservation
  • coastal processes
  • coral reefs
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • turtles
  • coris_metadata
  • environmental sensitivity index
  • country/territory
  • sensitivity maps

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