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NCCOS Final Suitability - Gulf of Maine 2023
2023-10-27T00:00:00
Office of Renewable Energy Program
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
renewableenergy@boem.gov
Office of Renewable Energy Program
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These data depict the relative suitability modeling results for BOEM’s Gulf of Maine Call Area. This layer only covers the BOEM Call Area.
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
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>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. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
NOAA, NCCOS, BOEM
Office of Renewable Energy Program
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
renewableenergy@boem.gov
Office of Renewable Energy Program
Office of Renewable Energy Program
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NCCOS Final Suitability - Gulf of Maine 2023
Feature Class
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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.
NCCOS
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OID
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Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Shape
Geometry
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Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
QUANTILE
Suitability Quantile
Integer
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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.
NCCOS
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.
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Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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Office of Renewable Energy Program
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
renewableenergy@boem.gov
Office of Renewable Energy Program
Office of Renewable Energy Program
Created by NCCOS for BOEM