Human Use data documents economic activity related to marine recreation and tourism following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The dataset was compiled by NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and Trustees for the Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan. Data collection occurred from November 21, 2014, to May 21, 2015, for the Response and Assessment phases.
Use Cases
- Quantify changes in marine recreation activity using visitation or usage metrics before and after the spill.
- Assess spatial patterns of tourism impact by analyzing geospatial features linked to specific Gulf of Mexico locations.
- Model economic losses for coastal communities by correlating human use data with environmental injury data from the DIVER warehouse.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative NOAA Office of Response and Restoration and the Human Use Technical Working Group.
- Covers a defined 6-month period critical for the official Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown, limiting reproducibility.
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update in May 2015, reflecting only the immediate assessment phase.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and Trustees, archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
- Collection Method
- Gathered and utilized by the Human Use Technical Working Group during the official Response and Assessment phases.
- Time Range
- 2014-11-21 to 2015-05-21
- Freshness
- 2015-05-21
- Geography
- Gulf of Mexico, specifically the region impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.