Supplementary material - Workshop by Natasha Simons - iSchools Asia-pacific chapter and the university of HongKong Science - data science winter institute 7-8 Dec 2018
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1. FIELD
DEFINITIONS:
MARINE POLLUTION DATA
FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION
Date The first column is the date in the following format: DDMMYYYY
DD is the day of the month as a two digit integer
MM is the month of the year as a two digit integer
YYYY is the year as a four digit integer
Region The second column identifies the Maritime Safety Queensland region the
pollution incident occurred.
An overview of the Maritime Safety Queensland regions can be found by
doing a keyword search for maritime region on the MSQ website:
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/
Source The third column is the source of the marine pollution:
Ship: pollution was discharged or released by a ship
Land: pollution was discharged or released from land
Unknown: the source of the pollution is unknown
Ship Type The fourth column is the type of ship from which pollution was discharged or
released:
Commercial: The ship is registered as a commercial ship
Recreational: The ship is registered as a recreational ship
N/A: The pollution source was from the land or from an unknown
source
Area The fifth column is the area within the pollution event took place:
Port Limits: The marine pollution occurred within the gazetted port
limits.
Coastal Waters: The marine pollution occurred outside the gazetted
Port limits but within Queensland waters.
Location The sixth column is a more specific description of the location of the marine
pollution as provided by the reporter:
Pollutant The seventh column is the type of marine pollution reported to be
discharged:
Pollutant type and description such as sheen, diesel, bilge, heavy fuel oil
(HFO)
Estimated Litres The eighth column is the estimated amount of pollutant discharged in litres.